Word: sert
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...collection, which includes paintings by abstract artists John Miro and Fernand Leger, is now on partial exhibit at the Fogg. Three especially noted works now hand in the Fogg courtyard in Sert's memory...
...Sert, former dean of the Graduate School of Design (GSD). dies March 15 of cancer in his native Spain...
According to Peter Walsh, public relations and publications officer of the Fogg, the donations make up "one of the most important 20th-century groups the museum owns." He added that the works hold a "special interest" because Sert was personally acquainted with both Leger and Miro...
...addition to the paintings, during his lifetime. Sert gave the Fogg the "Barcelona Series," a collection of prints also by Miro, and gave the University works by Calder and a pre-Columbian gold ornament collection...
...Sert retired from his position at the graduate school of GSD in 1969 but continued his career as an architect. In 1981 he received the gold medal of the American institute of Architects, the most prestigious American award in architecture, for his lifetime work...