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László Moholy-Nagy was a Hungarian painter, photographer, and professor in the Bauhaus school. He was born on July 20, 1895, in Bácsborsód, Hungary, and passed away on November 24, 1946, in Chicago, Illinois, USA [1].

Early Life and Education:

Moholy-Nagy was born László Weisz to a Jewish family in Hungary [1].

He attended a gymnasium school in Szeged, Hungary, and initially aspired to become a writer or poet [1].

In 1913, he began studying law at the University of Budapest, but his studies were interrupted when he enlisted in the Austro-Hungarian army during World War I [1].

After his military service, Moholy-Nagy abandoned his law studies and attended the private art school of Hungarian artist Róbert Berény [1].

Bauhaus Years:

In 1923, Moholy-Nagy was invited by Walter Gropius to teach at the Bauhaus in Weimar, Germany [1].

He took over Johannes Itten's role co-teaching the Bauhaus foundation course and became the Head of the Metal Workshop [1].

Moholy-Nagy's versatility as an artist became evident during his time at the Bauhaus, where he excelled in photography, typography, sculpture, painting, printmaking, film-making, and industrial design [1].

He explored the potential of photography and coined the term "Neues Sehen" (New Vision) to describe his belief that the camera could offer a new way of seeing the world [1].

Depression Era:

Moholy-Nagy left the Bauhaus in 1928 and established his own design studio in Berlin [1].

He created the iconic "Light-Space Modulator," a kinetic sculpture that used industrial materials to produce shifting light reflections and shadows [1].

Moholy-Nagy worked as the photography editor for the Dutch avant-garde magazine "International Revue i 10" and collaborated with his second wife, Sibylle Pietzsch, on the film "Ein Lichtspiel: schwarz weiss grau" [1].

Legacy:

Moholy-Nagy's largest accomplishment may be the School of Design in Chicago, which he founded and which now exists as part of the Illinois Institute of Technology [1].