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Moholy-Nagy in Britain - 1935-1937 (Paperback)
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Moholy-Nagy in Britain - 1935-1937 (Paperback)
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One of the most innovative artists and thinkers of the first half
of the 20th century, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy (1895-1946) emigrated to
Britain after the forced closure of the Bauhaus, following his
colleague Walter Gropius. This book examines the two years he spent
in Britain in the mid-1930s before moving on to the United States -
two intense years filled with commissions, collaborations,
opportunities, disappointments, artistic exchanges and friendship.
Moholy-Nagy was especially known in the UK as a photographer, his
photos having previously been published in the Architectural
Review. Although brief, Moholy-Nagy's English period represented
the peak of his photographic activity. In Britain, he also worked
as a graphic designer on books, advertisements and on London
Transport posters. He worked as an art advisor for Simpsons'
menswear store and designed publicity for the Isokon Furniture
Company. He made a couple of documentary films - Lobsters and New
Architecture at London Zoo and worked as a designer on Things to
Come for Alexander Korda. As well as the films and photographic
essays for the AR, he was introduced by John Betjeman to publisher
John Miles, who commissioned him to illustrate three books: The
Street Markets of London, Eton Portrait and An Oxford University
Chest. He also worked with Gropius and Maxwell Fry on various
exhibition designs, gave lectures and wrote articles throughout his
stay, and The London Gallery held an exhibition of his work in
January 1937. This highly visual book weaves together rarely seen
images, documents and narrative to create a fascinating picture of
the man and the artist during this critical and highly productive
phase of his life.
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