Dr Edmund Capon AM OBE (born 1940 in England) is an art scholar specialising in Chinese art. Order of Australia is an order of chivalry established by Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia on 14 February 1975 "for the purpose of according recognition The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British Order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Chinese art ( Chinese: 中國藝術/中国艺术 has varied throughout its ancient history, divided into periods by the ruling Dynasties of China and changing He has been director of the Art Gallery of New South Wales since 1978. The Art Gallery of New South Wales (AGNSW located in The Domain in Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia, is the most important He is also Chairman of football (soccer) club, Sydney FC. Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered Sydney FC, founded in 2004, is an Australian Association football (soccer club based in Sydney and competes in Australia's premier competition Dr Edmund Capon became the director of the Art Gallery of NSW in 1979 and with his ideas he has transformed the Art Gallery of NSW and made it a major cultural institution within Australia. Specialising in Chinese textiles and costume he has created a large and diverse collection of art works that capture the attention of everyone that visits.

Under his direction the Art Gallery of NSW has become a major cultural institution within Sydney. Remarkably the annual Archibald Prize exhibition is the best attended Art Exhibition in Australia most years.

Bibliography

• Chinese painting: 64 reproductions.
• Gamarada: Friends. [photography by Christopher Snee, Jenni Carter & Ray Woodbury].
• With Bruce James, Art Gallery of New South Wales Handbook.
• With Liu Yang and James HayesPoetic Mandarin: Chinese calligraphy from the James Hayes collection. (Chinese: Huan hai mo yun: Xu Shu cang Zhongguo Qing dai shu fa)
• Art and Archaeology in China.
• Chinese tomb figures.
• With William MacQuitty, Princes of jade.
• Tang China: Vision and splendour of a golden age. Photography by Werner Forman.
• With Liu Yang, Masks of Mystery: Ancient Chinese bronzes from Sanxingdui. (Chinese: Jia mian zhi mi: Sanxingdui chu tu Zhong Guo gu dai qing tong qi)

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