Acquisitions (1998–2014) at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

This supplement reproduces a selection of the thousands of works of art acquired, by bequest, gift or purchase, by the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, in the 16 years of the Directorship of Christopher Brown, who retired in September 2014. The selection includes paintings by the British artists John Evere...

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Published in:Burlington magazine 2014-10, Vol.156 (1339), p.709-720
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Art commissions
Bequests
Charitable trusts
Collection acquisitions
Economic aid
Estate taxes
Lotteries
Portraits
Processions
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Summary:This supplement reproduces a selection of the thousands of works of art acquired, by bequest, gift or purchase, by the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, in the 16 years of the Directorship of Christopher Brown, who retired in September 2014. The selection includes paintings by the British artists John Everett Millais (1829-1896) and Walter Richard Sickert (1860-1947), the French artist Edouard Manet (1832-1883), and the Russian artist Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1944).
ISSN:0007-6287