Bringing Art to Life: A Biography of Alan Jarvis
Author:   Andrew Horrall ,  Andrew Horrall
Publisher:   McGill-Queen's University Press
ISBN:  

9780773535749


Pages:   457
Publication Date:   14 September 2009
Format:   Hardback
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Bringing Art to Life: A Biography of Alan Jarvis


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The extraordinary life and tragic fate of one of Canada's most iconic cultural figures

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Author:   Andrew Horrall ,  Andrew Horrall
Publisher:   McGill-Queen's University Press
Imprint:   McGill-Queen's University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.90cm , Height: 4.10cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   1.049kg
ISBN:  

9780773535749


ISBN 10:   0773535748
Pages:   457
Publication Date:   14 September 2009
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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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


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Andrew Horrall is an historian and archivist who holds a doctorate from the University of Cambridge. He lives in Belgium.

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