Kenneth Thomson the Collector: The Thomson Collection at the Art Gallery of Ontario [With DVD]

by Conal Shields

Ken Thomson was no mere trophy gatherer. A man of passionate commitment and of wide-ranging cultural curiosity, the late Lord Thomson of Fleet (1923-2006) began a half-century of collecting in 1953 during a visit to Bournemouth, England, and continued to the very end of his life. The Thomson Collection has drawn the respect of museum curators worldwide. Both in terms of quantity and quality, the collection's body of Canadian art has no equal; and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 190347079X
• ISBN13: 9781903470794
• Release Date: March 2020
• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 2.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 9.4" x 10.9"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher