Legacy: Walter Chrysler Jr. and the Untold Story of Norfolk's Chrysler Museum of Art - Rilegato

Earle, Peggy

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0813927188 ISBN 13: 9780813927183

Casa editrice: Univ of Virginia Pr, 2008

Riassunto

The Norfolk museum that would one day bear the Chrysler name was always a good museum of its kind, home to a respectable collection serving a smallish city. But when Norfolk native Jean Outland married Walter Chrysler, heir to the automobile manufacturing fortune and an avid art collector, the museum found a person with whom its fortunes would be intertwined, sometimes spectacularly, for decades to come. Walter had already established a Chrysler Museum in Provincetown, Massachusetts, but in 1971 - in need of more space and, admittedly, a fresh start - he relocated the operation to Norfolk.
In Legacy, Peggy Earle paints a vivid picture of this provincial museum's transformation into one of the finest art museums on the East Coast. She also delivers a captivating portrait of Walter Chrysler, a generous and demanding man who found in art patronage a focus not only for his wealth but also for his tremendous energy.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Peggy Earle was the book review editor, a librarian, and contributing writer at the Virginian-Pilot.

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Book by Earle Peggy

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Univ of Virginia Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0813927188
• ISBN 13: 9780813927183
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 199