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Copyright estate of the artist | | | Vasarely, Victor (1908 - 1997) France
Bellatrix II, 1957
Oil on canvas; 194.3 x 129.8 x 3.2 cm Op Art
UID 102-588
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Biography
Painter and designer, born in Pecs, Hungary. Pioneer in the development of almost every optical device for the creation of a new art of visual illusion. Studied in Budapest at the Podolini-Volkmann Academy, then at the Mühely Academy of graphic arts run by Alexander Bortnyik known as the Budapest Bauhaus, where Moholy-Nagy was teacher. Moved to Paris in 1930. From 1944 devoted himself exclusively to optical art and theories of perception. First one-man exhibition at the Galerie Denise René, Paris, 1944, with restless conflicting patterns incorporating zebras, chessboards, etc. Decided in 1947 to concentrate on constructive-geometric abstraction. Pioneered Op art in the later 1950s with compositions based on a continual aggressive interaction between different kinds of pattern, and invented a plastic alphabet of standardised colours, shapes, etc.. Designed screen prints and tapestries. In 1958, first one-man show in the United States at the Rose Fried Gallery, New York; 1973 retrospective, Galerie Denise René, Paris, 1993, Museum of Art, Tokyo; 1978, Vasarely Centre, New York, similar Centre in Oslo, in 1982. Awarded the Grand Prix jointly with Burri at the 1965 São Paulo Bienal and one of four equal main prizes for painting at the 1967 Pittsburgh International. Founded a museum of his own work at the Chateau de Gordes in 1970 and the Vasarely Fondation at Aix-en-Provence, 1976.
Exhibitions
Vasarely in Retrospect Vancouver Art Gallery, Australia 01-03-1972 ~ 30-03-1972
Vasarely Société Auxiliaire des Expositions du Palais des Beaux Arts, France 01-01-1960 ~ 28-02-1960
Accrochage Nº1, Selection of Portuguese and French Artists in The Berardo Collection Embaixada de França (French Embassy), Portugal 27-04-2005 ~ 15-10-2005
The Berardo Collection Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo (SMAM-CB), Portugal 17-05-1997 ~ 31-08-1997
Colecção Berardo Collection 1917-1999 Centro Cultural de Belém (CCB), Portugal 27-01-2000 ~ 27-08-2000
Arte Cinética / Arte Op na Colecção Berardo Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo (SMAM-CB), Portugal 29-09-2001 ~ 31-10-2001
De Miró à Warhol. La Collection Berardo à Paris Musée du Luxembourg, France 16-10-2008 ~ 22-02-2009
A Revolução Cinética Museu do Chiado, Portugal 13-03-2008 ~ 15-06-2008
Bibliography
Accrochage Nº1, Selection of Portuguese and French Artists in The Berardo Collection, 2005 Published by 90 Graus Editora, Lda. ISBN 9728964013
Christie's Contemporary Art, 1993 Published by Christie's
Colecção Berardo Collection 1917-1999, 2000 Published by CCB - Centro Cultural de Belém ISBN 972817652X
The Berardo Collection – Sintra Museum of Modern Art, 1996 Published by Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo ISBN 9729739105
Vasarely, 1960 Published by Société Auxiliare des Expositions du Palais des Beaux Arts
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