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Author Holden, Colin.

Title The outsider : a portrait of Ursula Hoff / Colin Holden
Published North Melbourne, Vic. : Australian Scholarly Publishing, 2009

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 MELB  709.9451 Hoff Hol/Oap  AVAILABLE
Description xx, 275 pages, 68 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 25 cm
Summary If this is an art book, it is one with a difference. It gives a unique personal dimension to Ursula Hoff (1909-2005), a German Jewish scholar who migrated to Melbourne in 1939. The first individual with professional qualifications in art history and curatorship to be employed in an art gallery or museum in Australia, she made a distinguished contribution to the National Gallery of Victoria. Not a full biography. The Outsider is an intimate close-up, that brings her and part of Gallery collections to life in a new and exciting - sometimes unsettling - way
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-270) and index
Subject Hoff, Ursula.
National Gallery of Victoria.
Women art historians -- Australia -- Melbourne (Vic.)
Women art critics -- Australia -- Melbourne (Vic.)
Art museum curators -- Australia -- Melbourne (Vic.)
Art -- Australia -- Melbourne (Vic.) -- 20th century.
LC no. 2009483050
ISBN 9781921509278 (hbk.)