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VACLAV
VYTLACIL
1892-1984
Combining
many traits from the early modern painting movements in America,
Vaclav Vytlacil formed the American Abstract Artists in the
1937. His calligraphic lines of Surrealism, his Cubist space,
and bold colors of the Expressionist movement energize the
images of the fish of the Vineyard, the fishermen themselves,
the docks, and the seascapes of the island. Like Thomas Hart
Benton, Jackson Pollock, and Francis Chapin, "Vyt",
as he was affectionately known, summered on Martha’s
Vineyard. His daughter, Anne, still uses the same house and
studio in Chilmark where their family lived during those summer
months.
Like
many who became connected with the Martha’s Vineyard
Art Association in those early years, Vytlacil’s reputation
as a teacher was as prominent as his reputation as a successful
artist. Born in New York of Czechoslovakian parents, he taught
at the University of California at Berkeley in 1928 and paved
the way for his own mentor Hans Hofmann who came a few years
later. Vytlacil began a long tenure at the Art Students League
in NYC in 1931 as a popular and controversial instructor where
he brought the lessons of European art to his students. In
addition to having several works in the Permanent Collection,
the Old Sculpin Gallery has other Vytlacil paintings for sale
which can be seen by appointment.
EDUCATION:
Art Institute of Chicago
Art Students League
TEACHING
EXPERIENCE:
Minneapolis School of Art
University of California at Berkeley
California College of Arts and Crafts
Art Students League
COLLECTIONS:
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Whitney Museum of American Art
Art Students League
Montclair Art Museum
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