Farkas Molnár

Farkas Molnár studied at Gymnasium of Cistercian Order of Louis the Great, Hungarian University of Fine Arts and Budapest University of Technology and Economics. The recorded working language is Hungarian. Work by Farkas Molnár is recorded in the collections of Museum of Modern Art and Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam.

• Name — Farkas Molnár • Other Names — Wolfgang Molnár, Farkas Molnar • Birth Name — Farkas Ferenc Molnár • Born — 21 June 1897 • Birthplace — Pécs, Hungary • Died — 11 January 1945 • Place of death — Budapest, Hungary • Occupation — Architect, painter, essayist, graphic artist • Movement — Bauhaus • Spouse — Herrfurt Hedvig (1906–1993)

Farkas Molnár was born in 1897 in Pécs, southwestern Hungary. He attended Hungarian University of Fine Arts from 1915 to 1917; followed by study at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics in 1917 before he was expelled for his leftist views. In 1921, he became a member of Bauhaus University, Weimar and studied under Johannes Itten, and later Walter Gropius. In 1923, he organized the first exhibition of the Bauhaus, at which time he exhibited a plan for a house known as Der rote Wiirfel. In 1924, he studied under Georg Muche and Marcel Breuer; and worked on designing the exterior and interior of terraced houses. He moved back to Hungry in 1925, where he graduated from Budapest University of Technology and Economics, studied under and. He participated in the KUT exhibitions with his paintings and designs, as well as was a founding member of the Hungarian Workshop Association, and took part in the Bauhaus tradition of the Green Donkey Theater's stage workshop. Molnár designed the "U-Theatre", a motorized stage that could glide horizontally. In 1929, Gropius invited him to the CIAM Congress (Congres Internationaux d'Architecture Moderne) in Frankfurt. After his return, together with Marcello Breuer and József Fischer, he founded the CIAM branch in Hungary. His work is part of museum collections including Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), and Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam.

The authorities additionally record the headings Farkas Ferenc Molnár, Wolfgang Molnár, Farkas Molnar, Farkas Ferenc Molnar and Wolfgang Molnar. His recorded language was Hungarian.