Here we introduce you to the most important Op-art artists...
Op-Art Artists
Victor Vasarely:
Hungary: 1906 - 1997
Victor Vasarely was a French painter and graphic artist of Hungarian descent. He was one of the co-founders of the Op Art movement.
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Josef Albers:
Germany: 1888 - 1976
Even before his journeyman's examination, Josef Albers was appointed young master by Gropius. As head of the preliminary course, he developed a pioneering art pedagogy.
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William C. Seitz:
United States:
1914-1974
The exhibition The Responsive Eye, curated by William C. Seitz at the Museum of Modern Art in New York in 1965, made optical art famous in the United States.
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Bridget Riley:
England: 1931
When art was still democratic, Bridget Riley rose to become a celebrated painter. She explored vision and used it to create her paintings.
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Gerhard von Graevenitz:
Germany: 1934 - 1983
Gerhard von Graevenitz was a German kinetic artist, representative of Op Art from early computer graphics and relief artist.
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Patrick Hughes:
England: 1939
Patrick Hughes, real name Peter David Hughes, is a British visual artist.
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Heinz Mack:
Germany: 1931
Otto Heinz Mack is a German sculptor and painter and co-founder of the internationally influential ZERO Group.
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Almir Mavignier:
Brazil: 1925
lives and works in Hamburg
Almir da Silva Mavignier was a painter and graphic artist of Brazilian descent living in Germany, internationally known as an artistic representative of Concrete Art and Op Art.
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Francois Morellet:
France: 1926
François Morellet was a French artist who worked primarily in painting, light art, kinetic art, sculpture and engraving. His art is generally attributed to geometric abstraction and minimalism.
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Jesus Rafael Soto: Venezuela: 1923 - 2005
Jesús Rafael Soto was a Venezuelan painter and sculptor. He lived and worked in Paris and Caracas from 1950 and was one of the most important representatives of kinetic art and optical art in South America and Europe from the 1960s onwards.
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Günther Uecker:
Germany: 1930
Günther Uecker is a German painter and object artist. He is best known for his relief-like nail paintings. Some of his artistic objects can be classified as kinetic art.
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Ludig Wilding: Germany: 1927 - 2010
Ludwig Wilding was a German painter and object artist. His works are classified as kinetic art and op art.