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Moholy-Nagy

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Mo·holy-Nag·y  (m-hl-nj, mhoi-ndy), Laszlo 1895-1946.
Hungarian-born American artist and educator known for his artistic experiments with modern technology. He founded and directed (1938-1946) the Chicago Institute of Design.

Moholy-Nagy [məˈhəʊlɪˈnɒdʒ]
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(Biographies / Moholy-Nagy, Laszlo or Ladislaus (1895-1946) M, USnational of birth: Hungarian, ARTS AND CRAFTS: painter, EDUCATION: teacher) Laszlo (ˈlæzləʊ) or Ladislaus (ˈlɑːdɪsˌlaʊs). 1895-1946, US painter and teacher, born in Hungary. He worked at the Bauhaus (1923-29)


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Emerging from the radical European movements of De Stijl and the Bauhaus, innovative figures such as Wassily Kandinsky, Le Corbusier, László Moholy-Nagy and Gerrit Rietveld, all represented here, created paintings, furniture and buildings for a futuristic age that might now appear dated, yet which are undeniably imbued with an almost classical and heroic, maybe even tragic, grandeur.
The display, entitled "Soul and Body - Kertesz to Mapplethorpe through the eyes of the greatest masters of photography", combines artworks from the museum's permanent collection with pictures by big names like Robert Capa and Robert Mapplethorpe, as well as home-grown talent like Andre Kertesz and Laszlo Moholy-Nagy.
 
 
 
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