- In this, the first monograph of Richard Filipowski, a major figure bridging the Bauhaus and American midcentury modernism finally gets his due. Richard Filipowski (1923-2008) was among the most gifted polymaths in the annals of American modernism. Whether as a painter, sculptor, or designer of furniture and jewelry, Filipowski developed a lush, abstract, and amazingly consistent visual language that marks him among the finest figures of midcentury art and design. With a foreword by La´szlo´ Moholy-Nagy's daughter Hattula, 'Richard Filipowski: Art and Design Beyond the Bauhaus' is the first monograph of this master, who over the course of his career created a unique body of work in diverse media that has largely, until recently, been held in private collections due to his relative lack of compulsion to seek media attention or worldly rewards. But now through the efforts of the Filipowski family and new attention by design scholars--several of whom contribute essays here on Filipowski's graphic and painted works, sculpture, furniture, and position in design history--the work is being revealed to a new generation of aficionados. 'Richard Filipowski' is a rich document of a life and career that is poised to reenter the canon of modernism. Contents : Foreword: Father and Filip / Hattula Moholy-Nagy -- Introduction: Discovering Richard Filipowski / Juliet Burrows & Kim Hostler -- Origins: Ostrov to Toronto, by way of terra cotta / Marisa Bartolucci -- Filip, Moholy, and the legacy of the Chicago Bauhaus / Marisa Bartolucci & Lloyd C. Engelbrecht -- The promise of a chess set / Larry List -- Filip at the Harvard Bauhaus / Jill Pearlman -- Rediscovering Richard Filipowski's painting and sculpture / Janet Koplos -- MIT, Pietro Belluschi, and Temple B'rith Kodesh / Meredith L. Clausen -- My teacher Filip: an appreciation / Richard Dattner, FAIA -- Richard Filipowski: furniture designer / Larry Weinberg -- Richard Filipowski: jewelry maker / Ursula Ilse-Neuman -- In my end is my beginning: Filip's final years / Marisa Bartolucci.