Editing Richard Anuszkiewicz (section)

==Life and work==
Anuszkiewicz was born in [[Erie, Pennsylvania|Erie]], Pennsylvania, the son of Victoria (Jankowski) and Adam Anuszkiewicz, who worked in a [[paper mill]]. His parents were [[Polish Americans|Polish immigrants]].<ref name=nyt1>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/25/arts/richard-anuszkiewicz-dead.html|title=Richard Anuszkiewicz, Whose Op Art Caught Eyes in the '60s, Dies at 89|newspaper=The New York Times|date=25 May 2020|last1=Steinhauer|first1=Jillian}}</ref> He first studied art under [[Joseph Plavcan]] while still in high school, later describing him as his most significant influence.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.eriereader.com/article/the-unmistakable-anuszkiewicz|title = The Unmistakable Anuszkiewicz}}</ref> Anuszkiewicz trained at the [[Cleveland Institute of Art]] in [[Cleveland]], [[Ohio]] (1948–1953), and then with [[Josef Albers]]<ref name="AAA">{{cite web | author=| year=2011 | title=Oral history interview with Richard Anuszkiewicz, 1971 Dec. 28 - 1972 Jan. 7 | work=Oral history interviews | publisher=Archives of American Art | url=http://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/interviews/oral-history-interview-richard-anuszkiewicz-12959 | accessdate=17 Jun 2011}}</ref> at the [[Yale University School of Art]] in [[New Haven, Connecticut]] (1953–1955), where he earned his Masters of Fine Arts. While at Yale, Anuszkiewicz was roommates with a fellow abstract painter of Polish descent and a student of Albers, [[Julian Stanczak]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Smith |first=Roberta |date=2017-04-11 |title=Julian Stanczak, Abstract Painter, Dies at 88 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/11/arts/design/julian-stanczak-dead-op-art-movement-leader.html |access-date=2017-04-11 |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

He was one of the leading figures in the [[Op Art]] movement during the late 1960s and throughout the 1970s.<ref name="Cotter">''New York Times.'' December 15, 2000. By Holland Cotter, p. E41.</ref> [[Victor Vasarely]] in France and [[Bridget Riley]] in England were his primary international counterparts. In 1964, ''[[Life (magazine)|Life]]'' magazine called him "one of the new wizards of Op".<ref>''Life.'' December 11, 1964 <nowiki>"Op Art."</nowiki> p. 132.</ref> While reflecting on a New York City gallery show of Anuszkiewicz's from 2000, ''[[The New York Times|New York Times]]'' art critic [[Holland Cotter]] described Anuszkiewicz's paintings: "The drama — and that feels like the right word — is in the subtle chemistry of complementary colors, which makes the [[geometry]] glow as if light were leaking out from behind it."<ref name="Cotter"/> Anuszkiewicz exhibited at the [[Venice Biennale]], [[Florence Biennale]] and [[Documenta]], and his works are in permanent collections internationally. He was elected into the [[National Academy of Design]] in 1992 as an Associate member, and became a full member in 1994.