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and opened in 1974. It was on the strength of these administrative skills and track record that he was given the directorship of the Courtauld. The main task that Blunt left was to find a new permanent home for the institute, which, after a few twists and turns, Lasko did by starting negotiations
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and Lady Lisa Sainsbury that it was a perfect place to house their collection of 20th artworks and ethnographic objects. The building, housing both the gallery and the school, was designed by
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Following his retirement from the Courtauld he devoted much of his time to the "Corpus Of Romanesque Sculpture In Great Britain And Northern Ireland", a project he took over from
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Peter Lasko died in France on 18 May 2003. He was survived by his wife Lyn, who he married in 1948, and three daughters.
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whose archive of primarily architectural photographs are being digitised as part of the wider Courtald Connects project.
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from 1946 to 1949. In 1950 he became assistant keeper in the Department of British and Medieval Antiquities at the
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worked in the film industry as a director and screenwriter. The family moved to England in 1936. He attended
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Described as ‘a brilliant administrator’, Lasko, when he was at UEA, secured the gift of the
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The Guardian (London) May 29, 2003, p. 27; The Times (London), May 29, 2003, p. 40
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Lasko became a British citizen in 1948 and, in 1981, was awarded the honour of
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Having become a fan while he was at UEA, Lasko continued to be a supporter of
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Studies in Medieval Art and Architecture : presented to Peter Lasko
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People of the Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England
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Wells Cathedral west front. Construction, sculpture and conservation
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In 1965, he became the first professor of art history at the new
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The Kingdom of the Franks: North-west Europe Before Charlemagne
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Two Ivory Kings in the British Museum and the Norman Conquest
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The Painting Collections of the Courtauld Institute of Art
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Heslop, T.A. (28 May 2003). "Peter Erik Lasko Obituary".
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Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England
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but soon switched to art history, firstly studying at
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Index

CBE
FBA
University of East Anglia
Courtauld Institute of Art
British Academy
Berlin
Leo Lasko
Saint Martin's School of Art
Birbeck College
Nikolaus Pevsner
Courtauld Institute of Art
British Museum
University of East Anglia
Andrew Martindale
Anthony Blunt
Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts
Sir Robert
Norman Foster
Secretary of State
Somerset House
Strand
Conway Library
George Zarnecki
German Expressionist
Companion of the Order of the British Empire
British Academy
festschrift
British Museum
Royal Armouries
Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England

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