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Victor Vasarely

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Victor Vasarely

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Also known as Victor de Vasarely, Victor Vasarély, Victor De Vasarely, Victor Vaserely, Viktor Vazareli, Győző Vasarely

French-Hungarian painter and printmaker (1906–1997)

AI overview

Victor Vasarely was a French-Hungarian painter and printmaker who became a major figure in modern art during the 20th century. He is significant for pioneering Op Art, a style that uses geometric patterns and optical illusions to create dynamic visual effects that seem to move or shift when viewed.

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Person · Open Library

Works
23

Top works

  • Notes brutes
  • Exhibition of Recent Paintings by Vasarely
  • [Paintings]
  • Farbstadt = The polychrome city
  • Farbwelt

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
France
Active from
1906-04-09
Active to
1997-03-15

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
1
Total plays
32

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Works in European collections

2 objects attributed to Victor Vasarely, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

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Encyclopedic overview

Victor Vasarely ( French: [viktɔʁ vazaʁeli]; born Vásárhelyi Győző, Hungarian: [ˈvaːʃaːrhɛji ˈɟøːzøː]; 9 April 1906 – 15 March 1997) was a Hungarian-French artist, who is widely accepted as a "grandfather" and leader of the Op art movement.

His work titled Zebra, created in 1937, is considered by some to be one of the earliest examples of Op art.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Victor Vasarely” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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