László Moholy-Nagy

László Moholy-Nagy (probably July 28, 1895 – November 24, 1946) was a Hungarian painter and photographer as well as professor in the Bauhaus school.

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July 28 - 1895 - November 24 - 1946 - Hungarian - Painter - Photographer - Bauhaus

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He was editor of the art and photography department of the European avant-garde magazine International Revue i 10 from 1927 to 1929.

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In 1937, at the invitation of Walter Paepcke, the Chairman of the Container Corporation of America, Moholy-Nagy moved to Chicago to become the director of The New Bauhaus. The philosophy of the school was basically unchanged from that of the original, and its headquarters was the Prairie Avenue mansion that architect Richard Morris Hunt designed for department Store magnate Marshall Field.

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1937 - Walter Paepcke - Container Corporation of America - Chicago - The New Bauhaus - Richard Morris Hunt - Marshall Field

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Unfortunately, the school lost the financial backing of its supporters after only a single academic year and it closed in 1938. Paepcke, however, continued his own support, and in 1939, Moholy-Nagy opened the School of Design. In 1944, this became the Institute of Design. He authored an account of his efforts to develop the curriculum of the School of Design in his book Vision in Motion.

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1938 - 1944 - Institute of Design

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Moholy-Nagy died of leukemia in Chicago on November 24, 1946.

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Leukemia - November 24

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