biography
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Moholy-Nagy, László
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pronunciation:
[mohhoy nodj]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1895–1946)
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| biography:
| Artist and photographer, born in Bácsborsód, S Hungary. He studied law in Budapest, painted with Dada and Constructionist groups in Vienna and Berlin (1919–23), and produced his first ‘photograms’ (non-representational photographic images made directly without a camera) in 1923. He joined the Bauhaus under Walter Gropius in 1925. He was quickly recognized as a leading avant-garde artist in the New Photographers movement in Europe (1925–35), his work including film-making and typography integrated with photographic illustration. He was invited to the USA in 1937 to head the New Bauhaus school in Chicago, later the Institute of Design. Here he taught photography, becoming a US citizen shortly before his death. |
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