He is a hungarian-born french painter who painted geometric abstractions and was a prominent influence on the Op art movement.
The ukiyo<span> genre of art flourished in Japan from the 17th through 19th centuries. Its artists produced </span>woodblock prints<span> and </span>paintings<span> of such subjects as female beauties; </span>kabuki<span> actors and </span>sumo<span> wrestlers; scenes from history and folk tales; travel scenes and landscapes; flora and fauna; and erotica. The term </span>ukiyo-e<span> </span><span> translates as "pictures of the floating world".</span>
There were many reasons why Germans left their homeland to make the treacherous journey across the Atlantic to America. Although much has been said about religious persecution, dissenters compromised a minority of German immigrants to Pennsylvania. Most were affiliated with Lutheran and Reformed churches, conservative religious groups.
