László Moholy-Nagy
1895–1946
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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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László Moholy-Nagy K VII
1922
Artist as subject
Klaus Hinrichsen Annotated page of typescript
November 1985
Henry Moore OM, CH, recipient: Ben Nicholson OM Letter from Henry Moore to Ben Nicholson
9 July [1935]
Ben Nicholson OM, John Russell Copy of typescript and related notes with the heading, ‘Notes by John Russell on BN replies’
date not known
Julian Trevelyan Scrapbook
1937–9
Unknown person(s) Research material relating to Kurt Schwitters including some poems written by Schwitters
[c.1990s–2000s]
Film and audio
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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
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Suprematism
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Carved with light
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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
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Before he became famous for his protean work, Robert Rauschenberg was making little-known but beautiful cameraless photograms with his then ...
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Oskar Fischinger's animated films that were partly influenced by the poetic abstraction of Kandinsky's paintings were among the ...
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Tate Etc. issue 18: Spring 2010
Tate Etc. Issue 18 Spring 2010 online edition of Tate's magazine
Tate Papers
Nothing but the Real Thing: Considerations on Copies, Remakes and Replicas in Modern Art
Lydia Beerkens. Nothing but the Real Thing: Considerations on Copies, Remakes and Replicas in Modern Art; Tate Papers, no.8
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