Luvena Vysekal
American painter
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Luvena Buchanan Vysekal (née Luvena Buchanan, pseudonym Benjamin Blue; December 23, 1873 – January 11, 1954) was an American portrait painter.
December 23, 1873
Luvena Buchanan Vysekal | |
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| Born | Luvena Buchanan December 23, 1873 Le Mars, Iowa, U.S. |
| Died | January 11, 1954 (aged 80) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Other names | Benjamin Blue, Luvena Vysekal |
| Education | School of the Art Institute of Chicago |
| Occupation | Painter |
| Spouse | Edouard Vysekal (1914–?) |
| Relatives | Ella Buchanan (sister) |
Biography
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She was born December 23, 1873, in Le Mars, Iowa, her parents were Scottish.[1]
She was trained at the Art Institute of Chicago between 1910 and 1914, where her future husband Edouard Vysekal was one of her professors.[1][2] They married in 1914, and moved to Southern California. She later opened a studio on the Sunset Strip in Los Angeles, California.[3] In 1895 she used the alias of Hattie Lummis and wrote a poem for a song prize commissioned by the Wabash Railboard, which became "In the Shadow of the Pines," later performed by the Carter Family and Bascom Lamar Lunsford.[4][5] She used the pseudonym "Benjamin Blue" to publish a 1922 book, Counterfeit Presentations.[1]
Further reading
- Yoshiki-Kovinick, Marian (2011). Love Never Fails: The Art of Edouard and Luvena Vysekal. Pasadena, California: Pasadena Museum of California Art. ISBN 9781450790291. OCLC 764728125.
