Kevin McCoy

“ Vytlacil, who maintained his association with the Art Students League while abroad, returned to the United States in 1935. A year later, he and 13 other painters and sculptors founded the “American Abstract Artists,” a group whose collective work paved the way for the abstract expressionists of the 1940s. ”

“ Florio theorized.
“He also left New York City at a time when the whole scene was getting very hot,” contended Campbell. “If he had stayed, he would have talked and come into contact with other artists more frequently and that would have been better for his work.” ”