Kepes, György (1906-2001).

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Gyorgy Kepes (1906-2001) was a painter and educator from Cambridge, Mass.

From the description of Oral history interview with Gyorgy Kepes, 1972 Mar. 7-1973 Jan. 11 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 495596647

From the description of Oral history interview with Gyorgy Kepes, 1968 Aug. 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 779477499

Gyorgy Kepes; artist and aesthetic theorist; born 1906 in Selyp, Hungary; taught at New Bauhaus in Chicago and at Massachusetts Institute of Technology; died Dec. 29, 2001 at home in Cambridge, Mass., aged 95.

From the description of Gyorgy Kepes papers. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754866019

Gyorgy Kepes, b. 1906; d. 2001, Painter, educator of Cambridge, Mass.

From the description of Oral history interview with Gyorgy Kepes, 1968 Aug. 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 227191314

Painter, educator; Cambridge, Massachusetts.

From the description of Gyorgy Kepes interviews, 1972 Mar. 7-1973 Jan. 11. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220187145

Painter, muralist, designer, filmmaker, educator; Cambridge, Mass. Born 1906. Died Dec. 29, 2001.

Born in Selyp, Hungary, Kepes studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Budapest, working with Moholy-Nagy in Berlin and London before joining him at the New Bauhaus (later the Chicago Institute of Design) in 1937. From1946-1980 he was professor of visual design at MIT, as well as director of the Center for Advanced Visual Studies from 1967-1974.

From the description of Gyorgy Kepes papers, 1825-1989 (bulk 1909-1989). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122403897

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referencedIn Octavio Medellin Papers, 1936-1964 Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center
referencedIn Walter Koellein Vivrett papers, 1949-1978, (bulk 1952-1968) University of Minnesota Libraries. University Archives [uarc]
creatorOf Kepes, Gyorgy, 1906-2001. Artist file. Brooklyn Museum Libraries & Archives
referencedIn Serge Chermayeff architectural records and papers, 1909-1980, 1930s-1970s Columbia University. Avery Architecture and Fine Arts Library. Department of Drawings and Archives.
creatorOf Gyorgy Kepes papers Archives of American Art
creatorOf Kepes, Gyorgy, 1906-2001. Gyorgy Kepes papers. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
creatorOf Richard E. Filipowski papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Art Committee records Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Libraries
referencedIn Katharine Kuh papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Hilaire Hiler papers Archives of American Art
creatorOf Meyer, Howard R., 1903-1988. Howard R. Meyer papers, 1924-1986. University of Texas Libraries
referencedIn Records, 1939-1992 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Tucker, Jean S. Papers, 1962-1990. Washington University in St. Louis, .
creatorOf Walter Tandy Murch papers Archives of American Art
creatorOf Massachusetts Institute of Technology. School of Architecture and Planning. Letters, 1961-1981, to Lewis Mumford. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
referencedIn Window Shop (Cambridge, Mass.). Records, 1939-1992 (inclusive). Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Kepes, Gyorgy : Biographical file. Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center
referencedIn Oral history interview with Katharine Kuh Archives of American Art
creatorOf Chermayeff, Serge, 1900-1996. Serge Chermayeff architectural records and papers, 1909-1980. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
referencedIn Katharine Kuh papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Robert Smithson and Nancy Holt papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Paul Theobald and Company. Paul Theobald and Company records, 1935-1988. Aurora University, Phillips Library
creatorOf Kepes, Gyorgy, 1906-2001. Art and ecological consciousness / Gyorgy Kepes. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
referencedIn Oral history interview with Katharine Kuh Archives of American Art
creatorOf Pollack, Peter, 1909-1978. Peter Pollack papers, 1945-1978. Getty Research Institute
creatorOf Domenica M. Thompson papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn R. Buckminster Fuller Papers Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn Katharine Kuh papers, 1937-1964 (inclusive). Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
creatorOf Aaron Siskind papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Walter Tandy Murch papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Katharine Kuh papers, 1937-1964 (inclusive). Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
referencedIn Walter and Ise Gropius papers Archives of American Art
creatorOf Kepes, Gyorgy, 1906-. Gyorgy Kepes : artist file : study photographs and reproductions of works of art with accompanying documentation 1930?-1990 [graphic] [compiled by staff of The Museum of Modern Art, New York]. Frick Art Reference Library of The Frick Collection
referencedIn Herbert Matter papers, ca. 1937-1984 Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn Kepes, Gyorgy, 1906- : [miscellaneous ephemeral material]. Metropolitan Museum of Art, Thomas J. Watson Library
creatorOf Robert Smithson and Nancy Holt papers Archives of American Art
creatorOf Katharine Kuh papers Archives of American Art
creatorOf Matter, Herbert, 1907-1984. Herbert Matter papers, circa 1937-1984. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn School of Design in Chicago : refugees east and west / Beatrice Takeuchi Archives of American Art
referencedIn Gropius, Walter, 1883-1969. Papers, 1925-1969 (bulk: 1937-1969) Houghton Library
referencedIn Erik H. and Joan M. Erikson papers, 1925-1985 (inclusive) 1960-1980 (bulk). Houghton Library
referencedIn Records, 1962. Houghton Library
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creatorOf Oral history interview with Gyorgy Kepes Archives of American Art
creatorOf Oral history interview with Gyorgy Kepes Archives of American Art
creatorOf Oral history interview with Gyorgy Kepes Archives of American Art
creatorOf Karl E. Fortess interviews with artists Archives of American Art
referencedIn Oral history interview with Robert O. Preusser Archives of American Art
referencedIn Oral history interview with Rudolph de Harak Archives of American Art
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associatedWith Calder, Alexander, 1898-1976. person
associatedWith Capp, Al, 1909-1979. person
associatedWith Center for Advanced Visual Studies. corporateBody
associatedWith Chermayeff, Serge, 1900-1996. person
associatedWith Chicago School of Design. corporateBody
associatedWith Dreyfuss, Henry. person
associatedWith Eames, Charles. person
correspondedWith Erikson, Erik H. (Erik Homburger), 1902-1994 person
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associatedWith Filipowski, Richard E., 1923- person
associatedWith Fortess, Karl E. (Karl Eugene), 1907- person
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associatedWith Gropius, Walter, 1883-1969. person
associatedWith Harak, Rudolph de person
associatedWith Hayter, Stanley William, 1901-1988. person
associatedWith Hélion, Jean, 1904-1987. person
associatedWith Hiler, Hilaire, 1898-1966. person
associatedWith Huxley, Alduous, 1894-1963. person
associatedWith Kepes, Juliet. person
associatedWith Kuh, Katharine person
associatedWith Kuh, Katharine. person
associatedWith Le Corbusier, 1887-1965. person
associatedWith Massachusetts Institute of Technology. corporateBody
associatedWith Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Art Committee corporateBody
associatedWith Massachusetts Institute of Technology. School of Architecture and Planning corporateBody
associatedWith Matter, Herbert, 1907-1984. person
associatedWith McLuhan, Marshall, 1911- person
associatedWith Mead, Margaret, 1901-1978. person
associatedWith Medellin, Octavio, 1907- person
associatedWith Meyer, Howard R., 1903-1988. person
associatedWith Moholy-Nagy, László, 1895-1946. person
associatedWith Mondrian, Piet, 1872-1944. person
associatedWith Motherwell, Robert. person
associatedWith Murch, Walter. person
associatedWith Murch, Walter Scott person
associatedWith Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.) corporateBody
associatedWith National Institute of Arts and Letters (U.S.) corporateBody
associatedWith Nervi, Pier Luigi. person
associatedWith New Bauhaus (Chicago, Ill.) corporateBody
associatedWith Noguchi, Isamu, 1904-1988. person
associatedWith Oppenheimer, J. Robert, 1904-1967. person
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associatedWith Pollack, Peter, 1909-1978. person
associatedWith Preusser, Robert O. (Robert Ormerod), 1919-1992 person
associatedWith Read, Herbert Edward Sir, 1893-1968. person
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associatedWith Rickey, George. person
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associatedWith Siskind, Aaron. person
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associatedWith Takeuchi, Beatrice, 1921- person
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associatedWith Thompson, Domenica M. person
correspondedWith Tucker, Jean S. person
associatedWith Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775-1851. person
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Massachusetts--Cambridge
Massachusetts
Massachusetts
Massachusetts--Cambridge
Subject
Art, American
Art
Art and society
Art and technology
Art festivals
Designer
Industrial design
Ecology
Educator
Educators
Filmmakers
Glass painting and staining
Muralists
Painters
Painters
Painting, American
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Birth 1906-10-04

Death 2001-12-29

Americans

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