10 facts about victor vasarely
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A modern humanist
Victor Vasarely is a very special artist in the history of 20th century art. He became famous during his lifetime and distinguished himself in contemporary art by creating a new trend: optical art. His work is part of a great coherence, from the evolution of his graphic art to his determination to promote a social art, accessible to all. Victor Vasarely was born in Pécs, Hungary in 1906. In 1925, after his baccalaureate, he undertook brief medical studies at the University of Budapest, which he abandoned two years later. From this period, Vasarely kept a will of method, objectivity, a thirst for knowledge… close to the scientific world.
Discover the periods
Pauline Mari
TO THE SOURCES OF A POST-MORTEM LIFE PROJECT
Victor Vasarely was not only the most talented advertising graphic designer of his generation in the 1930s, and an artist who played a key role at the Liberation in 1944, federating the new painters of the École de Paris. He was not only after the war the father of Op Art in France and abroad, a perfect intermediary between the k
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Victor Vasarely
Hungarian-French artist
The native form of this personal name is Vásárhelyi Győző. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.
Victor Vasarely (French:[viktɔʁvazaʁeli]; born Győző Vásárhelyi, Hungarian:[ˈvaːʃaːrhɛjiˈɟøːzøː]; 9 April 1906[1] – 15 March 1997) was a Hungarian-French artist, who is widely accepted as a "grandfather" and leader[2] 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.
Life and work
Vasarely was born in Pécs and grew up in Piešťany (then Pöstény) and Budapest, where, in 1925, he took up medical studies at Eötvös Loránd University. In 1927, he abandoned medicine to learn traditional academic painting at the private Podolini-Volkmann Academy. In 1928/1929, he enrolled at Sándor Bortnyik's private art school called Műhely (lit. "Workshop", in existence until 1938), then widely recognized as Budapest's center of Bauhaus studies. Cash-strapped, the műhely could not offer all t
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Victor Vasarely Biography
A personal recollection (by Alex Adelman): I was very fortunate to have met Victor Vasarely several times and will always remember him as a very warm, funny, charming, intelligent man. However, what struck me most about him was that he had a child-like innocence and wonderment toward both people and the world around him. The last time I saw him, a year or so ago, I remember fondly watching him play Yvaral several games of chess. Needless to say, he beat Yvaral each time! We shared a glass of wine, chocolates and then he entertained us with Hungarian folk songs. It was a truly fun and memorable occasion!
Considered the father of the Op Art, artist Victor Vasarelywas born on April 9th, 1908 in Pécs, Hungary. Internationally recognized as one of the most important artists of the 20th century, his innovations in color and optical illusion have had a strong influence on many modern artists. Spanning most of his career, our collection of his prints and sculptures explores his forays into some of his most famous works such as the plastic alphabet
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