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Gyorgy Kepes

Gyorgy Kepes (1906 - 2001) was active/lived in Massachusetts.  Gyorgy Kepes is known for Abstract-micro-organic, collage.

Gyorgy Kepes (b. October 4, 1906 / d. December 29, 2001)

Kepes was born in Hungry in 1906.  He was not only a painter but also a filmmaker and a writer. Kepes studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Budapest where he studied painting under Istvan Csok during the 1920's.  Kepes was invited to join the design studio of Hungarian photographer Laszo Mohonly-Nagy in Berlin.  He then followed Mohonly to London in 1936.  It was in London that Kepes met his wife, artist and illustrator, Juliet Appleby.  In 1937, he emigrated to the United States.

Teaching:
New Bauhaus in Chicago / late 1937-1943 teaching design
Brooklyn College / 1942 teaching graphic art
School of Architecture and Planning at Massachusetts Institute of Technology / 1947  teaching visual design
Founder of Center for Advanced Visual Studies at MIT / 1967-1974

While teaching at MIT, Kepes'  art became abstract.  This lead him to pursue an art style kno   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 3192 characters.]  Artist bio

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