László Moholy-Nagy

Born 1895 in Bácsborsód. In 1919 emigration to Vienna. From 1919 he was living in Berlin and had contact to the Dadaists. In 1921 he became acquainted with the Russian constructivism and was correspondent of the magazine MA (Today). In 1922 exhibition with Laszlo Peri in the gallery Der Sturm, first photograms and telephone pictures. He finished the film-script for Die Dynamik der Grossstadt. From 1923 he taught at the Weimar Bauhaus (metal-class). In 1924 photo-sculptures. From 1925 on publication of Bauhaus books. In 1927 encounter with Malevich. In 1928 separation from the Bauhaus. Designs for the Berlin State Opera and the Piscator-theater. In 1929 first film Marseille Vieux Port. Publication of the book Vom Material zur Architektur. He organized the Stuttgart Werkbund exhibition Film und Foto. In 1930 he introduced the Light Requisite in Paris. Exhibitions in Stockholm, Amsterdam, Hamburg, Cologne, Paris, and Budapest. In 1931 lectures at the School of Arts and Crafts, Bratislava. In 1934 emigration to Amsterdam. 1935-1936 he lived in London. Worked on films, photo-books, and advertising jobs. In 1937 he moved to Chicago and became the director of the New Bauhaus. In 1939 he founded the School of Design. He died of leukemia in 1946.

Moholy-Nagy's films: Marseille (1929), Still Life in Berlin (1926), The City Gypsies (1931). [1]

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http://www.theartstory.org/artist-moholy-nagy-laszlo.htm

See also: Hungary#Avant-garde