Edouard Vysekal: A Pioneer of Chicago and Southern California Modernism Edouard Antonin Vysekal (1890 – December 2, 1939) was a Bohemia-born American painter and art educator who profoundly shaped the artistic landscape of Chicago and Southern California. Born into an artist family in Kutná Hora, Austro-Hungarian Empire, Vysekal’s early life instilled within him a deep appreciation for visual arts—a formative influence that would perm…