VICTOR VASARELY* (Pécs 1906 - 1997 Paris) Zeta, 1955 serigraph 35 x 28,5 cm signed Vasarely ESTIMATE € 100 - € 200 STARTING PRICE € 100 Victor Vasarely (1906-1997) was a Hungarian-French painter and graphic artist who is considered a co-founder and one of the most important representatives of Op Art. He was born Győző Vásárhelyi on April 9, 1906 in Pécs, Hungary. After abandoning his medical studies, he began artistic training in 1927 at the private Podolini-Volkmann Art Academy in Budapest. In 1929/30 he attended "Mühely", a commercial graphics school under the direction of Sándor Bortnyik, which was strongly influenced by the Bauhaus. In 1930, Vasarely moved to Paris, where he initially worked as a commercial artist and designed posters. From 1944 he devoted himself exclusively to painting. His art was characterised by geometric-abstract patterns with optical illusions and kinetic effects that challenged perception. In 1955 he was represented at the first documenta, and in 1972 he designed the official logo of the Olympic Games in Munich. In 1976 he founded the Fondation Vasarely in Aix-en-Provence. Vasarely died on March 15, 1997 in Paris. Further artists and styles: Bridget Riley, Yayoi Kusama, Josef Albers, Günter Fruhtrunk, Vera Molnar, Kinetic Art, Richard Anuszkiewicz, Jesús Rafael Soto, Carlos Cruz-Diez, Jean-Pierre Yvaral, Geometric Abstraction, Bauhaus PLEASE NOTE: The purchase price consists of the highest bid plus the buyer's premium, sales tax and, if applicable, the fee of artists resale rights. In the case of normal taxation (marked °), a premium of 24% is added to the highest bid. The mandatory sales tax of 13%, for photographys 20%, is added to the sum of the highest bid and, the buyer's premium. The buyer's premium amounts to 28% in case of differential taxation. The sales tax is included in the differential taxation.