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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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Montreal [Que.] :
McGill-Queen's University Press,
©2009
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| Series: | McGill-Queen's/Beaverbrook Canadian Foundation studies in art history ;
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| Summary: | 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 followed, succumbing to alcoholism in a little over a decade. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (1 online resource (xiii, 457 pages, 16 unnumbered leaves of plates : color illustrations, portraits. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780773575837 0773575839 1282866303 9781282866300 9780773582545 0773582541 9786612866302 6612866306 |
| Language: | English. |