Jean-Pierre Yvaral

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Jean-Pierre Yvaral
Birth name Jean-Pierre Vasarhelyi
Born January 25, 1934
Paris, France
Died August 2, 2002
Nationality French
Field painting
Training Ecole des Arts Appliques, Paris
Movement optical art
Awards Gold Medal: 5th San Marino Biennale (with GRAV) (1963). Gold Medal: New Delhi Triennale (1971). Gold Medal: Alexandria Triennale (1971)

Jean-Pierre Vasarely (1934-2002), professionally known as Yvaral, was a French artist working in the fields of op-art and kinetic art from 1954 onwards. He was the son of Victor Vasarely.

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[edit] Life and work

Yvaral studied graphic art and publicity at the Ecole des Arts Appliques between 1950 and 1953. In 1960, Yvaral co-founded the Groupe de Recherche d'Art Visuel (GRAV) with Julio Le Parc, François Morellet, Francisco Sobrino, Horacio Garcia Rossi and Joel Stein, seeking to develop a coherent abstract visual language composed of simple geometric elements.

In 1975 he coined the phrase 'Numerical Art' to describe artwork composed (or programmed) according to numerical rules or algorithms. From this time onwards he used computers to digitally process and manipulate images, although the final images were always hand painted. He used this technique to produce several series of portraits starting from instantly recognisable images, such as the face of Marilyn Monroe, and processing them to the point where they become abstract compositions, while the the original image remains recognisable.

[edit] Death

He died on August 2, 2002, aged 68 and was survived by his widow, Michèle Taburno.

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