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James Fairfax: Portrait of a Collector in Eleven Objects

Alexander Edward Gilly

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Description:James Fairfax was one of the nation’ s greatest philanthropists, collectors and champions of Australian art. Chairman of what was then known as John Fairfax Ltd, he published Art in Australia, put together one of the country’ s most important collections of European old masters, and was one of the Art Gallery of New South Wales’ s most generous benefactors. This evocative new biography from his nephew, Alex Gilly, pieces together Fairfax’ s life through the prism of his collection. From a long-case clock built by Fairfax’ s grandfather and given to his parents as a wedding gift to a sculpture by Robert Klippel and a silkscreen by Henry Moore and a mural created for his country home by Donald Friend.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with James Fairfax: Portrait of a Collector in Eleven Objects. To get started finding James Fairfax: Portrait of a Collector in Eleven Objects, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: James Fairfax was one of the nation’ s greatest philanthropists, collectors and champions of Australian art. Chairman of what was then known as John Fairfax Ltd, he published Art in Australia, put together one of the country’ s most important collections of European old masters, and was one of the Art Gallery of New South Wales’ s most generous benefactors. This evocative new biography from his nephew, Alex Gilly, pieces together Fairfax’ s life through the prism of his collection. From a long-case clock built by Fairfax’ s grandfather and given to his parents as a wedding gift to a sculpture by Robert Klippel and a silkscreen by Henry Moore and a mural created for his country home by Donald Friend.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with James Fairfax: Portrait of a Collector in Eleven Objects. To get started finding James Fairfax: Portrait of a Collector in Eleven Objects, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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