László Moholy-Nagy

1895–1946

László Moholy-Nagy, ‘K VII’ 1922
K VII 1922
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Biography

László Moholy-Nagy (; Hungarian: [ˈlaːsloː ˈmohojnɒɟ]; born László Weisz; July 20, 1895 – November 24, 1946) was a Hungarian painter and photographer as well as a professor in the Bauhaus school. He was highly influenced by constructivism and a strong advocate of the integration of technology and industry into the arts.

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Bauhaus Constructivism

Artworks

László Moholy-Nagy, ‘K VII’ 1922

László Moholy-Nagy K VII

1922
On display at Tate Modern part of Shape of Light T00432

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László Moholy-Nagy Photogram

c.1925
On display at Tate Modern part of Shape of Light X53807

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László Moholy-Nagy L. MOHOLY-NAGY: 60 photos (introduction by Franz Roh)

1930
On display at Tate Modern part of Shape of Light X69488

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László Moholy-Nagy From the Radio Tower, Berlin

1928
On display at Tate Modern part of Shape of Light X67742

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László Moholy-Nagy View from Berlin Radio Tower

1928–30
On display at Tate Modern part of Shape of Light X53808

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László Moholy-Nagy Untitled

1922
On display at Tate Modern part of Shape of Light X67979

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László Moholy-Nagy Untitled

1922
On display at Tate Modern part of Shape of Light X67986

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László Moholy-Nagy Untitled

1925–8
On display at Tate Modern part of Shape of Light X67982
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Artist as subject

Ben Nicholson OM, ‘Copy of a typescript with the heading, ‘William Nicholson’’ March 1967

Ben Nicholson OM Copy of a typescript with the heading, ‘William Nicholson’

March 1967
View by appointment TGA 8717/3/1/20
Klaus Hinrichsen, ‘Annotated page of typescript’ November 1985

Klaus Hinrichsen Annotated page of typescript

November 1985
TGA 20052/1/5/61
Klaus Hinrichsen, ‘Annotated typescript for ‘Kurt Schwitters’ talk’ [c.May 2004]

Klaus Hinrichsen Annotated typescript for ‘Kurt Schwitters’ talk

[c.May 2004]
TGA 20052/1/13/1
Henry Moore OM, CH, recipient: Ben Nicholson OM, ‘Letter from Henry Moore to Ben Nicholson’ 9 July [1935]

Henry Moore OM, CH, recipient: Ben Nicholson OM Letter from Henry Moore to Ben Nicholson

9 July [1935]
TGA 8717/1/2/3020

Ben Nicholson OM, John Russell Copy of typescript and related notes with the heading, ‘Notes by John Russell on BN replies’

date not known
View by appointment TGA 8717/3/1/27
Modern Art Gallery Ltd (London, UK), ‘Leaflet advertising the December exhibition held at the Modern Art Gallery Ltd on ‘Masterpieces by Great Masters’ also featuring ‘Paintings and Sculptures by Kurt Schwitters’ 1944

Modern Art Gallery Ltd (London, UK) Leaflet advertising the December exhibition held at the Modern Art Gallery Ltd on ‘Masterpieces by Great Masters’ also featuring ‘Paintings and Sculptures by Kurt Schwitters

1944
TGA 9510/4/8/1
Julian Trevelyan, ‘Scrapbook’ 1937–9

Julian Trevelyan Scrapbook

1937–9
View by appointment TGA 898/1/2
Unknown person(s), ‘Research material relating to Kurt Schwitters including some poems written by Schwitters’ [c.1990s–2000s]

Unknown person(s) Research material relating to Kurt Schwitters including some poems written by Schwitters

[c.1990s–2000s]
TGA 20052/2/29/1
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Film and audio

Still image of Utopias and Avant-Gardes Study Day - Part 4

Utopias and Avant-Gardes Study Day – Part 4: Achim Borchardt-Hume

Session 3: Achim Borchardt-Hume, Curator for Modern and Contemporary Art, Tate Modern: Albers and Moholy-Nagy

Still image of Albers and Moholy-Nagy: From the Bauhaus to the New World

Albers and Moholy-Nagy: From the Bauhaus to the New World

Short Exhibition film

Features
Tate Etc

Shape of Light: Through the Lens of Abstraction

Barbara Kasten

The American photographer pays homage to the modernist practitioners who have influenced her

Kazimir Malevich, ‘Dynamic Suprematism’ 1915 or 1916
Art Term

Suprematism

Name given by the Russian artist Kasimir Malevich to the abstract art he developed from 1913 characterised by basic geometric ...

Lucia Moholy, ‘Bauhaus Building, Dessau’ 1925–6
Art Term

Bauhaus

Bauhaus was a revolutionary school of art, architecture and design established by Walter Gropius at Weimar in Germany in 1919

Paul Klee’s studio at the Bauhaus, Weimar, 1925
Blog

Bauhaus 101: what you need to know

Louise Cohen

After our series of lessons from Paul Klee's Pedagogical Sketchbook, our blogs editor sits down with curator Matthew Gale ...

Barbara Hepworth, Self-portrait photogram 1933
Tate Etc

Carved with light

Sophie Bowness

We know her best through her sculptures, but one of the many outcomes of Barbara Hepworth's friendship with László ...

Cildo Meireles, ‘Insertions into Ideological Circuits: Coca-Cola Project’ 1970
Press Release

Art Turning Left: How Values Changed Making 1789–2012: Tate Liverpool

30 Apr 2013
Art Turning Left: How Values Changed Making 1789-2012; Tate Liverpool press release
Robert Rauschenberg Untitled
Tate Etc

Vaporous fantasies: Document: Robert Rauschenberg's photograms

Nicholas Cullinan

Before he became famous for his protean work, Robert Rauschenberg was making little-known but beautiful cameraless photograms with his then ...

Oskar Fischinger working in his studio in Los Angeles c.1942
Tate Etc

Where abstraction and comics collide: Oskar Fischinger

Esther Leslie

Oskar Fischinger's animated films that were partly influenced by the poetic abstraction of Kandinsky's paintings were among the ...

Tate Etc. issue 18 magazine cover
Tate Etc

Tate Etc. issue 18: Spring 2010

Tate Etc. Issue 18 Spring 2010 online edition of Tate's magazine
Henk Peeters White Feathers 2003
Tate Papers

Nothing but the Real Thing: Considerations on Copies, Remakes and Replicas in Modern Art

Lydia Beerkens

Lydia Beerkens. Nothing but the Real Thing: Considerations on Copies, Remakes and Replicas in Modern Art; Tate Papers, no.8

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