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László Moholy-Nagy
László Moholy-Nagy was a Hungarian painter and photographer as well as a professor in the Bauhaus school. He was highly influenced by constructivism and a strong advocate of the integration of technology and industry into the arts. The art critic Peter Schjeldahl called him "relentlessly experimental" because of his pioneering work in painting, drawing, photography, collage, sculpture, film, theat…
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culture · Hungarian painter and photographer (1895-1946) · painter · photographer · sculptor · designer · film director · architect · graphic designer · interior designer · graphic artist · teacher · also László Moholy-Nagy, László Nagy, László Weisz, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, Laszlo Nagy, Lazlo Moholy-Nagy
Born 20 July 1895 · Died 24 November 1946 · Q160448
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2026· 1 entry
2025· 1 entry
insider.si.edu: Photographic History Collection: Laszlo Moholy-Nagy
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2022· 1 entry
Artnet: NFT Artist Dmitri Cherniak Is Taking Creative Cues From the Archives of László Moholy-Nagy for His New Generative Art Series
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2019· 2 entries
ArchDaily: László Moholy-Nagy: The Latest Architecture and News
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A documentary film The New Bauhaus directed by Alysa Nahmias was released
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2017· 2 entries
The New Criterion: László Moholy-Nagy: adventurer in light
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KCRW: László Moholy-Nagy at LACMA
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2016· 4 entries
Artnet: Did Laszlo Moholy-Nagy Phone-In His Best Art?
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Observer: Guggenheim Goes Gaga for Hungarian Artist László Moholy-Nagy’s Retrospective
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Artnet: The Big Missed Opportunity in the Guggenheim’s László Moholy-Nagy Show
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Hyperallergic: The Fluid Experimentation of László Moholy-Nagy in a Long-Awaited Retrospective
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2011· 1 entry
The Daily Telegraph: László Moholy-Nagy: The Art of Light
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1998· 1 entry
A Tribute Marker from the City of Chicago was installed to commemorate his work, which established the foundation for modern design education in the United States, particularly through the Institute of Design (a center f
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1946· 1 entry
Died 1946-11-24.
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1944· 1 entry
The School of Design in Chicago became the Institute of Design, and by 1949 it would become a part of Illinois Institute of Technology, the first institution in the United States to offer a PhD in design
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1942· 1 entry
Taught a summer course at the Women's Teachers College in Denton, Texas
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1940· 1 entry
The summer session of the School of Design was held at Mills College in Oakland, California
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1937· 3 entries
On the recommendation of Walter Gropius, and at the invitation of Walter Paepcke, the Chairman of the Container Corporation of America, Moholy-Nagy moved to Chicago to serve as the founding director of the New Bauhaus
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His artworks were included in the infamous "Degenerate art" exhibition held by Nazi Germany in Munich
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Long 2006 article in The Guardian on Moholy-Nagy
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1936· 1 entry
Was commissioned by fellow Hungarian film producer Alexander Korda to design special effects for the now-classic film Things to Come, based on the novel by H
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1934· 1 entry
In the Netherlands (doing mostly commercial work) before moving with his family to London in 1935
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1933· 2 entries
As a foreign citizen, he was no longer allowed to work there
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Would name his first daughter Hattula
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1932· 1 entry
And had two daughters, Hattula (born 1933), and Claudia (1936–1971)
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1931· 1 entry
Met actress and scriptwriter Sibylle Pietzsch
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1928· 1 entry
And established his own design studio in Berlin
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1923· 1 entry
Moholy-Nagy was invited by Walter Gropius to teach at the Bauhaus in Weimar, Germany
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1922· 2 entries
Had been initially guided by the technical expertise of his first wife and collaborator Lucia Moholy
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At a joint exhibition with fellow Hungarian Peter Laszlo Peri at Der Sturm, he met Walter Gropius
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1920· 1 entry
Where he met photographer and writer Lucia Schulz; they married the next year
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1919· 1 entry
Though he assumed no official role in it
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1918· 1 entry
Formally converted to the Hungarian Reformed Church; his godfather was his Roman Catholic university friend, the art critic Iván Hevesy
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1915· 1 entry
During World War I, he enlisted in the Austro-Hungarian army as an artillery officer
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1913· 1 entry
Studied law at the University of Budapest
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1911· 1 entry
Some of his poems were published in local daily newspapers
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1895· 1 entry
Born 1895-07-20.
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