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Douglas Duncan : A Memorial Portrait by Jarvis, Alan (editor) is a biography available to read on EtoBox.
What is Douglas Duncan : A Memorial Portrait about?
This is an unusual memorial to an unusual man. Douglas Duncan was a Torontonian who, by his patronage of the arts, has had an almost incalculable influence on their development in Canada. A bibliophile all his life, he began by espousing bookbinding as his chosen profession and after studying in Paris he returned to Toronto to set up as a bookbinder in 1928. But this was only one part of his life, and while in Paris his interest in music and painting had grown and matured. In 1936 the Picture Lo
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Jarvis, Alan (editor)
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Published
- 1974
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781487590550
- Category
- biography
- Subjects
- Art, Memoir, History
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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