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László Moholy-Nagy
Hungarian painter and photographer
The native form of this personal name is Moholy-Nagy László. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.
László Moholy-Nagy | |
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Declaration of Intention for US citizenship () | |
| Born | László Weisz ()July 20, Bácsborsód, Austria-Hungary |
| Died | November 24, () (aged&#;51) Chicago, Illinois, US |
| Resting place | Graceland Cemetery |
| Nationality | Hungarian American () |
| Known&#;for | Painting, photography, sculpture, film |
| Notable work | Light Prop for an Electric Stage (–, also called Light-Space Modulator posthumously) |
| Style | Constructivism[1] |
| Movement | Bauhaus |
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László Moholy-Nagy (; Hungarian:[ˈlaːsloːˈmoholiˌnɒɟ];[2] born László Weisz; July 20, – November 24, ) was a Hungarian painter and photographer as well as a professor in the Bauhaus school. He was
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Summary of László Moholy-Nagy
László Moholy-Nagy is arguably one of the greatest influences on post-war art education in the United States. A modernist and a restless experimentalist from the outset, the Hungarian-born artist was shaped bygd Dadaism, Suprematism, Constructivism, and debates about photography. When Walter Gropius invited him to teach at the Bauhaus, in Dessau, Germany, he took over the school's crucial preliminary course, and gave it a more practical, experimental, and technological bent. He later delved into various fields, from commercial design to theater set design, and also made films and worked as a magazine art director. But his greatest legacy was the version of Bauhaus teaching he brought to the United States, where he established the highly influential Institute of Design in Chicago.
Accomplishments
- Moholy-Nagy believed that humanity could only defeat the fracturing experience of modernity - only feel whole again - if it harnessed the potential of new t
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LÁSZLÓ MOHOLY-NAGY:
A SHORT BIOGRAPHY OF THE ARTIST
A talk by Hattula Moholy-Nagy
László Moholy-Nagy came of age during the First World War and launched himself as an artist during the post-War period of cultural ferment that enveloped the Western world. After the Great War finally ended, modernist trends in many fields, whose development the War had stifled, could now flower, and Moholy-Nagy became an active participant in several of them, gradually positioning himself on the cutting edge of art, photography, commercial design, stage and film, and design education.
His career path, his artistic production, as well as his personal life, were strongly influenced by large-scale cultural trends and historical events. He was very much a product of the turbulent history of the first half of the 20th century, a period of time that continues to be a subject of deep interest today. For example, the year was being celebrated in parts of Europe and the United States as the Bauhaus Ye