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Victor VasarelyOp Art
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Op Art
A form of art that gives the illusion of movement through the precise use of pattern and color.
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Zebra, created in the 1930s, is considered to be one of the earliest examples of 'op art'.
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Op Art was an art movement that became popular in the United States and Europe in the mid-1960s.
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Victor Vasarely is a french painter, considered to be one of the first Op Art artists.
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He first worked as a commercial artist and graphic designer.
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At first he explored his new ideas in black and white only.
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Soon he began exploring his ideas in color.
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Exploiting optical illusions, he juxtaposed colors so that they appeared to vibrate.
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He developed a technique that
made parts of his geometric images
seem to bulge forward from their surface ground, or background,
area.
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Vasarely's paintings and
graphic art reached the peak of their
popularity and influence in
the 1960s and 70s.
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