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Bringing Art to Life: A Biography of Alan Jarvis
ISBN: 9780773575837
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / McGill-Queen''s University Press
Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter
Subjects: Jarvis Alan 1915–1972; National Gallery of Canada -- History; Art museum directors -- Canada -- Biography;

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.

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