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Bringing Art to Life

A Biography of Alan Jarvis

Andrew Horrall author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:McGill-Queen's University Press

Published:14th Sep '09

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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. This title presents an account of the controversy surrounding his time at the gallery.The extraordinary life and tragic fate of one of Canada's most iconic cultural figures

"In 1959 the Conservative government fired the director of the National Gallery of Canada, Alan Jarvis, for being too chic, too mouthy, too gay, and too careless about committing himself to buy Old Masters when he didn't have money in the budget to pay for them." Robert Fulford

ISBN: 9780773535749

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Weight: unknown

457 pages