Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
1761170627
ISBN-13
9781761170621
Edition
Second Edition
Publisher
NewSouth Publishing
Imprint
NewSouth Publishing
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Aug 1st, 2025
Print length
352 Pages
Ksh 5,200.00
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This evocative new biography of James Fairfax businessman, philanthropist, collector and champion of Australian art from his nephew, Alexander Gilly, pieces together Fairfax's life through the prism of his collection.
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 put together one of the country’s most important collections of European Old Masters, and was a generous benefactor to the Art Gallery of New South Wales in Sydney.
In this evocative biography his nephew, Alexander Gilly, pieces together Fairfax’s life through the prism of his art collection. Through a long-case clock built by Fairfax’s grandfather and given to his parents as a wedding gift, a painting by Rubens, a sculpture by Robert Klippel, a mural created for his country home by Donald Friend and other treasured objects, Gilly reveals the complex private and public lives of a man at the centre of a media dynasty.
In this evocative biography his nephew, Alexander Gilly, pieces together Fairfax’s life through the prism of his art collection. Through a long-case clock built by Fairfax’s grandfather and given to his parents as a wedding gift, a painting by Rubens, a sculpture by Robert Klippel, a mural created for his country home by Donald Friend and other treasured objects, Gilly reveals the complex private and public lives of a man at the centre of a media dynasty.
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