Victor VasarelyHungarian, French, 1906–1997En engel
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Copenhagen, Denmark
It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.
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- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
Particulars
- Accession number
- KKS1989-49
In the catalog
Sources
- SMK
- Image: SMK — National Gallery of Denmark — © the artist or rights holder
Meanwhile, in the life of Victor Vasarely
The whole life1929–1944
Early graphics: texture, perspective, shadow and light
Vasarely experiments with textural effects, perspective, shadow and light; “Chess Board” (1935) and “Zebras” (1937) belong to these years, and during the 1930s, as a graphic designer and poster artist, he combines patterns and organic images.
1942 or 1944
Settles in Saint-Céré
Having lived mostly in cheap hotels, in 1942 or 1944 Vasarely settles in Saint-Céré in the Lot département.
1944–1947
“Les Fausses Routes”: searching without a style of his own
In 1944 Vasarely takes up painting and for three years experiments with cubist, futurist, expressionist, symbolist and surrealist manners without developing a style of his own; afterwards he says he was “on the wrong track”.
1946–1947
First shows at Denise René and René Breteau
In 1946 Vasarely exhibits at the gallery of Denise René and in 1947 at the gallery of René Breteau; Jacques Prévert, who writes the introduction to the catalogue, places him among the surrealists and coins the term “imaginaires” (images + noir, black) for the paintings.
