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Victor Vasarely was born on April 6, 1906 in Pecs, Hungary. He lived in Budapest and attended the Budapest University for medical studies. He gave up medicine in 1927 and took traditional painting in Podolini-Volkmann Academy. In 1928, he attended Sandor Bortnyik's muhely. In 1930, Vasarely married a classmate named Claire Spinner. While living in Budapest, Vasarely worked in designing advertisements and accounting for a ball bearing company. That year, he moved from Hungary to Paris, France. He became a graphics designer and poster artist in the 1930's. They had two sons, Andre and Jean-Pierre. In Paris, he was a creative consultant for advertising companies such as Draeger, Havas, and Devambez. He considered opening an institution and thought of teaching material for it. After WWII, he opened a studio in Arcueil. Annet-sur-Marne, a suburb near Paris, is where he settled in 1961. On the fifth of June in 1970, Vasarely opened a museum in Gordes with over 500 pieces of artwork. It was closed in 1996. A second museum, //Foundation Vasarely//, was inaugurated in 1976, but is currently in poor condition. In 1987, yet another museum was opened in Hungary. Vasarely died in Paris on March 15, 1997.