Laszlo Moholy-Nagy

Artist Biography

Laszlo Moholy-Nagy was born in Borsód, Austria-Hungary. He was one of the early 20th century's most forward thinkers creating work as a 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 believing in the potential of art as a vehicle for social transformation, working hand in hand with technology for the betterment of humanity.

Among his innovations were his experiments with camera less photographs which he called photograms, his unconventional use of industrial materials in painting and sculpture, and experiments with light, transparency, space and motion across mediums. Moholy-Nagy died aged 51 in 1946 in Chicago.

Laszlo Moholy-Nagy Art, Prints and Posters Collection