Victor Vasarely Múzeum, Op-art museum in Pécs, Hungary.
The Victor Vasarely Museum in Pécs houses a comprehensive collection of optical artworks including graphics, paintings, and sculptures displayed across multiple gallery spaces. The works are arranged throughout a historic building in the city center.
The museum opened in 1976 after Vasarely donated several hundred of his artworks to his hometown. This gift included prints, tapestries, and other artistic creations that form the core of the collection today.
Vasarely divided his own career into periods, calling his early work of 1930–1947 "false paths". The display follows the rise of op art from decorative textiles and the 1938 Zebra variants to black-and-white geometric works, alongside pieces by François Morellet, Jean Gorin, Hans Arp, Günther Uecker, Nicolas Schöffer and Jesús Rafael Soto.
The museum occupies the 1838 canon's house on Káptalan utca, built to plans by József Piatsek, in Pécs's historic centre. The exhibition rooms are on the upper floor, reached by stairs, so allow time for the climb.
The building at Káptalan utca 3 was built in 1838 to plans by József Piatsek and originally served as a canon's house. Vasarely's first donation to Pécs, in 1968, was a collection of serigraphs; the museum named after him opened in the house where he is thought to have spent his first years.
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