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Dr. Herbert, who is a specialist in Barbizon, Impressionist and Neo-Impressionist art, will speak on revealing parallels in the art and lives of Fernand L‚ger and El Lissitzky. Both artists rose to prominence after World War I, favoring geometric and architectural forms in painting. In the 1920s, they shared an interest in the machine aesthetic, and both engaged in art of public scale. The Israel Rosen lecture is named for the late Johns Hopkins alumnus and Baltimore physician who was a major collector of modern art and art books.

Dr. and Mrs. Rosen began collecting works of modern art in 1936, long before it became fashionable. They collected close to 100 paintings by Picasso, Klee, Braque, Mondrian and others, and assembled an extensive library of books on 20th-century art.

Over the years, Dr. Rosen donated many of his books to the university's Milton S. Eisenhower Library, including rare material on cubism, abstract expressionism, constructivism and futurism. Of these, about 1,400 titles comprise the Israel Rosen Collection housed in the library's Special Collections Department.

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