László Moholy-Nagy

Devoted to experimentation and new media throughout his artistic career, László Moholy-Nagy worked in a staggering array of disciplines including film, typography, sculpture, photography, painting, writing, and graphic and stage design. He was a pivotal member of the Bauhaus school, where he authored two influential design books and promoted the integration of art and technology. Moholy-Nagy’s aesthetic output always embraced innovation; the artist made cameraless photographs called “photograms” and used industrial materials throughout his painting and sculpture practices in order to examine the use of light, transparency, space, and motion in art. His teachings at the Bauhaus have influenced generations of artists and designers. Moholy-Nagy has been the subject of exhibitions at the Guggenheim Museum, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, among other institutions. His work has sold for seven figures on the secondary market.