(1895-1946)
He was born in Bácsborsód to a Jewish-Hungarian family.
His interest was primarily in literature, and even published short stories and poetry.
Lászlo studied law in Budapest but that was interrupted because he was called to the Austro-Hungarian army. During the war he suffered a severe wound and while in the hospital began drawing and painting with water colours pencils.
Returned to Budapest where he stayed until 1919 when he went to Berlin. And there he worked as a painter and as a stage designer. Also he became a prominent typographer and poster designer.
In his filmography we can see Berlin still life, Marseille vieux port and Lobsters among others.
With the nazis dominating Germany in 1933 he went to Amsterdam where he lived until 1935. Then it was time to go to London and then Chicago.
In 1937, in Chicago, he became the director of the New Bauhaus and worked also as an art advisor for several companies,
In 1946 he died of leukemia in Chicago.
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| "Nagy Eifersucht", 1927 graphite crayon, ink, gouache and photographs on paper |
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| "Nagy Poupé", 1929 |
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| "Nagy Jealousy", 1924 |
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| "Nagy Breakfast", 1929 |
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| "Nagy Practice In the Name of the Law", 1922 |
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| "Nagy Self-portrait", 1919 |
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