What is James Mollison?
{{Infobox person | name = James Mollison | honorific_suffix = AO | birth_date = 20 March 1931 | death_date = {{Death date and age|2020|01|19|1931|03|20}} }} '''James Mollison''' {{post-nominals|country=AUS|AO}} (20 March 1931 &ndash; 19 January 2020) was an [[Australia]]n arts administrator. He was acting director of the [[National Gallery of Australia]] (NGA) from 1971 to 1977 and director from 1977 to 1990. He was also director of the [[National Gallery of Victoria]] from 1989 to 1995. He was born in [[Wonthaggi]], [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]]. Mollison retired as the NGA's director in 1990 and moved to [[Melbourne]] to become director of the National Gallery of Victoria. He died on 19 January 2020, at the age of 88.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/6587306/nga-founding-director-james-mollison-dies/|title=National Gallery of Australia founding director James Mollison dies|newspaper=The Canberra Times|date=19 January 2019|access-date=19 January 2019|author=Jervis-Bardy, Dan}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Mollison, James}} [[Category:1931 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:Australian businesspeople]] [[Category:Order of Australia]] [[Category:People from Victoria (Australia)]]