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Vaclav Vytlacil 1892-1984
Like many of the artists in our collection, Vytlacil grew up in the Middle
West, that great nurturer of artistic and literary talent in the twentieth
century. He attended the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and went
on to the Art Students League. After a teaching stint, he went to Europe
where he was one of the first Americans to study with Hans Hofmann, at
the latter’s school in Munich, Germany, eventually becoming studio
assistant around 1924. When he came to lecture at the University of California,
Berkeley, he spread the word about Hofmann; the only man teaching modern
art in studio classes. Vytlacil also taught at the Art Students League,
and was a founding member of the American Abstract Artists group. His
paintings ranged from formal abstraction to a decorative semi-abstract
format, such as the example in our illustration.
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The Collection of the Provincetown Art Association
and Museum, March 3-13, 2000, The National Arts Club, New York, NY;
Curatorial Notes: Tony Vevers
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