Victor VASARELY - XXe siècle 10 - Stencil

Stencil : The stencil is a printing technique made using a cover (in zinc for example) that prevents paint or ink from flowing. The stencil is then applied to the printed proof by etching, lithography, screen printing or phototyping. Many stencils must be traced and cut to obtain an accurate reproduction of the work.
Victor Vasarely : (1906-1997) French painter from hungarian origin Vasarely is known as the father of optical art or "op-art". His works are exhibited in the world's greatest museums : The Hara Museum of Contemporary Art (Japan); The Vasarely Foundation, Centre Pompidou (France); The Walker Art Center, MOMA, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Guggenheim, New York (US); Das Museum Folkwang (Germany); The Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (Portugal); The Kröller-Müller Museum (Dutchland); The Queensland art Gallery (Australia); The Nykytaiteen museo Kiasma (Finland); The Horsens Kunstmuseum (Danemark); The Peggy Guggenheim Collection (Italie); The National Gallery of Scotland, Tate Collection (UK); The Kunstmuseum Lichtenstein (Liechtenstein); The Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes (Argentina); The Museum of Contemporary Art Skopje (FYROM); The Henie Onstad Museum (Norway); The Victor Vasarely Museum, Pécs (Hungary); The Museo de Arte Contemporaneo, Caracas (Venezuela); The Museum of fine-arts, Montreal (Canada)...