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György Kepes

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Hungarian artist (1906-2001)

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György Kepes was a Hungarian-born painter, photographer, designer, educator, and art theorist. S. in 1937, he taught design at the New Bauhaus in Chicago. In 1967 he founded the Center for Advanced Visual Studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) where he taught until his retirement in 1974.

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1974Eugene McDermott Award in the Arts at MIT
Guggenheim Fellowship
Rome Prize

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György Kepes was a Hungarian-born painter, photographer, designer, educator, and art theorist. After immigrating to the U.S. in 1937, he taught design at the New Bauhaus in Chicago. In 1967 he founded the Center for Advanced Visual Studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) where he taught until his retirement in 1974.

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Lived 1906 to 2001 · aged 95
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