"Not all Constructivists concentrate so strongly on reality. There are those for whom inner life plays an important part, such as the non-Russian Moholy Nagy, Kassak, and Baumeister etc. Their art painting figures often have a more symbolic meaning.. .Sometimes without any direct connection to reality.. .Moholy Nagy’s work is 'l’art pour l’art' - as opposed to El Lissitsky who is demonstrative.. ..in as much as he propagates the Bolshevist morale of not dreaming but doing."
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DesignersAcademics from HungaryPainters from HungaryEducators from HungaryPhotographers from Hungary
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w:Jacob Bendien, in Richtingen in de Hedendaagsche schilderkunst / Trends in the Present Day Art of Painting, w:Jacob Bendien; W.L & J. Brusse N.V. Rotterdam, 1935 (transl: Anne Porcelijn), pp. 93-98
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