Dates of Birth and Death
October 29, 1903-January 8, 1971Birthplace
Dresden, GermanyEducation
- Left school early; miscellaneous courses at various German universities
Affiliations/Firms
- Worked as an actress and in various editorial capacities in Germany
- Librarian, later head of the Humanities and Lectures Division in the Institute of Design, Chicago
- Lecturer at Rudolf Schaeffer School of Design, San Francisco
- Professor of Architectural History at Pratt Institute, New York
Major projects
- Peech, S. D. [Sibyl Moholy-Nagy]. Children’s Children. New York: H. Biltner and Company, 1945.
- Native Genius in Anonymous Architecture. New York: Horizon Press, 1957.
- Carlos Raul Villanueva and the Architecture of Venezuela. New York: Praeger, 1964.
- The Matrix of Man: An Illustrated History of Urban Environment. New York: Praeger, 1968.
- Multiple articles in Architectural Forum, Progressive Architecture, Bauwelt, and other architectural journals
Awards, honors and press
- Arnold W. Brunner Fellowship, Architectural League, New York, 1953
- John Guggenheim Fellowship, Guggenheim Foundation, 1967
Location of architect’s archive
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution (Sibyl and Laszlo Moholy-Nagy papers, 1918–1971; holdings on microfilm); Museum of Modern Art, New York (correspondence with Philip Johnson); Archives of American Art, https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/sibyl-and-laszlo-moholynagy-papers-9057Keywords
California, Chicago, Illinois, New York, New York City, San FranciscoView Sibyl Moholy-Nagy‘s profile on the Pioneering Women website.