15 Notable alumni of Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design
Updated: May 31, 2026 EliteDegrees
Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design is ranked #4,772 in the world and #19 in Hungary by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 15 notable alumni from Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Katalin Rényi
1951-2023 (aged 72)
painter
Katalin Rényi was a Hungarian painter and graphic designer.
2. Tamás Lossonczy
1904-2009 (aged 105)
drawing teacher
painter
Tamás Lossonczy was a Hungarian abstract painter. He is considered by many critics to be one of the leading figures of modern art in Hungary of the 20th century.
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3. Gábor Bachman
1952-. (aged 74)
designer
video artist
architect
Gábor Bachman is a Hungarian designer and architect.
4. Dóra Keresztes
1953-. (aged 73)
film director
painter
graphic designer
illustrator
graphic artist
Dóra Keresztes is a Hungarian painter, printmaker, illustrator, graphic designer and animated film director.
5. Dezső Váli
1942-. (aged 84)
painter
Dezső Váli is a Hungarian painter.
6. Gábor Fabricius
1975-. (aged 51)
screenwriter
writer
film director
Gábor Fabricius is a Hungarian film director and screenwriter, writer, and media designer.
7. Éva Farkas
1960-. (aged 66)
textile artist
Éva Farkas is a Hungarian tapestry artist.
8. Péter Virágvölgyi
1948-1998 (aged 50)
graphic designer
typographer
calligrapher
Péter Virágvölgyi was a Hungarian typographer, calligrapher, graphic designer, associate professor at the Hungarian Academy of Craft & Design. He was the initiator of the italic handwriting curriculum for elementary schools in Hungary, author of the book A tipográfia mestersége számítógéppel (The Craft of Typography with a Computer) and the designer of the Zeebevel font.
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9. Géza M. Tóth
1970-. (aged 56)
screenwriter
director
film editor
university teacher
animator
Géza M. Tóth is a Hungarian filmmaker, producer and animator.
10. Ö. Fülöp Beck
1873-1945 (aged 72)
sculptor
painter
medalist
Ö. Fülöp Beck was a Hungarian sculptor noted for his medal sculptures of Endre Ady, Sándor Petőfi, Ferenc Liszt, Mihály Babits and Kelemen Mikes creating over 500 in his career. Later in his career he created notable busts of Zoltán Kodály and Zsigmond Móricz and various tombs and developed a Post-Impressionism style influenced by elements of Art Nouveau.
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11. Ernő Rubik
1944-. (aged 82)
inventor
entrepreneur
university teacher
architect
mathematician
Ernő Rubik is a Hungarian architect and inventor, widely known for creating the Rubik's Cube (1974), Rubik's Magic, and Rubik's Snake.
12. István Orosz
1951-. (aged 75)
designer
film director
painter
typographer
illustrator
István Orosz is a Hungarian painter, printmaker, graphic designer and animated film director. He is known for his mathematically inspired works, impossible objects, optical illusions, double-meaning images and anamorphoses. The geometric art of István Orosz, with forced perspectives and optical illusions, has been compared to works by M. C. Escher.
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13. Ferenc Rofusz
1946-. (aged 80)
animator
film director
Ferenc Rófusz is a Hungarian animator. He is known for the 1980 Academy Award-winning animated short The Fly.
14. Béla Uitz
1887-1972 (aged 85)
painter
graphic designer
graphic artist
Béla Uitz was a Hungarian painter, graphic artist and communist activist.
15. László Nagy
1925-1978 (aged 53)
poet
translator
László Nagy was a Hungarian poet and translator. He started as a populist poet and in his early youth was a believer in socialist ideology. His oeuvre comprises more than 400 poems and many volumes of translations. He was also a prose writer and graphic artist.
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