László Moholy-Nagy
(1895–1946) ungersk bildkonstnär
László Moholy-Nagy (Hungary, 1895–1946) is listed in the catalogue as a painter, a sculptor, a printmaker, a photographer, and a designer. By year of birth, László Moholy-Nagy belongs to the chapter ‘The interwar years’ in this site’s history of art.
László Moholy-Nagy was born in Bácsborsód and died in Chicago. László Moholy-Nagy trained at Eötvös Loránd University. Wikidata associates László Moholy-Nagy with Constructivism. László Moholy-Nagy became a member of American Abstract Artists and Laszlo Moholy-Nagy & Alexander Dorner. The students included Florence Henri and Franciska Clausen.
The works belong mainly to the genre abstract art. The catalogue has 9 works by László Moholy-Nagy with free images. The dated works span the years 1922–1938. Works by László Moholy-Nagy are held by several collections, among them Kunsthaus Zürich, Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, Institut Valencià d'Art Modern, and Städel. Wikidata links one work to a movement covered in the chapter ‘The avant-garde’.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Sándor Bortnyik, Vilmos Aba-Novák, István Szőnyi, Walter Spies, and Otto Griebel.