László Moholy-Nagy
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László Moholy-Nagy was a Hungarian modernist artist, photographer, and influential educator known for his pioneering work in constructivism and for shaping avant-garde design and media experimentation at the Bauhaus.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| László Moholy-Nagy canonical | 22 |
| Moholy-Nagy | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: László Moholy-Nagy Context triple: [Bauhaus, keyFigure, László Moholy-Nagy]
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Herbert Bayer
Herbert Bayer was an Austrian-American graphic designer, painter, photographer, and influential Bauhaus teacher known for pioneering modernist typography and visual communication.
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B.
Fernand Léger
Fernand Léger was a French painter and sculptor known for his bold, mechanistic style and pioneering role in the development of Cubism and modern art.
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C.
Victor Arnautoff
Victor Arnautoff was a Russian-American muralist and painter known for his prominent New Deal–era public artworks in San Francisco and his politically charged, socially realist style.
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Peter Behrens
Peter Behrens was a pioneering German architect and designer whose industrial, graphic, and architectural work helped shape early modernism and influenced figures like Le Corbusier, Gropius, and Mies van der Rohe.
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E.
Walter Gropius
Walter Gropius was a pioneering German architect and founder of the Bauhaus school, renowned as a leading figure of modernist architecture.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: László Moholy-Nagy Target entity description: László Moholy-Nagy was a Hungarian modernist artist, photographer, and influential educator known for his pioneering work in constructivism and for shaping avant-garde design and media experimentation at the Bauhaus.
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A.
Herbert Bayer
Herbert Bayer was an Austrian-American graphic designer, painter, photographer, and influential Bauhaus teacher known for pioneering modernist typography and visual communication.
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B.
Fernand Léger
Fernand Léger was a French painter and sculptor known for his bold, mechanistic style and pioneering role in the development of Cubism and modern art.
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C.
Victor Arnautoff
Victor Arnautoff was a Russian-American muralist and painter known for his prominent New Deal–era public artworks in San Francisco and his politically charged, socially realist style.
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D.
Peter Behrens
Peter Behrens was a pioneering German architect and designer whose industrial, graphic, and architectural work helped shape early modernism and influenced figures like Le Corbusier, Gropius, and Mies van der Rohe.
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E.
Walter Gropius
Walter Gropius was a pioneering German architect and founder of the Bauhaus school, renowned as a leading figure of modernist architecture.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Bauhaus teacher
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artist ⓘ educator ⓘ human ⓘ modernist artist ⓘ photographer ⓘ |
| birthName | László Weisz ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | leukemia ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth |
Austro-Hungarian Empire
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surface form:
Austria-Hungary
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| countryOfCitizenship | Hungary ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1895-07-20 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1946-11-24 ⓘ |
| employer | Bauhaus ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Hungarian ⓘ |
| familyName |
László Moholy-Nagy
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Moholy-Nagy
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| fieldOfWork |
art education
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film ⓘ graphic design ⓘ industrial design ⓘ painting ⓘ photography ⓘ typography ⓘ |
| founded |
New Bauhaus in Chicago
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School of the Art Institute of Chicago ⓘ
surface form:
School of Design in Chicago
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| givenName | László ⓘ |
| influenced |
American design education
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media art ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Russian Constructivism
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surface form:
Constructivist movement
Russian avant-garde ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Bauhaus pedagogy
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experimental photography ⓘ integration of technology and art ⓘ photograms ⓘ pioneering work in constructivism ⓘ |
| movement |
Bauhaus
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Constructivism ⓘ Modernism ⓘ |
| name | László Moholy-Nagy self-link ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Light-Space Modulator
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Malerei Fotografie Film ⓘ Photograms ⓘ Von Material zu Architektur ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Bácsborsód ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Chicago, Illinois, United States
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surface form:
Chicago
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| positionHeld |
co-director of the Bauhaus preliminary course
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teacher at the Bauhaus ⓘ |
| spouse |
Lucia Moholy
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Lucia Moholy ⓘ
surface form:
Sibyl Moholy-Nagy
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| workLocation |
Berlin
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Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
surface form:
Chicago
Dessau ⓘ London, England ⓘ
surface form:
London
Weimar ⓘ |
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Referenced by (23)
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this entity surface form:
Moholy-Nagy