Movement, Style, School or Type of Art:
Op Art

Date and Place of Birth:
April 9, 1908, Pecs, Hungary

Life:
Best known as the "father" figure of Op Art, Vasarely went through a number of styles to get there. During his start as a graphic designer, he was influenced by the artists of the Bauhaus and early Abstract Expressionism. He unstintingly took these principles to new levels of geometric precision and fostered the Op Art movement. His brilliant works went mainstream, in the forms of posters and fabrics. Not lacking in confidence, Vasarely used the proceeds to design and build his own museum.

Important Works:

Zebra, 1938
Vega, 1957
Alom, 1966
Sinfel, 1977

Date and Place of Death:
March 19, 1997, Annet-on-Marne, France