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László Moholy-Nagy (American (born Hungary), Borsod 1895–1946 Chicago, Illinois)

László Moholy-Nagy is arguably one of the greatest influences on post-war art education in the United States. A modernist and a restless experimentalist from the outset, the Hungarian-born artist was shaped by Dadaism, Suprematism, Constructivism, and debates about photography. When Walter Gropius invited him to teach at the Bauhaus, in Dessau, Germany, he took over the school's crucial preliminary course, and gave it a more practical, experimental, and technological bent. He later delved into various fields, from commercial design to theater set design, and also made films and worked as a magazine art director. But his greatest legacy was the version of Bauhaus teaching he brought to the United States, where he established the highly influential Institute of Design in Chicago.

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1940
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László Moholy-Nagy (1895–1946)

Hungarian artist, theorist of photography and cinema, journalist, one of the largest figures of the world avant-garde, one of the most important representatives of the New Vision photography.
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