Bringing art to life : a biography of Alan Jarvis

Bringing art to life : a biography of Alan Jarvis / Andrew Horrall.

In 1959, Alan Jarvis - the brilliant and charismatic director of the National Gallery of Canada - was forced to resign following a disagreement with the government over the purchase of works by European Old Masters. He never fully recovered from this dismissal, or the public humiliation that followe...

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Main Author: Horrall, Andrew (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Montreal [Que.] : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©2009
Series:McGill-Queen's/Beaverbrook Canadian Foundation studies in art history ; #2.
Subjects:
Jarvis, Alan, > 1915-1972.
Jarvis, Alan, > 1915-1972
National Gallery of Canada > History.
National Gallery of Canada
Art museum directors > Canada > Biography.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Artists, Architects, Photographers.
ART > Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions > Permanent Collections.
ART > Museum Studies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > General.
Art museum directors
Canada
Biographies
History
Biographies.
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