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Also Known As Vásárhelyi Győző • Győző Vásárhelyi
Born April 9, 1908 • Pécs • Austria-Hungary
Died March 15, 1997 (aged 88) • Paris • France
Movement / Style Op art • abstract art

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Victor Vasarely, c. 1978.
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Oil on canvas self-portrait by Edouard Manet, showing the artist in a brown coat and black hat, holding paintbrushes and a palette against a dark background.
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Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec: At the Moulin Rouge
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Marc Chagall
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Braque, photograph by Arnold Newman, 1956
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Camille Corot: Portrait de l'artiste, assis près d'un chevalet
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