Victor Vasarely ( born Vásárhelyi Győző, 1906 –1997), was a Hungarian–French artist, who is widely accepted as a "grandfather" and leader of the op art movement. His work entitled Zebra, created in the 1930s, is considered by some to be one of the earliest examples of op art.
Vasarely was trained as an artist in Budapest in the Bauhaus tradition. In 1930 he left Hungary and settled in Paris, where he initially supported himself as a commercial artist but continued to do his own work. During the 1930s he was influenced by Constructivism, but by the 1940s his characteristic style of painting animated surfaces of geometric forms and interacting colors had emerged. His style reached maturity in the mid-1950s and 1960s, when he began using brighter, more vibrant colors to further enhance the suggestion of movement through optical illusion.
Vasarely became a naturalized French citizen in 1959. Much of his work is housed in the Vasarely Museum at the Château de Gourdes, in southern France, and in the Vasarely Museum in Budapest. In 1970 he established the Vasarely Foundation, which in 1976 took up quarters near Aix-en-Provence in a building that he designed.
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 by Sándor Bortnyik and taught the ideas of the Bauhaus. After moving to Paris in 1930 Vasarely was successful as a graphic designer and systematically explored the optical and emotional scope of the different graphic techniques. This led to his understanding in 1947 that geometric forms could evoke a sensory perception conveying new ideas of space, matter and energy. He developed his own geometric form of abstraction, which he varied to create different optical patterns with a kinetic effect. The artist makes a grid in which he arranges geometric forms in brilliant colours in such a way that the eye perceives a fluctuating movement. This was a major contribution to the development of Op Art. The decoration of Caracas University in 1954 was the beginning of Vasarely's active support of art in public spaces. He designed murals of metal and ceramic, mainly for buildings in France. He exhibited works regularly at the documenta in Kassel between 1955 and 1968. The official spiral-shaped logo of the 20th Olympic games in Munich was designed by Vasarely. In 1976 the artist founded the Fondation Vasarely in Aix-en-Provence which supported the creation of an institute for contemporary design and architecture in 1981. The Vasarely Museum in the artist's birth-town Pécs was opened in 1976, followed by the opening of a second museum in Zichy Palace in Budapest in 1987.
Vasarely was trained as an artist in Budapest in the Bauhaus tradition. In 1930 he left Hungary and settled in Paris, where he initially supported himself as a commercial artist but continued to do his own work. During the 1930s he was influenced by Constructivism, but by the 1940s his characteristic style of painting animated surfaces of geometric forms and interacting colors had emerged. His style reached maturity in the mid-1950s and 1960s, when he began using brighter, more vibrant colors to further enhance the suggestion of movement through optical illusion.
Vasarely became a naturalized French citizen in 1959. Much of his work is housed in the Vasarely Museum at the Château de Gourdes, in southern France, and in the Vasarely Museum in Budapest. In 1970 he established the Vasarely Foundation, which in 1976 took up quarters near Aix-en-Provence in a building that he designed.
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 by Sándor Bortnyik and taught the ideas of the Bauhaus. After moving to Paris in 1930 Vasarely was successful as a graphic designer and systematically explored the optical and emotional scope of the different graphic techniques. This led to his understanding in 1947 that geometric forms could evoke a sensory perception conveying new ideas of space, matter and energy. He developed his own geometric form of abstraction, which he varied to create different optical patterns with a kinetic effect. The artist makes a grid in which he arranges geometric forms in brilliant colours in such a way that the eye perceives a fluctuating movement. This was a major contribution to the development of Op Art. The decoration of Caracas University in 1954 was the beginning of Vasarely's active support of art in public spaces. He designed murals of metal and ceramic, mainly for buildings in France. He exhibited works regularly at the documenta in Kassel between 1955 and 1968. The official spiral-shaped logo of the 20th Olympic games in Munich was designed by Vasarely. In 1976 the artist founded the Fondation Vasarely in Aix-en-Provence which supported the creation of an institute for contemporary design and architecture in 1981. The Vasarely Museum in the artist's birth-town Pécs was opened in 1976, followed by the opening of a second museum in Zichy Palace in Budapest in 1987.
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| Mr Victor Vasarely |
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| Museum Fondation Vasarely in Aix-en-Provence © 2017, Fondation Vasarely |
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| © 2017, Fondation Vasarely |
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| 1950, Zebra © 2017, Fondation Vasarely |
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| 1952, Zint © 2017, Fondation Vasarely |
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| 1953, Olbio II © 2017, Fondation Vasarely |
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| 1959, Biadan © 2017, Fondation Vasarely |
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| 1959, Pleionne © 2017, Fondation Vasarely |
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| 1959-61, Supernovae © 2017, Fondation Vasarely |
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| 1960, alphabet-vb © 2017, Fondation Vasarely |
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| 1960-63, Geta © 2017, Fondation Vasarely |
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| 1963, keiho © 2017, Fondation Vasarely |
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| 1964, Noir et Blanc © 2017, Fondation Vasarely |
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| 1964, Planetary folklore participations © 2017, Fondation Vasarely |
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| 1965, EG 1-2 © 2017, Fondation Vasarely |
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| 1965, Toll (from the Permutations Series) © 2017, Fondation Vasarely |
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| 1966, Boglar II © 2017, Fondation Vasarely |
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| 1967, Duo-2 © 2017, Fondation Vasarely |
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| 1967, Relief Multicolor No. 2 © 2017, Fondation Vasarely |
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| 1968 Vega 200 © 2017, Fondation Vasarely |
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| 1968, Na II A © 2017, Fondation Vasarely |
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| 1969, Planetary Folklore Participations No. 1 © 2017, Fondation Vasarely |
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| 1969, Vega Nor © 2017, Fondation Vasarely |
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| 1970, Kezdi © 2017, Fondation Vasarely |
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| 1970, Gestalt-7 © 2017, Fondation Vasarely |
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| 1970, Untitled 16 © 2017, Fondation Vasarely |
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| 1972, AXO - NEW YORK © 2017, Fondation Vasarely |
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| 1973 Folkokta © 2017, Fondation Vasarely |
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| 1975, Citra, edition 40-250 © 2017, Fondation Vasarely |
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| 1975, Optical Cube © 2017, Fondation Vasarely |
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| 1975, Vonal Fèny © 2017, Fondation Vasarely |
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| 1976, Untitled Serigraph © 2017, Fondation Vasarely |
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| 1978, Vega Szem © 2017, Fondation Vasarely |
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| 1980, Sange © 2017, Fondation Vasarely |
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| 1981, Pictor © 2017, Fondation Vasarely |
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| 1982, Jamy © 2017, Fondation Vasarely |
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| 1983, O4 NN-2 © 2017, Fondation Vasarely |
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| 1985, Titan A © 2017, Fondation Vasarely |
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| 1988, Pava Year © 2017, Fondation Vasarely |
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| 1989, Tsikos-A ( Stripes-A) © 2017, Fondation Vasarely |
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| 1989-90, Kezdi © 2017, Fondation Vasarely |
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| © 2017, Fondation Vasarely |
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| Composición abstracta 17 © 2017, Fondation Vasarely |
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| © 2017, Fondation Vasarely |
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| Gestalt I Series © 2017, Fondation Vasarely |
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| hand painted acrylic on wood, sculpture collection © 2017, Fondation Vasarely |
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| Maamor, Wool tapestry, © 2017, Fondation Vasarely |
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| Mexico city (Michel Bergeron private collection) |
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| Olimpic games © 2017, Fondation Vasarely |
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| Vega (Michel Bergeron private collection) |
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| Pauk Army © 2017, Fondation Vasarely |
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| Rhombus © 2017, Fondation Vasarely |
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| Sem Título © 2017, Fondation Vasarely |
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| Tuz © 2017, Fondation Vasarely |
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| Vas Vega © 2017, Fondation Vasarely |
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| Vega Nor Improvisation 2 © 2017, Fondation Vasarely |
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| Vega Haromszor © 2017, Fondation Vasarely |
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| Vega Kontosh Va © 2017, Fondation Vasarely |
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| Vega © 2017, Fondation Vasarely |
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