László Moholy-NagyAmerican, 1895–1946Neue Gravitation
May one see it?
Unknown
Kunstpalast
Düsseldorf, Germany
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
Particulars
In the catalog
Sources
- Kunstpalast
- Image: Kunstpalast — In Copyright
Meanwhile, in the life of László Moholy-Nagy
The whole lifeOctober 1918
Gives up law for painting
Discharged from the army in October 1918, László abandoned his law studies and attended the private art school of the Hungarian Fauve Róbert Berény. Other accounts, by contrast, say he completed a law degree.
1919
The Soviet Republic falls; flight to Vienna
László supported the Hungarian Soviet Republic, declared early in 1919, though he held no office in it. After its defeat in August he withdrew to Szeged, where an exhibition of his work was held, and around November 1919 he left for Vienna. Other accounts date his flight to Szeged to late 1919.
1919–1920 · Residence
Vienna
1920–1933 · Residence
Berlin
1922
Show at Der Sturm; meeting Gropius
At a joint exhibition with his fellow Hungarian Peter Laszlo Peri at Der Sturm, László met Walter Gropius. Herwarth Walden showed his works alongside Peri's in 1922–1924.
summer 1922
Summer on the Rhône: first photograms
On holiday with Lucia on the Rhône, László learned from her to make photograms on light-sensitive paper — photography became one of his main pursuits, with his wife at first his technical guide. That summer he also began sketching ideas for what would become the Light-Space Modulator.
