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Laszlo Moholy-Nagy

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Laszlo Moholy-Nagy (1895 - 1946) was active/lived in Illinois.  Laszlo Moholy Nagy is known for Assemblage, etcher, photographer.

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 Painter, photographer, philosopher of new aesthetics, filmmaker, builder of light-space machines, and teacher, Moholy-Nagy was born in Hungary. "A prolific writer, as well as one of the most fertile experimental artists of his time, he believed that art offered a way to reorder society after the traumatic years of World War I, and he looked especially to technology to pave the way."

Early paintings by Moholy-Nagy reflected his interest in German Expressionist painting. In the early 1920s, he met Kurt Schwitters and Paul Klee, and explored Dadaism. It was his contact with Russian Constructivism, though, that fueled both the style his art would take and his ideas about art's role as a vehicle for social change. He believed that since art is rooted in society, the artist had a responsibility to address social issues. "He saw the artist as a visionary---one who would provide the forms and ideas necessary for the understanding of future societies."

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Facts about Laszlo Moholy-Nagy

   Publications  Book References:  76
Magazine References:  5

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5 Miscellaneous Magazine References for Laszlo Moholy-Nagy
Magazine Article Date Author Color
ARTFORUM Albers and Moholy-Nagy: From the Bauhaus to the New World September 2006 Schwabsky, Barry Yes
ARTFORUM Split Decision November 2004 Lee, Pamela M No
Art in America Collectors: Cosmopolitan California March 2004 Duncan, Michael No
Art in America All The Right Moves February 2001 Macritchie, Lynn Yes
Art & Antiques Bauhaus October 1996 Greenberg, Cara Yes
76 Book References for Laszlo Moholy-Nagy
Year Author Title Pages Color
2016 Block, Judy and Suzanne Stein, Editors San Francisco Museum of Modern Art 360 Views on the Collection
(Exhibition catalog)		 360 Yes
2006 Borchardt-Hume, Achim Albers and Moholy-Nagy: From the Bauhaus to the New World 0 Yes
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Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)		 The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005 479 No
2005 Davenport, Ray Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition 2421 No
1999 Editor, Smith College Museum Masterworks of American Painting and Sculpture from Smith College Museum 307 No
1999 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes 3724 No
1997 Agee, William C Modern American Painting 1910-194 Toward A New Perspective
(Exhibition catalog)		 24 No
1997 Lucie-Smith, Edward Visual Arts in the 20th Century 400 Yes
1996 Addison Gallery Addison Gallery of American Art 65 Years A Selective Catalogue
(Exhibition catalog)		 512 Yes
1996 Barbara and Peter Toohil Accents on Artists A fact-filled pronunciation guide. Over 800 artist’s names you should know… 363 Yes
1995 Janson, H W; Dora Jane Janson History of Art: A Survey of the Major Visual Arts From the Dawn of History to the Present Day 960 Yes
1993 Kostelanetz, Richard Dictionary of the Avant-Gardes 246 No
1991 Murken, Axel/Christa Murken Von der Avantgarde bis zur Postmoderne/die Malerei des 20 Jahrhunderts 358 Yes
1991 Wheeler, Daniel Art Since Mid Century 1945 to the Present 344 Yes
1990 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) The Annual Exhibition Record of the Art Institute of Chicago
(Exhibition catalog)		 1117 No
1990 Prince, Sue Ann The Old Guard and Avant-Garde Modernism in Chicago 1910-1940 304 Yes
1990 Tower, Beeke Sell Envisioning America George Grosz and his Contemporaries 1915-1933
(Exhibition catalog)		 123 No
1989 Lynton, Norbert The Story of Modern Art 400 Yes
1989 Rotzler, Willy Constructive Concepts:A History Constructive Art from Cubism to the Present 332 Yes
1988 Falk, Peter Hastings Dictionary of Signatures & Monogram 556 No
1988 Finch, Christopher Twentieth Century Watercolors 310 Yes
1988 Read, Herbert A Concise History of Modern Painting 418 Yes
1988 Wrede, Stuart The Modern Poster 263 Yes
1987 Cummings, Paul Dictionary of Contemporary American Artists (5th Edition) 653 No
1987 Feldman, Edmund Burke Varieties of Visual Experience (3rd edition) 528 Yes
1986 Chetham, Charles; David Grose A Guide to the Collections: Smith College Museum of Art 312 Yes
1986 Opitz, Glenn B (editor) Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers 1081 No
1985 DuPont, Diana, K Holland San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Paintings and Sculpture Collection 402 Yes
1985 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947 707 No
1985 Lucie-Smith, Edward Art of the 1930s The Age of Anxiety 264 Yes
1984 Barnett, Vivian Endicott 100 Works by Modern Masters From the Guggenheim Museum 211 Yes
1984 Opitz, Glenn B (editor) Dictionary of American Sculptors: 18th Century to Present 656 No
1984 Royal Academy of Arts Modern Masters from the Thyssen Bornemisza Collection 210 Yes
1982 Stebbins, Theodore/G Gorokhoff American Paintings at Yale University: An illustrated Checklist
(Exhibition catalog)		 213 No
1981 Buettner Stewart American Art Theory 1945-1970 213 No
1981 Osborne, Harold The Oxford Companion to Twentieth Century Art 656 Yes
1980 Barnett, Vivian Endicott The Guggenheim Museum Collection Handbook/ 1900-1980 526 Yes
1979 Doumato, Lamia American Drawing A Guide to Information Sources 246 No
1979 Karpel, Bernard/Ruth Spiegel Arts in America/A Bibliography Volume 1 (Sculpture, the West etc) 730 No
1979 Karpel, Bernard/Ruth Spiegel Arts in America/A Bibliography Volume 2 (Painting and Graphics) 736 No
1979 Lieberman, William S Art of the Twenties
(Exhibition catalog)		 142 No
1978 Whitney Museum American Art 1934-1956 Selections from Whitney Museum
(Exhibition catalog)		 148 Yes
1977 Barr, Alfred H Painting and Sculpture in the Museum of Modern Art 655 No
1977 Ekdahl, Janis American Sculpture A Guide to Information Sources 260 No
1976 Gottlieb, Carla Beyond Modern Art 434 No
1976 McCabe, Cynthia Jaffee The Golden Door Artist-Immigrants of America, 1876-1976 432 Yes
1975 Cone, Michele The Roots and Routes of Art in the 20th Century 252 No
1975 Editor, Smithsonian Smithsonian Archives of American Art: Checklist of the Collection 0 No
1974 Baur, John I H Whitney Museum of American Art Catalogue of the Collection 235 Yes
1974 E B Crocker Art Gallery American Drawings & Watercolors From the Munson Williams Proctor Institote
(Exhibition catalog)		 28 Yes
1974 Read, Herbert A Concise History of Modern Sculpture 310 Yes
1973 Johnson, Charlotte Buel Contemporary Art Exploring It's Roots and Development 96 Yes
1972 Heyer, George S Jr Not So Long Ago Art of the 1920s in Europe & America
(Exhibition catalog)		 95 Yes
1972 Kahmen, Volker Eroticism in Contemporary Art 282 Yes
1971 Bell, David Praeger Encyclopedia of Art (4 volumes) 2139 Yes
1970 Bann, Stephen Experimental Painting Construction, Abstraction, Destruction, Reduction 144 Yes
1970 Guggenheim Museum Guggenheim Museum Collection Selections from/1900-1970 437 Yes
1969 Janis, Sidney Abstract & Surrealist Art in America 146 No
1969 Roters, Eberhard Painters of the Bauhaus 214 Yes
1969 Schug, Albert Art of the Twentieth Century 264 Yes
1968 Agee, William C The 1930's Painting & Sculpture in America
(Exhibition catalog)		 80 Yes
1968 Albright-Knox Art Gallery Plus by Minus, Today's Half Centu
(Exhibition catalog)		 88 No
1968 Battcock, Gregory (editor) Minimal Art A Critical Anthology 448 No
1967 Ashton, Dore Modern American Sculpture 130 Yes
1967 Janis, Harriet/Rudi Blesh Collage: Personalities, Concepts, Techniques 342 No
1966 Goodrich, Lloyd Three Centuries of American Art
(Exhibition catalog)		 150 Yes
1966 Taylor, Joshua C The W Hawkins Ferry Collection Detroit Institute of Arts
(Exhibition catalog)		 72 Yes
1964 Baur, John I H Between the Fairs: 25 Years of American Art 1939-1964
(Exhibition catalog)		 91 Yes
1962 Gordon, John Geometric Abstraction in America
(Exhibition catalog)		 68 Yes
1961 Art Institute of Chicago Paintings in the Art Institute of Chicago/A Catalogue of the Collection 490 Yes
1961 Freedman, Leonard (editor) Looking at Modern Painting 164 Yes
1961 Goodrich, Lloyd/John I H Baur American Art of Our Century 309 Yes
1957 American Abstract Artists The World of Abstract Art 167 Yes
1957 Brooklyn Museum Golden Years of American Drawing 1905-1956
(Exhibition catalog)		 72 No
1955 Myers, Bernard Encyclopedia of Painting 511 Yes
1935 Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index 1130 No
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