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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

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Victor Vasarely has received more than 689,824 page views. His biography is available in 54 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 52 in 2019). Victor Vasarely is the 8th most popular artist, the 27th most popular biography from Hungary (down from 23rd 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 8 out of 125. Before him are Andy Warhol, Marcel Duchamp, Yoko Ono, M. C. Escher, Jusepe de Ribera, and Hans Holbein the Younger. After him are Anders Zorn, Hiroshige, Joseph Beuys, Yves Klein, Jean Arp, and Käthe Kollwitz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, Victor Vasarely ranks 14. Before him are Luchino Visconti, Aristotle Onassis, Kurt Gödel, Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten, Albert Hofmann, and Maria Goeppert Mayer. After him are Josephine Baker, Hassan al-Banna, Sayyid Qutb, Sergei Korolev, Faisal of Saudi Arabia, and Billy Wilder. Among people deceased in 1997, Victor Vasarely ranks 10. Before him are Diana, Princess of Wales, Jacques Cousteau, Viktor Frankl, Jeanne Calment, Mobutu Sese Seko, and Toshiro Mifune. After him are Gianni Versace, Israel Kamakawiwoʻole, Paulo Freire, Melvin Calvin, The Notorious B.I.G., and Roy Lichtenstein.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Victor Vasarely ranks 27 out of 1,077. Before him are Robert Capa (1913), John Zápolya (1487), Ladislaus the Posthumous (1440), Franz Lehár (1870), Count of St. Germain (1712), and Ilona Staller (1951). After him are Eugene Wigner (1902), György Lukács (1885), Viktor Orbán (1963), Archduchess Marie Valerie of Austria (1868), Ernő Rubik (1944), and Andrew II of Hungary (1175).

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Among ARTISTS In Hungary

Among artists born in Hungary, Victor Vasarely ranks 1. 

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