03837nam 2200709 450 991045843160332120200520144314.01-4426-9870-510.3138/9781442698703(CKB)2560000000054104(OCoLC)759157209(CaPaEBR)ebrary10442428(SSID)ssj0000487644(PQKBManifestationID)11344406(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000487644(PQKBWorkID)10445293(PQKB)11507502(CEL)433755(CaBNvSL)slc00226150(MiAaPQ)EBC3272642(MiAaPQ)EBC4672997(DE-B1597)465245(OCoLC)1013942826(OCoLC)944176318(DE-B1597)9781442698703(Au-PeEL)EBL4672997(CaPaEBR)ebr11258646(OCoLC)958559418(EXLCZ)99256000000005410420160926h20102010 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrStewards of the nation's art contested cultural authority, 1890-1939 /Andrea Geddes PooleToronto, [Ontario] ;Buffalo, [New York] ;London, [England] :University of Toronto Press,2010.©20101 online resource (329 p.) Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-8020-9960-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Four Boards -- 2. Edwardian Philanthropy to the Arts -- 3. The Rosebery Minute -- 4. Boards and Directors, 1890-1916 -- 5. The Duchess of Milan -- 6. Lord Curzon's Committee -- 7. Acrimony and Accord, 1918-1939 -- 8. Philanthropy between the Wars -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Boards of Trustees -- Notes -- Bibliography -- IndexBetween 1890 and 1939, the groups of men involved in running Britain's four main public art galleries - the National Gallery, the Tate Gallery, the Wallace Collection, and the National Portrait Gallery - were embroiled in continuous power struggles. Stewards of the Nation's Art examines the internal tensions between the galleries' administrative directors, the aristocrats dominating the boards of trustees, and those in the Treasury who controlled the funds as well as board appointments.Andrea Geddes Poole uses meticulous primary research from all four of these institutions to discuss changing ideas about class, education, and work during this period. The conflicts between aristocratic trustees and administrative directors were not only about the running of the galleries, but also reflected the era's strain between aristocratic amateurs and nouveau riche professionals. Stewards of the Nation's Art is an absorbing study that explores the extent to which the aristocracy was able to hold on to cultural power in an increasingly professional and meritocratic age.Art and stateGreat BritainHistory19th centuryArt and stateGreat BritainHistory20th centuryAristocracy (Social class)Great BritainHistory19th centuryAristocracy (Social class)Great BritainHistory20th centuryElectronic books.Art and stateHistoryArt and stateHistoryAristocracy (Social class)HistoryAristocracy (Social class)History708.213209041Geddes Poole Andrea1959-941214MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910458431603321Stewards of the nation's art2122939UNINA