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György Kepes

1906–2001

Untitled c.1939–40
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36 artworks by György Kepes
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Biography

György Kepes (Hungarian: [ˈkɛpɛʒ ˈɟørɟ]; October 4, 1906 – December 29, 2001) was a Hungarian-born painter, photographer, designer, educator, and art theorist. After immigrating to the U.S. in 1937, he taught design at the New Bauhaus (later the School of Design, then Institute of Design, then Illinois Institute of Design or IIT) in Chicago. In 1967 he founded the Center for Advanced Visual Studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) where he taught until his retirement in 1974.

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Artworks

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  • Green Leaves and Geometry

    György Kepes
    c.1940s
  • Bird and Mastodon

    György Kepes
    c.1940s
  • Gears

    György Kepes
    1939–40
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  • Prism, Compass, Grid 2

    György Kepes
    c.1939–40
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  • Spiral

    György Kepes
    c.1939 –40
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  • Propeller

    György Kepes
    c.1939–40
  • Lines

    György Kepes
    c.1939–40
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  • Black and White Stripes

    György Kepes
    c.1939–40
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