Vaclav "Vyt" Vytlacil was born in New York City to Czech immigrant parents on November 1, 1892.

He also spent time in Europe, working as an assistant to Hans Hofmann and studying the Cubist movement.

He successfully helped get his acquaintance Jan Matulka a job at Art Students League of New York.

Among his students were artists such as Louise Bourgeois, Willem de Kooning, Knox Martin, Frank O'Cain, Robert Rauschenberg, James Rosenquist, Cy Twombly, and Tony Smith among others.

[1] After his death, his daughter Anne bequeathed his estate in Rockland County to The Art Students League of New York City.