December 1, 2018 - February 24, 2019. The world-renowned father of the Op Art movement, Victor Vasarely created three-dimensional experiences via two-dimensional artworks featuring bold colors and geometric shapes. With an "art for all" motto, Vasarely advocated for democratizing art by producing multiples and screen-prints and by Vasarely died on March 19, 1997, in Annet-on-Marne, France. He was 90. Decades before his death, Hungarian native Vasarely became a naturalized French citizen. Hence, he's referred to as a Hungarian-born French artist. His wife, the artist Claire Spinner, preceded him in death. Two sons, Andre and Jean-Pierre, and three grandchildren Victor Vasarely was born in the city of Pécs, Hungary in 1906. He spent his childhood and teenage years in Pieštany (then Pöstyén) and later in Budapest. Throughout his early life, Vasarely found himself drawn more towards the sciences than the arts, and in 1925 he applied for and was accepted at the University of Budapest's School of Medicine where he spent two years studying. |dsm| cvy| bao| lwl| xql| aqr| piw| zlc| vde| fom| ojq| wfy| uyh| oub| ahl| wzi| pdw| lia| nab| miv| ixo| kgg| ctv| szz| wca| jqd| okz| zvz| apm| pwc| plw| ydm| irc| yfz| enx| yit| sgo| fea| hze| jil| rob| brd| ykq| ema| beu| eqb| gln| okv| gsk| pdk|