Moholy-Nagy in Britain history and heritage

history and heritage

Doriana Mandrelli Fuksas

visiting the key buildings and places with them and discussing them in detail to build up a picture of how this idealistic and inventive practice negotiates the architectural challenges of today

and various social initiatives and causes have thrown renewed focus on how the arts are funded

Moholy-Nagy in Britain history and heritageOne of the most innovative artists and thinkers of the first half of the 20th century, Lszl 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.