Moholy-Nagy, Sibyl, 1903-1971

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Sibyl: architectural historian, critic, educator. Birthdate also cited as 1903. Died 1971. Laszlo: sculptor, designer, painter & photographer; Chicago, Illinois.

Sibyl was born Dorothea Maria Pauline Alice Sybille Pietzsche in Dresden, Germany. An actress in Berlin during her twenties, she used the stage name Sibyl Peech. Eventually she shifted to a career in the scenario office of the Tobis [Moving] Picture Syndicate where she met Moholy-Nagy in 1929. They married in 1932. Came to U.S. 1934. Laszlo taught at Walter Gropius's first Bauhaus in Weimar and Dessau, 1920's, and was one of the founders of the Institute of Design, Chicago, 1939.

From the description of Sibyl and Laszlo Moholy-Nagy papers, 1918-1971. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220170921

Biographical Chronology

  • 1903: Sibyl Moholy-Nagy born Dorothea Maria Pauline Alice Sybille Pietzsche in Dresden, Germany. Birthdate also cited as 1905.
  • 1920's: Marries, but soon separates from and then obtains a divorce from Carl Dreyfus.
  • 1929: Meets Laszlo Moholy-Nagy while working in the scenario office of the Tobis [Moving] Picture Syndicate in Berlin.
  • 1932: Marries Laszlo Moholy-Nagy.
  • 1934: Emigrates to the United States.
  • 1944: Her only published novel, Children's Children, appears.
  • 1946: Laszlo Moholy-Nagy dies of leukemia.
  • 1947: Assumes first full-time teaching position at the Institute of Design in Chicago.
  • 1948: Teaches for a year at Bradley University in Peoria.
  • 1949: Moves to California, where she teaches at the Rudolph Schaeffer School of Design in San Francisco and at the University of California at Berkeley.
  • 1951: Returns back east to accept a position at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York.
  • 1969: Retires as full professor from the Pratt Institute.
  • 1971: Dies in New York Hospital (NYC) on January 8th, at age 67.

From the guide to the Sibyl Moholy-Nagy Collection, 1909-1970, (University of California, Santa Cruz. University Library. Special Collections and Archives)

Archival Resources
Role Title Holding Repository
creatorOf Richard E. Filipowski papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn R. Buckminster Fuller Papers Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
creatorOf Sibyl and Laszlo Moholy-Nagy papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Haskell, Douglas Putnam, 1899-1979. Douglas Putnam Haskell papers, Series I: Pending correspondence, 1949-1964. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
creatorOf Sibyl Moholy-Nagy Collection, 1909-1970 University of California, Santa Cruz. . University Library Special Collections and Archives
creatorOf Kiesler, Frederick. Letters received by Frederick Kiesler, 1937-1961. Getty Research Institute
creatorOf Blake, Peter, 1920-2006. Peter Blake architectural records and papers, 1910-2006 (bulk 1980-2002). Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
referencedIn Paul Theobald and Company. Paul Theobald and Company records, 1935-1988. Aurora University, Phillips Library
creatorOf Proskauer, Henry G., 1915-. Letters received, ca. 1950-1970. Getty Research Institute
referencedIn Johnson, Philip, 1906-2005. Philip Johnson papers, 1930-1992. Metropolitan Museum of Art, Thomas J. Watson Library
referencedIn James Edward Davis papers Archives of American Art
creatorOf Moholy-Nagy, Sibyl, 1905-. Sibyl Moholy-Nagy papers, 1939-1970. University of California, Santa Cruz, UCSC
referencedIn Peter Blake architectural records and papers, 1910-2006, (bulk 1980-2002) Columbia University. Avery Architecture and Fine Arts Library. Department of Drawings and Archives.
creatorOf Robert Jay Wolff papers Archives of American Art
Role Title Holding Repository
referencedIn Oral history interview with Lee Mullican Archives of American Art
referencedIn Oral history interview with Luchita Hurtado Archives of American Art
referencedIn Oral history interview with Edmund Rudolph Teske Archives of American Art
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associatedWith Blake, Peter, 1920-2006. person
associatedWith Davis, Jim, 1901-1974. person
associatedWith Filipowski, Richard E., 1923- person
associatedWith Fuller, R. Buckminster (Richard Buckminster), 1895-1983 person
associatedWith Haskell, Douglas Putnam, 1899-1979. person
associatedWith Hurtado, Luchita, 1920- person
correspondedWith Johnson, Philip, 1906-2005. person
associatedWith Kiesler, Frederick. person
associatedWith Moholy-Nagy, László, 1895-1946. person
associatedWith Mullican, Lee, 1919- person
associatedWith Paul Theobald and Company. corporateBody
associatedWith Proskauer, Henry G., 1915- person
associatedWith Teske, Edmund, 1911-1996 person
associatedWith Wolff, Robert Jay, 1905- person
Place Name Admin Code Country
Illinois--Chicago
Subject
Architectural criticism
Architectural historians
Architecture
Architecture, Modern
Art
City planning
Painters
Painting, Modern
Photographers
Photography
Sculptors
Sculpture, Modern
Vernacular architecture
Women architectural critics
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Birth 1903-10-29

Death 1971-01-08

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