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György Kepes was born in , in Selyp, Hungary, and studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Budapest....
Gyorgy Kepes was a Hungarian-born American painter, designer, photographer, teacher, and writer who had considerable influence on many areas.
György Kepes
Hungarian-American artist (1906–2001)
The native form of this personal name is Kepes György. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.
György Kepes (Hungarian:[ˈkɛpɛʒˈɟørɟ]; 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.[1][2]
Early years
Kepes was born in Selyp, Hungary.
His younger brother was Imre Kepes, an ambassador in Argentina, father of András Kepes, journalist, documentary filmmaker and author.[3] His distinguished Jewish family included Gyula Kepes, doctor and polar explorer.