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László Moholy-NagyWW-1941-086065

1941·Oil paint on white wove paper·45.5 × 36.3 cm (17 15/16 × 14 5/16 in.)

<p>A Hungarian painter, photographer, and art teacher, László Moholy-Nagy moved to Berlin as a young man and became the head of the metal workshop at the Weimar Bauhaus, a progressive art and design school. He fled Nazi Germany in 1935, eventually settling in Chicago, where he headed the New Bauhaus and influenced a generation of artists. Known especially for his photograms and photographic theories, he was interested in teaching a new way of seeing.</p>

Catalogue

Year: 1941
Medium: Oil paint on white wove paper
Dimensions: 45.5 × 36.3 cm (17 15/16 × 14 5/16 in.)
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
Artist: László Moholy-Nagy

Artist

László Moholy-Nagy

Painting

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, theater, and writing.

Chicago, IL, USA

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