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  1. Op Art: What is Op Art and Famous Works | Artland …

    • Victor Vasarely is considered to be one the most important representatives of optical painting. He took inspiration and orientation from theories of the Bauhaus, Suprematism, and geometric abstraction. He wa… See more

    Bridget Riley

    Bridget Riley is one of the best-known Op Art painters, famous for her striking murals composed … See more

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    Richard Anuskiewicz

    He was one of the founders and foremost exponents of Op Art during the late 1960s and early 1970s. In 1964, Life magazine ran a feature on him in which they called him “one o… See more

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    François Morellet

    Born in 1926 in Cholet, a small town in the Loire Valley, François Morellet was a painter, graphic artist and sculptor. He was one of the founders of the Groupe de Recherche … See more

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  1. Top 6 Famous Op Art Artists

    • 1. Victor Vasarely Victor Vasarely (1906-1997) is considered to be the founding father of the Op art movement. ...
    • 2. Jesús Rafael Soto Jesús Rafael Soto (1923-2005) can be described as both one of the most prolific and most renowned Op art artists in history. ...
    • 3. Bridget Riley ...
    • 4. Richard Anuszkiewicz ...
    • 5. Omar Rayo ...
    • 6. Julian Stanczak ...
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  4. Op Art Movement Overview | TheArtStory

    Although black and white delivered perhaps the most memorable Op images, color also intrigued many Op artists. The scientific study of color had been central to teaching at the Bauhaus, and Vasarely certainly benefited from his …

  5. Victor Vasarely: The art that tricks the eyes - BBC

    Mar 5, 2019 · By the early 1970s, Victor Vasarely was everywhere. Regarded by historians today as the ‘grandfather’ of Op Art, the Hungarian-French abstract artist, then in his late sixties, had watched his...

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  7. Famous Op Art Artists – 10 Creatives Who Trick Our …

    Sep 26, 2023 · From the iconic Op art examples that first emerged in the 1960s to the enduring legacy of renowned artists who harnessed the power of optical illusion, we delve into the works and artistic philosophies that have left an …

  8. Op art - Wikipedia

    Op art is a perceptual experience related to how vision functions. It is a dynamic visual art that stems from a discordant figure-ground relationship that puts the two planes—foreground and background—in a tense and contradictory …

  9. Famous Op Art Artists - Explore Artists Who Trick the …

    Sep 1, 2023 · From icons such as Bridget Riley to the impactful works of Jesús Rafael Soto and Richard Anuszkiewicz, we will introduce you to the top 13 most famous Op art artists of the last two centuries. Read on for more about these …

  10. Op art | History, Definition, Characteristics, Artists,

    Oct 1, 2024 · Op art, branch of mid-20th-century geometric abstract art that deals with optical illusion. Artists purposefully manipulated formal relationships of shapes and colors to evoke perceptual illusions, ambiguities, and …

  11. Op art - Tate

    Op painting used a framework of purely geometric forms as the basis for its effects and also drew on colour theory and the physiology and psychology of perception. Leading figures were Bridget Riley, Jesus Rafael Soto, and