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American painter and sculptor (–)

Vaclav Vytlacil (November 1, – January 5, ) was an American artist and art instructor. He was among the earliest and most influential advocates of Hans Hofmann's teachings in the United States.

Life

Vaclav "Vyt" Vytlacil was born in New York City to Czech immigrant parents on November 1, ^[1][2] At an early age he moved with his parents to Chicago. In , he began studies at the Art Institute of Chicago, returning to New York on a scholarship to the Art Students League in While there, he studied under portraitist John C.

Johansen.^[3] Vytlacil left the League to take a teaching position at the Minneapolis School of Art. He also spent time in Europe, working as an assistant to Hans Hofmann and studying the Cubist movement.

During the late s and early s, Vytlacil taught at a variety of places, including the Art Students League of New York City, Queens College in New York, Black Mountain College in