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László Moholy-Nagy

Born – Basebarsod, Hungary 1895

Died – Chicago, USA 1946

László Moholy-Nagy was a sculptor, painter, designer and photographer. Originally a law student, he went to Berlin after the First World War. Influenced by Lissitzky and Russian Constructivism, Moholy-Nagy’s paintings made use of collage and photomontage. He became interested in the pictorial possibilities of new materials, especially translucent and transparent plastics. From 1923 to 1928 he taught at the Bauhaus, where he was able to further his experiments in a number of different media, including film, theatre, photography and industrial design. In 1928 he returned to Berlin to work as a designer of film and stage sets. He spent two years in London from 1935, where he produced documentary films and designed cinematic special effects. In 1937 he settled in Chicago where he led the New Bauhuas and founded the Institute of Design. Moholy-Nagy’s significance lay in his constant experimentation with complex ideas and new materials. Sil I shows his concern with dynamic relationships of form in space. A delicate web of strings highlights the interaction between three geometric objects, which rotate like planets.

Masterpieces:

• Composition A II
• Jealousy

Text: The A-Z of Art, Nicola Hodge and Libby Anson.

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