Luvena Buchanan Vysekal (née Luvena Buchanan, pseudonym Benjamin Blue; December 23, 1873 – January 11, 1954) was an American portrait painter.
Biography
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.
References
- ^ a b c "Luvena Buchanan Vysekal - Biography". Askart.com. Retrieved 2021-03-13.
- ^ "Luvena Vysekal newspaper clippings and photos relating to Edouard Vysekal, 1910-1942". Archives of American Art. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved July 25, 2020.
- ^ "Mrs. Vysekal Funeral Set". The Los Angeles Times. January 14, 1954. p. 39. Retrieved July 25, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Engle, David. https://www.fresnostate.edu/folklore/ballads/MN1135.html.
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