Edmund Capon

**Edmund George Capon** AM OBE (11 ga Yuni 1940 - 13 Maris 2019) ƙwararren masanin fasaha ne wanda ya ƙware a fannin fasahar Sinanci. Ya kasance darektan Gidan Tarihi na Fasaha na New South Wales daga 1978 zuwa 2011. Ya kuma kasance shugaban ƙungiyar ƙwallon ƙafa ta Sydney FC daga 2006 zuwa 2007.

## Shekarun farko da ilimi
An haifi Capon a Sidcup, Ingila a shekarar 1940, ya sami digiri na biyu a fannin Falsafa (MPhil) a fannin fasahar kasar Sin da ilmin kayan tarihi (gami da harshe) daga Makarantar Nazarin Gabas da Afirka ta Jami'ar London, sannan ya yi karatun zane-zane na karni na 20 a Kwalejin Fasaha ta Courtauld, Jami'ar London. Daga 1973 zuwa 1978 ya rike mukamin mataimakin mai kula da Sashen Gabas Mai Nisa a Gidan Tarihi na Victoria da Albert, inda ya fara aiki a can a shekarar 1966 a Sashen Yadi.

## Aikin Australiya

### Hotunan Zane-zane na New South Wales
Capon ya bar Landan a shekarar 1978 don ɗaukar naɗin Darakta kuma Babban Mai Kula da Gidan Tarihi na Fasaha na New South Wales (AGNSW), bisa shawarar Firayim Ministan New South Wales, Neville Wran.

A lokacin da yake matsayin Darakta, Capon ya sami karbuwa a matsayin ƙwararre a duniya a fanninsa na musamman kuma ya buga littattafai da kasidu da dama, ciki har da Princes of jade (1974); Fasaha da ilmin kayan tarihi a China (1977); Qin Shihuang: jaruman terracotta da dawakai (1982); da Tang China: hangen nesa da kyawun zamanin zinare (1989), da kuma labarai da yawa ga jaridun Australiya da na ƙasashen duniya da mujallun fasaha na ƙwararru. A ƙarƙashin shugabancinsa, gidan tarihin ya fi mai da hankali kan fasahar Asiya a cikin sayayyarsa, gami da buɗe sabon reshen Asiya a watan Maris na 2003. A watan Satumba na 2008 gidan tarihin ya sanar da cewa yana yin babban siyansa, " Bords De La Marne " na Paul Cézanne, akan dala miliyan 16.2 don bikin cika shekaru 30 na Capon a matsayin Darakta.[1]

A ranar 10 ga Yuni 1994, an naɗa Capon a matsayin Memba na Order of Australia (AM) "don girmama hidimar fasaha, musamman a matsayin Daraktan Art Gallery na NSW".  A shekara ta 2000, an ba shi lambar yabo ta Doctor of Letters (honoris causa) daga Jami'ar New South Wales da kuma Chevalier na Ordre des Arts et des Lettres daga gwamnatin Faransa.  A ranar 1 ga Janairu 2001, an ba shi lambar yabo ta Centenary "don hidima ga al'ummar Australiya da fasaha". An kuma naɗa Capon a matsayin "Cavaliere" na Order of Merit na Jamhuriyar Italiya . A cikin girmamawa ta ranar haihuwar Sarauniya ta 2003, gwamnatin Burtaniya ta naɗa Capon a matsayin Jami'in Order of the British Empire (OBE) "don ayyukan da suka shafi haɓaka fasahar Burtaniya a Australia". Ya kuma kasance memba na Majalisar Ba da Shawara ta Ƙungiyar Asiya ta Cibiyar AustralAsia, memba na Majalisar Daraktocin Gidan Tarihi na Fasaha ta Australiya (CAAMD) kuma Farfesa na Jami'ar New South Wales a fannin nazarin Sinanci.

## Rayuwa daga baya
Bayan ya yi ritaya, Capon ya yi aiki a matsayin farfesa mai ziyara a Makarantar Harsuna da Harsuna, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Jami'ar New South Wales. Ya ci gaba da sha'awarsa ga fasahar Asiya, Capon ya rubuta kuma ya gabatar da wani shirin gaskiya mai sassa uku na ABC TV-China Central Television wanda aka shirya tare mai taken *Meishu: Travels in Chinese Art* kuma shirin gaskiya mai sassa uku mai taken *The Art of Australia* BBC da ABC ne suka shirya shi tare kuma aka fara shi a watan Oktoban 2013. A watan Agustan 2013, wanda ya gaje Capon a matsayin Daraktan AGNSW, Michael Brand, ya sanar da kafa Edmund Capon Fellowship don yin aiki a matsayin shirin musayar ra'ayi tsakanin Gallery da gallery a China, yana mai cewa:

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