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Victor Vasarely
Sign in to saveAlso known as Victor de Vasarely, Victor Vasarély, Victor De Vasarely, Victor Vaserely, Viktor Vazareli, Győző Vasarely
French-Hungarian painter and printmaker (1906–1997)
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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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- The Montreal Cognitive Assessment, MoCA: A Brief Screening Tool For Mild Cognitive Impairment
· 2005 · cited 21,964x
- Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome
· 2001 · cited 18,614x
- A global reference for human genetic variation
· 2015 · cited 17,783x
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,961x
- Accurate structure prediction of biomolecular interactions with AlphaFold 3
· 2024 · cited 15,219x
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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.
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