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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté. Image fixe : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Carullo, Valeria
Titre(s) : Moholy-Nagy in Britain [Texte imprimé] : 1935-1937 / Valeria Carullo
Publication : London : Lund Humphries, 2019
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (95 p.) : ill. en noir et en coul. ; 30 cm
Note(s) : Bibliogr. p. 94. Notes bibliogr.
"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.0Moholy-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. Moholy-Nagy also gave lectures and wrote articles throughout his stay and
The London Gallery held an exhibition of his work in January 1937.0This 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 production phase
of his life."--Rabat de la couverture
Sujet(s) : Moholy-Nagy, László (1895-1946) -- Critique et interprétation
Moholy-Nagy, László (1895-1946) -- Exil -- Grande-Bretagne
Indice(s) Dewey :
709.2 (23e éd.) = Beaux-arts et arts décoratifs - Biographie
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781848223769. - ISBN 1848223765 (br.)
EAN 9781848223769
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb47178792d
Notice n° :
FRBNF47178792
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