Painter Ed Mieczkowski, Pioneer Of Op Art Movement, Dead At 87

"[He] was part of a circle of mid-century geometric abstractionists active in Ohio that included Julian Stanczak ... Like Stanczak, Mieczkowski participated in the pivotal 1965 exhibition 'The Responsive Eye' at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, which launched Op Art. Mieczkowski co-founded the Anonima group in 1960 in Cleveland with painters Ernst Benkert and Francis Hewitt."

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