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Victor Vasarely

French-Hungarian painter and printmaker (1906-1997) · France · Artists · Died at 90

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He made flat surfaces appear to pulse, warp, and breathe. Vasarely turned geometry into optical illusion decades before anyone called it Op art, and an entire movement claimed him as its starting point.

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Awards

Honorary Citizen of Dorog1988
Goslarer Kaiserring1978

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Child: Jean-Pierre Yvaral

About this person

Born Vásárhelyi Győző in Hungary in 1906, he later became Victor Vasarely in France, where he spent most of his working life. In 1937 he created Zebra, a piece some point to as one of the earliest examples of what would become Op art - though the term wouldn't arrive for years. He kept pushing geometry and optics into new territory, building a body of work that made him widely accepted as a grandfather and leader of the movement. He died in March 1997, leaving behind a visual language that turned static planes into kinetic experiences.

Country
France
Category
Artists
Type
Artist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1906 to 1997 · aged 90

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