Victor Vasarely

(French/Hungarian, 1906–1997)

Victor Vasarely was a French-Hungarian artist credited as the grandfather and leader of the Op Art movement. Utilizing geometric shapes and colorful graphics, the artist created compelling illusions of spatial depth, as seen in his work Vega-Nor (1969). Vasarely’s method of painting borrowed from a range of influences, including Bauhaus design principles, Wassily Kandinsky, and Constructivism. Born Győző Vásárhelyi on April 9, 1906 in Pécs, Hungary, he briefly studied medicine, but after two years he dedicated himself to learn academic painting. In the late 1920s, Vasarely enrolled at the Muhely Academy in Budapest, where the syllabus was largely based on Walter Gropius’s Bauhaus school in Germany. After settling in Paris in 1930, Vasarely worked in advertising agencies to support himself as a graphic artist while creating many works including Zebra (1937), which is considered by some to be one of the earliest examples of Op Art. The artist experimented in a style based in Surrealism and Abstract Expressionism during the 1940s, before arriving at his hallmark checkerboard paintings. Op Art went on to have a number of practitioners, including Bridget Riley and Yaacov Agam. The artist died at age 90 on March 15, 1997 in Paris, France. His works are presently held in the collections of the Albright-Knox Art Gallery in Buffalo, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Tate Gallery in London, and the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice. In 2019, a temporary exhibition of Vasarely's work entitled Le Partage des Formes was displayed in the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris.

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Altaï III, 1955 - 1958
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Untitled, 1975–1999

Victor Vasarely

Untitled, 1975–1999

Sale Date: September 21, 2022

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Anemie, 1935

Victor Vasarely

Sale Date: September 17, 2022

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Rhumatisme, 1938

Victor Vasarely

Rhumatisme, 1938

Sale Date: September 17, 2022

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Untitled (Belle-Isle), 1948

Victor Vasarely

Untitled (Belle-Isle), 1948

Sale Date: June 29, 2022

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Pousta, 1985

Victor Vasarely

Sale Date: September 10, 2022

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Axo AB (B. & V. 1874), 1988

Victor Vasarely

Axo AB (B. & V. 1874), 1988

Sale Date: September 15, 2022

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Domb B -Blue

Victor Vasarely

Sale Date: August 16, 2022

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Fille Fleur

Victor Vasarely

Sale Date: August 16, 2022

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Untitled, 1970

Victor Vasarely

Untitled, 1970

Sale Date: August 25, 2022

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Tridim-Gordes, 1970

Victor Vasarely

Tridim-Gordes, 1970

Sale Date: August 24, 2022

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Hexa 5, from Official Arts Portfolio of the..., 1988

Victor Vasarely

Hexa 5, from Official Arts Portfolio of the..., 1988

Sale Date: August 24, 2022

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Dyok Positif, 1967

Victor Vasarely

Dyok Positif, 1967

Sale Date: August 16, 2022

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BIKUB, 1972

Victor Vasarely

Sale Date: August 25, 2022

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KITA, 1970

Victor Vasarely

Sale Date: August 25, 2022

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Terz Liten, 1978

Victor Vasarely

Terz Liten, 1978

Sale Date: August 18, 2022

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Golf; Tennis Player; Foot (Soccer..., 1980–1997

Victor Vasarely

Golf; Tennis Player; Foot (Soccer..., 1980–1997

Sale Date: August 18, 2022

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Geometric Figures, 1988

Victor Vasarely

Geometric Figures, 1988

Sale Date: August 18, 2022

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untitled 2 from Progressions, 1973

Victor Vasarely

untitled 2 from Progressions, 1973

Sale Date: August 10, 2022

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untitled 3 from Progressions, 1973

Victor Vasarely

untitled 3 from Progressions, 1973

Sale Date: August 10, 2022

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Mita

Victor Vasarely

Sale Date: August 4, 2022

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Two Tigers on Green, 1980

Victor Vasarely

Two Tigers on Green, 1980

Sale Date: August 3, 2022

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Hexa 5, from Official Arts Portfolio of the..., 1988

Victor Vasarely

Hexa 5, from Official Arts Portfolio of the..., 1988

Sale Date: August 11, 2022

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Abstract in Red and Purple

Victor Vasarely

Abstract in Red and Purple

Sale Date: July 23, 2022

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Red Abstract,

Victor Vasarely

Red Abstract,

Sale Date: July 23, 2022

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