György Kepes
- Introduction
- György Kepes [ˈɟøɾɟ ˈkɛpɛʃ] (October 4, 1906 – December 29, 2001) 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 (later the School of Design, then Institute of Design, then Illinois Institute of Design or IIT) 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.
- Wikidata
- Q721633
- Introduction
- City planner.
- Nationalities
- Hungarian, American
- Gender
- Male
- Roles
- Artist, Urban Planner, Designer, Teacher, Writer, Painter, Photographer, Sculptor, Theorist
- Names
- György Kepes, Gyorgy Kepes, George Kepes, Gregory Kepes
- Ulan
- 500028012
Exhibitions
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Modern Photographs from the Thomas Walther Collection, 1909–1949
Dec 13, 2014–
Apr 19, 2015 MoMA
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A World of Its Own: Photographic Practices in the Studio
Feb 8–
Nov 2, 2014 MoMA
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Century of the Child: Growing by Design, 1900–2000
Jul 29–
Nov 5, 2012 MoMA
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Art in a Changing World: 1884–1964: Edward Steichen Photography Center
May 27, 1964
MoMA
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50 Photographs by 50 Photographers
Apr 3–
May 15, 1962 MoMA
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György Kepes has 11 exhibitionsonline.
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