Lasko, Peter, 1924-2003

By Professor Sandy Heslop

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09 Sep 2025

Peter Lasko was an art historian whose interests ranged from the ‘luxury’ arts of the Middle Ages to German Expressionism. He was the first Professor of Visual Art at the University of East Anglia; and as Director, he found a new home for the Courtauld Institute at Somerset House.

Posted to Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the British Academy, 22

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