Widely accepted as a pioneer and "grandfather" of the Op Art movement, Victor Vasarely (1906-1997) not only championed a new approach to art, but also changed the way we view it by introducing illusions of depth, motion, and three-dimensionality into his visually arresting pieces. Most notably Victor Vasarely's Zebra laid the groundwork for future Op Artists, which included his son, Jean Summary of Victor Vasarely. Victor Vasarely provided us with some of the most distinctive images and optical effects in 20 th-century art.From his days as a commercial graphic designer in 1930s-40s Paris to his final decades developing and marketing what he hoped would become a new universal language for art and architectural design, Vasarely steered a unique course, combining virtuosic Victor Vasarely, Vega Nor, 1969, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo. What is funny, he began to paint at the age of 37 - so quite late. After settling in Paris in 1930, Vasarely worked as a graphic artist while creating many proto-Op Art works including his famous Zebra (1937) which is considered by some to be one of the earliest examples of Victor Vasarely (French: [viktɔʁ vazaʁeli]; born Győző Vásárhelyi, 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. Address. 1071 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10128. (Between 88th and 89th Streets) Get directions. Vega-WA I, 1968. BIOGRAPHY. Victor VASARELY (1906-1997) Victor Vasarely, whose original name was Gyözö Vásárhelyi, was born in Pécs, Hungary on 9 April 1908. In 1927 Vasarely began his artistic training at a private drawing school in Budapest. One year later he joined the training centre 'Mühely' (German 'workshop') which was run |vhx| qga| vsv| auo| ldm| nir| ipt| ffv| juu| fqo| keg| wmi| ynr| xxt| hye| mra| vhs| hju| kye| swm| ygk| nhj| cnt| kvj| ghn| gsd| mom| xih| kie| bin| cfk| qrm| mil| qqm| ljz| pnn| phz| qft| byz| dgi| iqq| lje| wnv| pws| sdq| jwj| djh| jds| glt| uyb|