Laszlo Moholy-Nagy was a Hungarian artist and designer born in 1895 who was influential in the Bauhaus movement. He studied at the Bauhaus school in the 1920s where he taught foundation courses and advocated for integrating technology and art. Moholy-Nagy worked innovatively in many fields including photography, filmmaking, and industrial design. He later helped establish the New Bauhaus in Chicago in 1937 before founding the School of Design, now known as the Institute of Design. Moholy-Nagy had a significant influence on art education and modern design through his work and teachings.

1. Laszlo Moholy-Nagy
1895- 1946

2. • Born in Hungary
• Born July 20, 1895
• Died November 24, 1946
• Studied law before serving in WW1, where he
was seriously injured.

3. • After the War he attended art school in
Hungary
• He left to go to Berlin in 1920
• In 1923, he replaced Johannes Itten as the
instructor for foundation courses at the
Bauhaus
• He was very much influenced by
Constructivism, and he was an advocate for
integrating technology and art

4. • He was an innovator in the fields of
photography, film-making, typography,
sculpture, painting, printmaking and industrial
design
• He had a huge influence on the students at
the Bauhaus, with his unique multimedia
teaching style
• In 1929 he resigned from the Bauhaus, and
became a freelance designer

5. • He moved to London after the Nazis came to
power in 1933
• While in London he unsuccessfully attempted
to form an English Bauhaus
• In 1937 he was invited to become the director
of the new Bauhaus in Chicago, which only
lasted one year due to lack of funding
• In 1939 he was the founding director of the
School of Design in Chicago, which still stands
today as the Institute of Design
• He died of Leukaemia on November 24 1946

6. Influences
El Lissitzky Kazimir Malevich

7. Works
Untitled
c. 1924
Untitled
c. 1923
Untitled
c. 1922

8. Works
Staatliches Bauhaus
Weimar
c. 1919-1925
Staatliches Bauhaus
Weimar Rechnung
c. 1919-1925
Der Direktor des
Staatlichen Bauhauses zu
Weimar
c. 1923

9. Works
Head c. 1926 The Boardwalk c. Before 1931
“In photography we must learn to seek not the “picture”, not the aesthetic of
tradition but the ideal instrument of expression, the self sufficient vehicle for
education” – Laszlo Moholy-Nagy

10. Works
Lightplay: Black/White/Gray
c. 1926
Lightplay: Black/White/Gray
c. 1926

11. Works
Double Loop
c. 1946
Nickel Construction
c. 1921

12. Works
Q1 Suprematistic
c. 1923
Yellow Circle
c. 1921
Konstruktionen.
Kestenermappe 6
(Constructions. Kestner
Portfolio 6)
c. 1923

13. Works
Composition
c. 1923
Composition No. 2
c. 1923-1924

14. Works
Construction in
Enamel 2
c. 1923
Composition from
Masters' Portfolio of the
Staatliches Bauhaus
(Meistermappe des
Staatlichen Bauhauses)
c. 1923
Untitled from
Konstruktionen.
Kestenermappe 6
(Constructions. Kestner
Portfolio 6)
c. 1923

15. Works
Untitled c. 1923 Untitled from
Konstruktionen.
Kestenermappe 6
(Constructions. Kestner
Portfolio 6)
c. 1923

16. Works
Untitled
c. 1923-1925
Space Modulator L3
c. 1936

17. Bauhaus Today

18. Influence Today
New Isokon Chair
Moholy-Nagy
Le Corbusier Style chair

19. Moholy-Nagy’s Influence

20. Modern Light Art

21. Influence on the Bauhaus Movement

22. Bauhaus Design Today
Wassily Chair -
Marcel Breuer
1925 - 1926
“Designers and craftsmen who will make a
living by furnishing the community with new
ideas and products.” – Laszlo Moholy-Nagy
Bauhaus Lamp -
Wilhelm
Wagenfeld 1924

23. Bauhaus Design Today

24. IKEA

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Credits
• Tom Walls: Biographical Information Research & Presentation
• Ben Caundle: Image Sourcing & Referencing, Artwork
Research & Powerpoint Control
• Clae Baxter: Research & Moholy-Nagy’s Influence &
Presentation
• Tor Robinson: Research on Moholy-Nagy & Bauhaus Influence
& Presentation
• Everyone: General Research, Powerpoint Creation &
Referencing

27. • Moholy-Nagy, L. (1922). Untitled. [Photogram] Retrieved from http://www.moma.org/
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• Moholy-Nagy, L. (1923). Untitled. [Photogram] Retrieved from http://www.moma.org/
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• Moholy-Nagy, L. (1924). Untitled. [Photogram] Retrieved from http://www.moma.org/
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• Moholy-Nagy, L. (1923). Der Direktor des Staatlichen Bauhauses zu Weimar. [Letterpress] Retrieved from
http://www.moma.org/
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• Moholy-Nagy, L. (1919-1920). Jolan Simon. [Lithographic crayon on paper] Retrieved from http://www.moma.org/
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• Moholy-Nagy, L. (1919-1925). Staatliches Bauhaus Weimar Rechnung. [Letterpress] Retrieved from
http://www.moma.org/
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• Moholy-Nagy, L. (1919-1925). Staatliches Bauhaus Weimar. [Letterpress] Retrieved from http://www.moma.org/
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• Moholy-Nagy, L. (Before 1931). The Boardwalk. [Gelatin silver print] Retrieved from http://www.moma.org/
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• Moholy-Nagy, L. (1926). Head. [Gelatin silver print] Retrieved from http://www.moma.org/
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• Moholy-Nagy, L. (1920-1930). "Der Schädel des Negerhäuptlings Makaua" by Rudolf Frank and Georg Lichey.
[Letterpress] Retrieved from http://www.moma.org/
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• Moholy-Nagy, L. (1926). Lightplay: Black/White/Gray. [Gelatin silver print] Retrieved from http://www.moma.org/
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• Moholy-Nagy, L. (1921). Nickel Construction. [Nickel plated iron, welded] Retrieved from http://www.moma.org/
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• Moholy-Nagy, L. (1921). Yellow Circle. [Oil on canvas] Retrieved from http://www.moma.org/

28. • Moholy-Nagy, L. (1923-1925). Untitled. [Photogram] Retrieved from http://www.moma.org/
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• Moholy-Nagy, L. (1923-1924). Composition No. 2. [Woodcut] Retrieved from http://www.moma.org/
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• Moholy-Nagy, L. (1923). Composition from Masters' Portfolio of the Staatliches Bauhaus (Meistermappe des
Staatlichen Bauhauses). [Lithograph] Retrieved from http://www.moma.org/
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• Moholy-Nagy, L. (1923). Untitled. [Watercolor and pencil on paper] Retrieved from http://www.moma.org/
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• Moholy-Nagy, L. (1923). Construction in Enamel 2. [Porcelain enamel on steel] Retrieved from
http://www.moma.org/
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• Moholy-Nagy, L. (1923). Composition. [Linoleum cut] Retrieved from http://www.moma.org/
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• Moholy-Nagy, l. (1923). Konstruktionen. Kestenermappe 6 (Constructions. Kestner Portfolio 6). [Lithograph]
Retrieved from http://www.moma.org/
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• Moholy-Nagy, L. (1923). Untitled from Konstruktionen. Kestenermappe 6 (Constructions. Kestner Portfolio 6).
[Lithograph] Retrieved from http://www.moma.org/
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• Moholy-Nagy, L. (1923). Untitled from Konstruktionen. Kestenermappe 6 (Constructions. Kestner Portfolio 6).
[Lithograph] Retrieved from http://www.moma.org/
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• Moholy-Nagy, L. (1923). Q 1 Suprematistic. [Oil on canvas] Retrieved from http://www.moma.org/
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• Moholy-Nagy, L. (1935-36). The New Isokon Chair. [Letterpress] Retrieved from http://www.moma.org/
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• Moholy-Nagy, L. (1946). Double Loop. [Plexiglass] Retrieved from http://www.moma.org/
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• Moholy-Nagy, L. (1946). Space Modulator L3. [Oil on perforated zinc and composition board, with glass-headed
pins] Retrieved from http://www.moma.org/

29. • Bruer, M. (1925-1926). Wassily Chair. [Chair] Retrieved from
http://www.njmodern.com
• Wagenfeld, W. (1924). Bauhaus Lamp. [Lamp] Retrieved from
http://www.tecnolumen.com/12/
• Office Chair photo retrieved from http://web.tradekorea.com
• Office Cubicles photo retrieved from http://2.bp.blogspot.com
• Photography quote: Moholy-Nagy, L. (1970). A New Instrument of Vision. New
York: Praeger Publishers. 36
• Influence on the Bauhaus movement quote: Moholy-Nagy, L. (1949). The New
Vision and Abstract of an Artist. New York: Wittenborn, Schultz. 22.
• Designer unkown. (year unknown). Le Corbusier Style LC4 Chaise Longue.
[Chair] Retrieved from http://www.bauhausmodern.com/
• Jonathan Ive. (2012). Macbook Air. [laptop] Retrieved from http://appledistrict.com/
• Architect unknown. (1988). National Bank Tower. [building] Retrieved from
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

30. • Hyun Ahn, C. (2011) Tunnel IV [cast concrete, lights, mirrors] retrieved from
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/09/Chul_Hyun_Ahn%2C_%22
Tunnel_IV%2C%22_2011_%28two_views%29%2C_cast_concrete%2C_lights%2C_
mirrors%2C_ed._of_3%2C_20x40x40_inches.jpg
• Wiegman, D. (1984) Regarded from two sides [light, trash] retrieved from
http://dietwiegman.tumblr.com/light%20sculptures
• Villareal, L. (2011) Multiverse [LED nodes] retrieved from
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/89/Multiverse_-
_Leo_Villareal.JPG
• Turrel, J. (1986) Untitled [light] retrieved from
http://mth5bt.wordpress.com/2011/11/10/lights-luminescence-and-james-turrell/
• Brandt, M. (1924). Coffee and Tea Set. [Silver and ebony, lid of sugar bowl made of
glass] retrieved from
http://arthistory.about.com/od/from_exhibitions/ig/bauhaus_1919_1933/bauhau
s_moma_09_14.htm
• Brandt, M. (1929) Untitled (with Anna-May Wong). [Photomontage with
newspaper clippings, glass, metal and celluloid] retrieved from
http://www.icp.org/museum/exhibitions/tempo-tempo-bauhaus-photomontages-
marianne-brandt
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/wobbe/304498167/

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