Edouard Antonin Vysekal | |
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Born | March 17, 1890 |
Died | December 2, 1939
Los Angeles, California, U.S. | (aged 49)
Other names | Edward Antonin Vysekal |
Occupation | Painter |
Employer(s) | School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Art Students League of Los Angeles, Otis College of Art and Design |
Spouse | Luvena Vysekal |
Relatives | Ella Buchanan (sister-in-law) |
Edouard Vysekal (1890 – December 2, 1939) was a Bohemia-born American painter and art educator. [1] He was active in Chicago and Southern California.
Vysekal was born on March 17, 1890, in Kutná Hora, Bohemia, Austro-Hungarian Empire. He was born into a family of artists. [2] Vysekal began his art education in Prague. [2] Around 1907, he moved to St Paul, Minnesota to join his father. [2] Later studying at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) under John Vanderpoel, Stanton MacDonald-Wright, Harry Mills Walcott, and Morgan Russell. [2]
He taught at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (from 1912 to 1914) and around 1914, he married a student Luvena Buchanan. [2] [3] The couple moved to Southern California after marriage. [2]
Additionally he taught at the Art Students League of Los Angeles, and the Otis College of Art and Design (formally Otis Art Institute; from 1922 to 1939). [4] His work is in the permanent collection of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. [5]
Edouard Antonin Vysekal | |
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Born | March 17, 1890 |
Died | December 2, 1939
Los Angeles, California, U.S. | (aged 49)
Other names | Edward Antonin Vysekal |
Occupation | Painter |
Employer(s) | School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Art Students League of Los Angeles, Otis College of Art and Design |
Spouse | Luvena Vysekal |
Relatives | Ella Buchanan (sister-in-law) |
Edouard Vysekal (1890 – December 2, 1939) was a Bohemia-born American painter and art educator. [1] He was active in Chicago and Southern California.
Vysekal was born on March 17, 1890, in Kutná Hora, Bohemia, Austro-Hungarian Empire. He was born into a family of artists. [2] Vysekal began his art education in Prague. [2] Around 1907, he moved to St Paul, Minnesota to join his father. [2] Later studying at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) under John Vanderpoel, Stanton MacDonald-Wright, Harry Mills Walcott, and Morgan Russell. [2]
He taught at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (from 1912 to 1914) and around 1914, he married a student Luvena Buchanan. [2] [3] The couple moved to Southern California after marriage. [2]
Additionally he taught at the Art Students League of Los Angeles, and the Otis College of Art and Design (formally Otis Art Institute; from 1922 to 1939). [4] His work is in the permanent collection of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. [5]