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Victor Vasarely

1906 - 1997

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Victor Vasarely (French: [viktɔʁ vazaʁeli]; born Győző Vásárhelyi, Hungarian: [ˈvaːʃaːrhɛji ˈɟøːzøː]; 9 April 1906 – 15 March 1997) was a Hungarian-French artist, who is widely accepted as a "grandfather" and leader of the Op art movement. His work titled Zebra, created in 1937, is considered by some to be one of the earliest examples of Op art. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Victor Vasarely is the 10th most popular artist (down from 8th in 2019), the 38th most popular biography from Hungary (down from 27th in 2019) and the most popular Hungarian Artist.

Victor Vasarely is a Hungarian-French artist who is most famous for his Op Art paintings.

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Among ARTISTS

Among artists, Victor Vasarely ranks 10 out of 125. Before him are Marcel Duchamp, M. C. Escher, Yoko Ono, Jusepe de Ribera, Hans Holbein the Younger, and Jean Arp. After him are Hiroshige, Joseph Beuys, Käthe Kollwitz, Luca Signorelli, Theo van Doesburg, and Yves Klein.

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Among people born in 1906, Victor Vasarely ranks 25. Before him are Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark, Billy Wilder, Henri Charrière, Vladimir Prelog, Ernst Ruska, and Albert Hofmann. After him are Roberto Rossellini, Hans Bethe, Léopold Sédar Senghor, Sayyid Qutb, Giuseppe Farina, and Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Among people deceased in 1997, Victor Vasarely ranks 14. Before him are Jacques Cousteau, Jeanne Calment, Alexander R. Todd, Mobutu Sese Seko, Gianni Versace, and Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. After him are Bảo Đại, John Kendrew, Sviatoslav Richter, Paulo Freire, Melvin Calvin, and The Notorious B.I.G..

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Victor Vasarely ranks 38 out of 1,077. Before him are Dennis Gabor (1900), Ladislaus the Posthumous (1440), Andrew II of Hungary (1175), Viktor Orbán (1963), Ernő Rubik (1944), and Mary, Queen of Hungary (1371). After him are Lajos Kossuth (1802), Zoltán Kodály (1882), László Bíró (1899), Johnny Weissmuller (1904), Gabor Maté (1944), and Emmerich Kálmán (1882).

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Among ARTISTS In Hungary

Among artists born in Hungary, Victor Vasarely ranks 1. 

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