Award
Guggenheim Fellowship
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György Kepes
1906-10-04 – 2001-12-29
Life & Legacy
György Kepes (Hungarian: [ˈkɛpɛʒ ˈɟørɟ]; 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.
Occupation & Career
designer, painter, photographer, writer, teacher, art theorist, visual artist, pedagogue
Education
Hungarian University of Fine Arts
Accomplishments, Inventions & Publications
Guggenheim Fellowship; Rome Prize; Eugene McDermott Award in the Arts at MIT
Legacy Highlights
Honors & Awards
Eugene McDermott Award in the Arts at MIT · Guggenheim Fellowship · Rome Prize
Employer
Brooklyn College
Organizations & Memberships
American Abstract Artists · American Academy of Arts and Letters
Education & Institutions
Hungarian University of Fine Arts
Verified Legacy Record
Award
Rome Prize
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Award
Eugene McDermott Award in the Arts at MIT
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q721633 · wikidata
Family Sibling
Imre Kepes
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Sources & Provenance
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