Page loaded successfully. Showing keywords for Gyorgy Kepes.
Artist Keywords
Keywords page for Gyorgy Kepes ((1906 - 2001)), known for Abstract-micro-organic, collage. Showing associated keywords and tags.
Gyorgy Kepes KEYWORDS
1906 Selyp, Hungary - 2001. Known for: Abstract-micro-organic, collage.
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
Gyorgy Kepes - Artist Info
About Gyorgy Kepes: Keywords
Keywords (23)
Art Method
- •Collage and/or Decoupage
- •Easel Painting
- •Illustration, Illustrator
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
Art Media
Art Style
- •Abstraction, Abstract
- •Modernist, Modernism (Partially Abstract, Leading Edge)
Art Subject
- •Architecture Trained: Design and Drawing
Awards/Recognition
- •ADC Hall of Fame (Art Directors Club)
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Abstraction Specialty
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
Exhibition of Museum
- •Art Institute of Chicago
- •Carnegie Institute, International Exhibition
- •Corcoran Gallery and/or Art School, Washington DC
- •Museum of Modern Art, New York
- •Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum/Museum of Non Objective Painting
- •Whitney Biennial Museum of American Art
Exhibition By An Art School
- •The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts