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José María Sert
José María Sert

José María Sert

Spanish, 1874-1945
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Josep Maria Sert i Badia was a Spanish muralist, the son of an affluent textile industry family, and friend of Salvador Dalí. He was particularly known for his grisaille style, often in gold and black.

Sert initially studied art in Rome before moving to Paris in 1899. There, he became involved with a group of decorative artists known as Les Nabis, gravitating around Paul Ranson, who had studied at the private Académie Julian, founded in 1868 by painter Rodolphe Julian.

Sert was commissioned in 1900 to paint the interior of the Vic Cathedral in the Province of Barcelona, Catalonia in murals, which took him more than 30 years to complete.

By 1910, Sert had begun fully focusing on murals and other large-scale work. He collaborated with Russian Sergei Diaghilev to create sets for his Ballets Russes. In 1929 he was commissioned with the elaboration of a series of large forma canvases painted in his signature grisaille style intending to cover the walls of the reconverted San Telmo church in Donostia-San Sebastián; they portray different historic chapters of the Basques in an epic manner.

In the United States, Sert painted a mural at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York City, as well as a 1937 mural entitled American Progress at 30 Rockefeller Center. American Progress was commissioned by the Rockefellers to replace Diego Rivera’s mural Man at the Crossroads, which Nelson Rockefeller destroyed because it included an image of Lenin. He later painted the walls and ceilings of the Council Chambers at the League of Nations in Geneva.

Sert began an affair with the well-known pianist and patron of the arts Misia Godebska in 1908. They married on 2 September 1920. In 1925, Sert met Georgian-Russian sculptress Isabelle Roussadana Mdivani, known as Roussy, who subsequently moved in with him and Misia. Sert began an affair with Roussy and later divorced Misia on 28 December 1927 to marry Mdivani.

Roussy and Sert were married in 1928 in a civil ceremony at the consulate in The Hague. In 1930, they were married in a religious ceremony at the Spanish church in Paris.

After Roussy died in 1938, Sert reconciled with Misia and returned to life with her, though they kept separate apartments

Sert died on 27 November 1945 in Barcelona, and left his apartment and furnishings to Misia.

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El Vendedor De Burros (The Donkey Seller)

El Vendedor De Burros (The Donkey Seller)

José María Sert (Spanish, 1874-1945)
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El Vendedor De Vino (The Wine Seller)

El Vendedor De Vino (The Wine Seller)

José María Sert (Spanish, 1874-1945)
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Los Pajareros (The Bird Sellers)

Los Pajareros (The Bird Sellers)

José María Sert (Spanish, 1874-1945)
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Recolección (The Harvest)

Recolección (The Harvest)

José María Sert (Spanish, 1874-1945)
Figurative
El Tiovivo (The Carousel)

El Tiovivo (The Carousel)

José María Sert (Spanish, 1874-1945)
Figurative
Robando Manzanas (Scrumping Apples)

Robando Manzanas (Scrumping Apples)

José María Sert (Spanish, 1874-1945)
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Dama Sentada Sobre Barandilla (On The Balcony)

Dama Sentada Sobre Barandilla (On The Balcony)

José María Sert (Spanish, 1874-1945)
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Intelligence, Industrial Progress, Technological Progress

Intelligence, Industrial Progress, Technological Progress

José María Sert (Spanish, 1874-1945)
Abstract
Angeles Musicos (Angels)

Angeles Musicos (Angels)

José María Sert (Spanish, 1874-1945)
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