Gyorgy Kepes (b. October 4, 1906 / d. December 29, 2001). Kepes was born in Hungry in 1906. He was not only a painter but also a filmmaker and a writer. Kepes studied at the Royal Academy of Fine... Read full biography
Gyorgy Kepes (b. October 4, 1906 / d. December 29, 2001). Kepes was born in Hungry in 1906. He was not only a painter but also a filmmaker and a writer. Kepes studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Budapest where he studied painting under Istvan Csok during the 1920's. Kepes was invited to... Read full biography
Gyorgy Kepes (b. October 4, 1906 / d. December 29, 2001). Kepes was born in Hungry in 1906. He was not only a painter but also a filmmaker and a writer. Kepes studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Budapest where he studied painting under Istvan Csok during the 1920's. Kepes was invited to join the design studio of Hungarian photographer Laszo Mohonly-Nagy in Berlin. He then followed Mohonly to London in 1936. It was in London that Kepes met his wife, artist and illustrator, Juliet... Read full biography
Gyorgy Kepes (b. October 4, 1906 / d. December 29, 2001). Kepes was born in Hungry in 1906. He was not only a painter but also a filmmaker and a writer. Kepes studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Budapest where he studied painting under Istvan Csok during the 1920's. Kepes was invited to join the design studio of Hungarian photographer Laszo Mohonly-Nagy in Berlin. He then followed Mohonly to London in 1936. It was in London that Kepes met his wife, artist and illustrator, Juliet Appleby. In 1937, he emigrated to the United States. Teaching:. New Bauhaus in Chicago / late 1937-1943 teaching design. Brooklyn College / 1942 teaching graphic art. School of Architecture and Planning at Massachusetts Institute of Technology / 1947... Read full biography
Gyorgy Kepes (b. October 4, 1906 / d. December 29, 2001). Kepes was born in Hungry in 1906. He was not only a painter but also a filmmaker and a writer. Kepes studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Budapest where he studied painting under Istvan Csok during the 1920's. Kepes was invited to join the design studio of Hungarian photographer Laszo Mohonly-Nagy in Berlin. He then followed Mohonly to London in 1936. It was in London that Kepes met his wife, artist and illustrator, Juliet Appleby. In 1937, he emigrated to the United States. Teaching:. New Bauhaus in Chicago / late 1937-1943 teaching design. Brooklyn College / 1942 teaching graphic art. School of Architecture and Planning at Massachusetts Institute of Technology / 1947 teaching visual design. Founder of Center for Advanced Visual Studies at MIT / 1967-1974. Whi... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (37)
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The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
Who's Who in American Art, 1997-1998
1997
Marquis Who's Who
1,515 pages
Advertising, Artists & the Borders of Art
1995
Bogart, Michelle H
427 pages
Who's Who in American Art, 1993-1994, 20th Edition (American Federation of Arts)
1993
Bowker R R
1,473 pages
The Old Guard and Avant-Garde Modernism in Chicago 1910-1940
1990
Prince, Sue Ann
304 pages (color)
Annual Exhibition Record, 1914-68, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (Exhibition catalog)
1989
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
538 pages
An American Collection Paintings and Sculpture from the NAD (Exhibition catalog)
1989
Gerdts, Abigail Booth
208 pages (color)
Collected Essays on 101 Art Works From the Permanent Collection, Wichita Art Musem
1988
Wooden, Howard E
212 pages
Dictionary of Contemporary American Artists (5th Edition)
1987
Cummings, Paul
653 pages
Who's Who in American Art-1986 1986
1986
Jaques Cattell Press
1,292 pages
Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers
1986
Opitz, Glenn B (editor)
1,081 pages
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Paintings and Sculpture Collection
1985
DuPont, Diana, K Holland
402 pages (color)
Art, Design and the Modern Corporation (Exhibition catalog)
1985
Harris, Neil/Martina R Norelli
135 pages (color)
In the Mind's Eye Dada and Surrealism (Exhibition catalog)
1985
Neff, Ann R (editor)
240 pages (color)
American Art Theory 1945-1970
1981
Buettner Stewart
213 pages
The Oxford Companion to Twentieth Century Art
1981
Osborne, Harold
656 pages (color)
Catalogue of American Painting
1981
San Diego Museum of Art
240 pages (color)
American Paintings/Brooklyn Museum Complete Illustrated Listing of Works
1979
Brooklyn Museum
133 pages (color)
Gyorgy Kepes (Exhibition catalog)
1977
Wysocki, M/J VanDerMarck
48 pages (color)
Who's Who in American Art, 1976 12th Edition
1976
Jaques Cattell Press
756 pages
Smithsonian Archives of American Art: Checklist of the Collection
1975
Editor, Smithsonian
0 pages
Whitney Museum of American Art Catalogue of the Collection
1974
Baur, John I H
235 pages (color)
Hungarians in America: Vol 3 A Biographical Directory
1972
Bognar, Desi K (editor)
0 pages
Indianapolis Museum of Art Catalogue of American Paintings
1970
Weinhardt, Carl J Jr (editor)
166 pages
Three Centuries of New England Art From New England Museums
1969
Brockton Art Center
48 pages
Art Today
1969
Faulkner, Ray; Edwin Ziegfeld
542 pages (color)
Abstract & Surrealist Art in America
1969
Janis, Sidney
146 pages
American Paintings in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (Two Volumes)
1969
Rathbone, Perry Townsend (Ed)
600 pages (color)
An American Collection The Neuberger Collection
1968
Robbins, Daniel/David W Scott
463 pages (color)
Sources for Tomorrow: 50 American Paintings 1946-1966 James Michener Collection of Allentown Art Museum (Exhibition catalog)
1967
Hirsch, Richard
48 pages
Collage: Personalities, Concepts, Techniques
1967
Janis, Harriet/Rudi Blesh
342 pages
Contemporary American Painting and Sculpture (Exhibition catalog)
1965
University of Illinois
210 pages
Art U S A Now (2 volumes)
1962
Weller, Allen S/Lee Nordness
474 pages (color)
The Naked Truth and Personal Vision The Length of the Artistic Road (Addison Gallery) (Exhibition catalog)