László Moholy-Nagy in Budapest, 1914
László Moholy-Nagy as an artillery officer cadet - Budapest, Hungary - 1915
Radio and Railway Landscape, 1919 - 1920
Self Portrait, 1918
Moholy-Nagy László első világbáborúban készített egyik rajza, 1917 körül - www.artmagazin.hu
Moholy-Nagy László első világbáborúban készített egyik rajza, 1917 körül - www.artmagazin.hu
László Weisz was born in 1895 in a small village called Bácsborsód situated in Southern Hungary. The father left his family with financial difficulties and moved away from home. Moholy's mother, Karolina Stern asked the support of the family's relative, the lawyer Gusztáv Nagy. Uncle Guszti took care of the education of the young Moholy.
After returning home from the war, he studied in the National Royal Hungarian School of Applied Arts, which was the legal predecessor of the Moholy-Nagy University of Design. During his years in Budapest he met photographer Erzsébet Landau, who introduced Moholy to photography.
Moholy became friends with Lajos Kassák, the most important Hungarian representative of international avant-garde trends, the editor-in-chief of the literary and art magazine called Ma.
Including many others in 1919 he signed the manifesto called Revolutionaries! which collected the aspirations of artists who supported the communist revolution. Due to political reasons he left the country with the Kassák.
During the World War I Moholy-Nagy served in the army of the Dual Monarchy. He documented the horrors of the war with colorful drawings which he sent home to his family as postcards.
Animation by
Barbara Takács, 2011
During the World War I Moholy-Nagy served in the army of the Dual Monarchy. He documented the horrors of the war with colorful drawings which he sent home to his family as postcards.
Animation by
Tímea Varga, 2011
During the World War I Moholy-Nagy served in the army of the Dual Monarchy. He documented the horrors of the war with colorful drawings which he sent home to his family as postcards.
Animation by
Fanni Németi, 2011
During the World War I Moholy-Nagy served in the army of the Dual Monarchy. He documented the horrors of the war with colorful drawings which he sent home to his family as postcards.
Animation by
Olivér Hegyi, Marcell Szénási, 2011
During the World War I Moholy-Nagy served in the army of the Dual Monarchy. He documented the horrors of the war with colorful drawings which he sent home to his family as postcards.
Animation by
Flóra Buda, 2011
