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Vytautas Kasiulis (1918 – 1995) was a Lithuanian painter of the School of Paris. He was one of the most famous Lithuanian artists who became exiled in Paris after the annexation of their country by the Soviet Union.

In the beginning of 1942, in Kaunas, Kasiulis participated in several group expositions and had a solo exhibition at the Vytautas Magnus Museum of Culture in 1943. He left the following year for Germany, to teach at the Fine Arts School in Fribourg-en-Brisgau. After this, he had several solo expositions in Kiel, Bad Siegelberg, Hamburg and Fribourg.

He arrived in Paris in 1948, his first exposition was held at Raymond Duncan's gallery in 1949. Starting in 1954, he also showed his work outside France, notably in Berlin, Copenhagen, Geneva, Stockholm, Cleveland, New York, and Toronto. He also participated in several salons, including the Salon Des Indépendants.

In 2013, the Vytautas Kasiulis Museum of Art was created in Vilnius.