Op art

Victor VasarelyOp Art

Op Art

A form of art that gives the illusion of movement through the precise use of pattern and color. 

Zebra, created in the 1930s, is considered to be one of the earliest examples of 'op art'.

Op Art was an art movement that became popular in the United States and Europe in the mid-1960s.

Victor Vasarely is a french painter, considered to be one of the first Op Art artists.

He first worked as a commercial artist and graphic designer.

At first he explored his new ideas in black and white only.

Soon he began exploring his ideas in color.

Exploiting optical illusions, he juxtaposed colors so that they appeared to vibrate.

He developed a technique that

made parts of his geometric images

seem to bulge forward from their surface ground, or background,

area.

Vasarely's paintings and

graphic art reached the peak of their

popularity and influence in

the 1960s and 70s.