#Josep Maria Sert

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Josep Maria Sert - Dona amb dos cavallets de porcellana

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Josep Maria Sert, study for The Adventures of Sinbad the Sailor, 1924. 

[eruptedinlight]

Man tumblr needs to stop sleeping on Art Deco i mean we have

Goncharov:

Ass Stuff:

Extra AF Jesus:

IDK i thought this was our culture

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Josep Maria Sert https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josep_Maria_Sert

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José María Sert y Badía (Spanish,1876-1945)

El Palco I

oil on paper

[michaeldrawrrett]

Three Biomechanical Devils (This illustration features three drawings referencing artworks by other artists: 'Gryphon' is from a fantastic mural by Josep Maria Sert i Badia in the San Telmo Museoa in Donostia/San Sebastian; 'Azazel' is the face of the Dragon from Bernat Martorell's 'Saint George and the Dragon'; and while I'm not sure who the sculptor is, 'Beppo' is the head of a stone Eagle from the grounds of the Cliveden Estate in Buckinghamshire that I photographed in 2016)

[dankusner]

American Progress, Jose Maria Sert, ’37

When the Rockefellers commissioned Diego Rivera to paint a mural in their iconic skyscraper, they asked for an image of a man at a crossroads — someone beset with uncertainty, but moving with hope toward a bright future.

Rivera’s Man at Crossroads captured America’s place at the nexus of technological, political, and social progress.

However, the mural included a portrait of Lenin and other elements symbolizing the communist world.

Although communism was undoubtedly a factor behind the intense crossroads at which America found itself, the Rockefellers were horrified at the idea that they might be seen as communist supporters.

So, they had it chiseled down to make room for Jose Maria Sert’s American Progress, a mural that was far more unambiguously descriptive of American values.

Dominated by the giant figures of Titans straining to build monumental cities, American Progress is a tribute to the ethos of hard work that defined the US.

The mural even extends to the ceiling, where a Titan strides over the head of the viewer, with American planes circling his head.

The message is clear: America builds the future and reaches for the skies.

Sert also includes the figures of the three graces in his painting to represent America’s intellectual achievements.

America’s juggernaut strength, Sert implies, comes from the union of wits and strength, thinking and action. 

American Progress combines classical imagery (titans, graces, muscular nudes) with new artistic tricks that are unconventional to the classics (portraying the Titan on the ceiling as stepping over the viewer, for example).

It’s fitting that the Rockefeller center, another touchstone example of Art Deco, houses a mural which captures both the elements and philosophy of this all-American style

Josep Maria Sert i Badia was a Spanish muralist, the son of an affluent textile industry family, and friend of Salvador Dalí.

1940: John Steinbeck won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for his novel “The Grapes of Wrath.” The story of a family of sharecroppers spurred controversy as some said it was too critical of capitalism, but the story was adapted for a successful film and the book became a regular fixture in high school and college classrooms.

[miquelnoguera]

great story of this painting painted by Josep Maria Sert and given to the city council of Palamos at the beginning of the Spanish civil war, Sert painted the painting with a Catalan flag and another republican one, when the republicans began to destroy churches (and in those destructions the paintings by Sert in the church of Tarragona) requested that the painting be returned to him to change the republican flag for the Spanish one!!

[betrosla]

"Catedral de Sant Pere amb pintures de Josep María Sert". Vic. Barcelona. Catalunya. 30/10/2021. Foto de Pepín.

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photo by the painter Josep Maria Sert sert as a preliminary study for a large mural in 1931

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Josep Maria Sert - Europa o la Tardor (Pavelló Rothschild)

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José Maria Sert.  Estudio para las pinturas de la catedral de Vic, 1938-1945. Gelatin silver print.

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Palacio Pereda, Obra de Juan Maria Sert

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Josep Maria Sert, 1937 mural entitled American Progress at 30 Rockefeller Center (which replaced the destroyed Diego Rivera mural Man at the Crossroads)

[elnoticierouniversal]

Dos expertas en su figura indagan en los motivos que dejaron al artista catalán, que decoró infinidad de palacios, hoteles, catedrales y edificios públicos, en un segundo plano de la historia del arte

[veredes]

Imprescindibles. Josep Lluís Sert: un sueño nómada