Discover painter, manufacturer of gouaches, collagist Victor Vasarely

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: Vasarely, Victor de

Qualifications: painter, manufacturer of gouaches, collagist, graphic artist, designer

Nationality/school: French, Hungarian

Born: Pécs 1906-04-09

Deceased: Paris 1997-03-15

Family relationships this field records any family relationship to one or more other artist(s).: Victor Vasarely is father of Yvaral Vasarely and husband of Claire Vasarely

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54 hits in RKDlibrary as subject
2 hits in RKDexcerpts as artist

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Biographical information

Education: Academie Podolini-Volkmann (Boedapest)

1927
Mühely Academie (Boedapest)

1928-1929

Active in

Boedapest 1927 - 1930
Parijs 1930
verhuisde naar Parijs en werkte hier als graficus

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Teacher of This field mentions the names of pupils. What is at issue are the pupils who were significantly influenced by a teacher as opposed to every student someone ever had. See also the 'Education' field.: Allart, Patrice
Grossova, Erzsebet
Influence on This field specifies the artists influenced by the artist in question, without there being question of an educational setting or servile following.: Kok, Meindert

Subjects This field specifies the various subject categories or genres that constitute the oeuvre of the artist in question. The contents of this field are generally based more on the documentation available at the RKD than on the literature.: abstraction

Medium/technique: wood, metal, glass, plexiglas, perspex, paper

Literature

Literature in RKDLibrary: 54 hits in RKDlibrary as subject

Witt Checklist 1978 , p. 312

N. D'Huart en B. Fornari, Musée communal d'Ixelles, Brussel 1994, p. 88.
Cat.tent. Victor Vasarely. Werke von 1935 bis 1963, Bern (Kunsthalle Bern) 1964
G. Imre, 'Resonances and facts. The early life and Budapest school years of Victor Vasarely: findings in Hungarian archives', Bulletin du Musée Hongrois des Beaux-Arts 120-121 (2015-2016), p. 237-264

AKLONLINE (mei 2011)
expert: Michele Vasarely (bron veilingcatalogus Christie's South Kensington Londen, 03-07-1998, nr. 222)
Zie veilingcatalogus Londen, Christie's, 19 juli 2007.
www.vasarely.org (april 2011)

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Comment: FONDATION VASARELY : AIX EN PROVENCE, 1, Avenue Marcel Pagnol, Jas-de-Bouffan, F 13090 Aix en Provence, Tel : 04 42 20 01 09, Fax : 04 42 59 14 65 Site web Fondation Vasarely, fondationvasarely@fondationvasarely.com

External links: http://www.vasarely.org

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Creation date: 1992-01-31; Last modified date: 2023-02-09

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