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Victor Vasarely
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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
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Győző
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Hungary
- Place of death
- 16th arrondissement of Paris
- Child
- Jean-Pierre Yvaral
- Occupation
- illustrator
- Educated at
- Eötvös Loránd University
- Languages spoken
- Hungarian
- Native language
- Hungarian
- Participant in
- 4. documenta
- Field of work
- art
- Genre
- kinetic art
- Movement
- op art
- Official website
- www.pierrevasarely.com
- Image
- Victor Vasarely.jpg
- Work location
- Budapest
- Residence
- France
Show 9 more facts
- has works in the collection
- Wallraf–Richartz Museum
- name in native language
- Victor Vasarely
- Commons category
- Victor Vasarely
- date of death
- 1997-03-15
- date of birth
- 1906-00-00
- manner of death
- natural causes
- birth name
- Vásárhelyi Győző
- Commons gallery
- Victor Vasarely
- cause of death
- cancer
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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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