Lucia Moholy

photographer

Austrian/Czech b. 18 January 1894, Prague, Austria-Hungary^[1] d. 17 May 1989, Zürich, Switzerland^[1] active 1923–1989

Lucia Moholy (née Schulz) was an Austrian-born photographer and publications editor who became a significant figure in documenting the Bauhaus movement. She began her career as a teacher and editor before moving to Berlin, where she met László Moholy-Nagy. From 1923 to 1928, she served as the primary documentary photographer for the Bauhaus school in Dessau, capturing its architecture, products, and students with an aesthetic rooted in 'Neue Sachlichkeit' (New Objectivity). Despite her extensive contributions, her work was often uncredited or attributed to her husband or Walter Gropius. After fleeing Nazi Germany in 1933, she lived in London and Switzerland, where she continued to work as a portraitist and author of the influential book 'A Hundred Years of Photography, 1839-1939'. She was rediscovered by art historians in the late 20th century.^[1,2,3]

• Bauhaus architecture
• New Objectivity
• Documentary photography
• Portraiture