Vaclav Vytlacil

Vaclav Vytlacil was an American painter, sculptor, printmaker and university teacher (1892–1984). He was born at New York City.

Also recorded as Vytlacil; Václav Vytlacil.

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Formation and teaching

Vaclav Vytlacil studied at Art Students League of New York.

As a teacher, Vaclav Vytlacil is recorded in connection with Margaret Peterson. Each of those relationships is stated by the authority record rather than inferred from style.

Recognition and collections

Work by Vaclav Vytlacil is held by Museum of Modern Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Smithsonian American Art Museum and Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.

Identity

What the record establishes about Vaclav Vytlacil.

Rocky Mountains is dated 1953 and held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art (inventory 53.173). Untitled is dated 1939 and held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art (inventory 1976.336.1). Vaclav Vytlacil is recorded as painter, sculptor, printmaker and university teacher. The Metropolitan Museum of Art records 6 objects associated with this heading. Vaclav Vytlacil is recorded with the citizenship of United States.

Holdings and surviving copies

Where material relating to Vaclav Vytlacil is held.

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Authority records

The identifiers under which Vaclav Vytlacil may be traced in institutional catalogues.

Vaclav Vytlacil is established in the international name authorities as Wikidata Q19742245.

Catalogued works

2 works under this name are catalogued by The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Their recorded dates run from 1939 to 1953.

Untitled, dated 1939, opaque matte paint on canvas on board, held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory 1976.336.1. Rocky Mountains, dated 1953, gouache, oil paint, oil crayon and graphite on paper, held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory 53.173.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 1 named public collection.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art: 6 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

10 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Vytlacil, Vaclav, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011. Vytlacil, Vaclav (1892–1984)., Historical Dictionary of Contemporary Art, 2017. The diet of settled Neolithic farmers of east-central Europe: isotopic and dental microwear evidence, Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, 2023. From Ideology to Interest-Driven Politics: Václav Klaus, Andrej Babiš and Two Eras of Party Leadership in the Czech Republic, 2019. Václav Havel at the End of the Cold War: The Invention of Post-Communist Transition in the Address to U.S. Congress, February 21, 1990, Communication Quarterly, 2019. Considering the Public Private-Dichotomy: Hannah Arendt, Václav Havel and Victor Klemperer on the Importance of the Private, Human Studies, 2017. The Influence of Václav Klaus on Czech Public Opinion Regarding the European Union, 2017. Meet Vaclav Smil, the man who has quietly shaped how the world thinks about energy, 2018. The Political Thought of Václav Havel: Philosophical Influences and Contemporary Applications, 2016. The Power of the Powerless and Václav Havel’s “Responsibilityism”, 2018.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 6 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 5 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 5 means 5 genuinely separate publishers of record. 15 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

In detail

Vaclav Vytlacil studied at Art Students League of New York. Margaret Peterson is recorded as having studied under Vaclav Vytlacil.

Membership is recorded of American Abstract Artists.

Work by Vaclav Vytlacil is recorded in the collections of Museum of Modern Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and The Phillips Collection.

Chronology

  1. 1892Vaclav Vytlacil born at New York City.
  2. 1892Vaclav Vytlacil was born in 1892 at New York City.
  3. 1939Untitled is dated 1939 and held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art (inventory 1976.336.1).
  4. 1939Untitled (The Metropolitan Museum of Art).
  5. 1953Rocky Mountains is dated 1953 and held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art (inventory 53.173).
  6. 1953Rocky Mountains (The Metropolitan Museum of Art).
  7. 1984Vaclav Vytlacil died at New York City.
  8. 1984Vaclav Vytlacil died in 1984 at New York City.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    Vytlacil, Vaclav (1892–1984)., Historical Dictionary of Contemporary Art, 2017

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  2. 2.

    Vytlacil, Vaclav, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  3. 3.

    Internet Archive, 22 digitised items catalogued under Vaclav Vytlacil as creator.

    digital repository · Unverified

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  4. 4.

    Semantic Scholar corpus, 8 publications naming Vaclav Vytlacil.

    scholarly index · Unverified

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  5. 5.

    The Metropolitan Museum of Art, collection records associated with Vaclav Vytlacil (6 objects).

    museum collection · Unverified · The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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  6. 6.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q19742245: Vaclav Vytlacil

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikidata

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  7. 7.

    “Vaclav Vytlacil”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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Plates

Each plate is reproduced under the terms the holding register itself publishes, with its creator and licence named.

First part of the obituary of Vaclav Vytlacil (1892–1984), published in The Journal News, 12 January 1984, page 18

First part of the obituary of Vaclav Vytlacil (1892–1984), published in The Journal News, 12 January 1984, page 18

Kevin McCoy · https://www.newspapers.com/clip/117803510/sparkill-artist-vytlacil-exerted-wide/# · Public domain

The picture record
Second part of the obituary of Vaclav Vytlacil (1892–1984), published in The Journal News, 12 January 1984, page 18

Second part of the obituary of Vaclav Vytlacil (1892–1984), published in The Journal News, 12 January 1984, page 18

Kevin McCoy · https://www.newspapers.com/clip/117803385/sparkill-artist-vytlacil-exerted-wide/ · Public domain

The picture record

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