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Bringing art to life : a biography of Alan Jarvis /
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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Montreal [Que.] :
McGill-Queen's University Press,
©2009
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| Colección: | McGill-Queen's/Beaverbrook Canadian Foundation studies in art history ;
#2. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiii, 457 pages, 16 unnumbered leaves of plates : color illustrations, portraits. |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780773575837 0773575839 1282866303 9781282866300 9780773582545 0773582541 9786612866302 6612866306 |