Moholy-Nagy, László Artists Art History

(1895-1946) Hungarian painter, designer, and experimental photographer. He turned to art after studying law. While living in Berlin he was one of the founders of constructivism, experimenting with photograms and translucent materials. As a professor in the newly opened Bauhaus from 1923 to 1928, he experimented with a form of kinetic art, which he called "light space modulators, a stunning array of motor-driven shapes that he illuminated to produce elaborate shadows on the nearby walls. He worked in Berlin until 1934 as a typographer and designer of stage sets. In 1937 he directed the Bauhaus School of Design in Chicago until it failed (1938). Thereafter he opened the Chicago Institute of Design, which he headed until his death. His greatest contribution to modern art lay in his teaching, which deeply influenced American commercial and industrial design. From encyclopedia.com

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• László Moholy-Nagy: From Budapest to Berlin, 1914-1923 - Exhibition was on view at the University Gallery, artists overview of moholy-nagy, lászló his work and a catalogue available.
• Artcyclopedia: László Moholy-Nagy - Links to works by the artist in art m museum sites m and image archives.
• Fine Arts in Hungary: Moholy-Nagy, László - Profile and images of his paintings and constructions.

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