Summer exhibition of watercolours from the Queensland National Art Gallery and private collections in Queensland

foreword. Th e Trustees of the Queensland National Art Gallery- recommend for your interest and enjoyment this SUMMER EXHIBI T ION of WATERCOLOURS selected from the Queensland National Art Gallery, and from private collections. in Queensland. Recently, the public saw on these walls the Exhibition vl of Early British Watercolours, arranged by the Empire Art . Loan Exhibitions Society to illustrate the development of the - , . art of watercolour painting in Britain. 4 WV-7 ' ' ' I To-day, the public sees a selection of the work of British and Australian watercolourists, affording an opportunity of contrasting what is known as the painting of light. T h e Rica, Venice, b y Sir L i one l L i nd s aq I Th e work of Hans Heysen, J. J. Hilder, Sir Lionel Lind- ( P A G E S I X ) say, Blamire Yo u n g , B. B. Mi nn s , M . J . Macnally, Albert Namatjira, F r a n k McNama r a a nd M a x Ragless, seen i n this Exhibition, portrays something o f the approach o f Australian artists t o the landscape a n d light o f o u r country. Sir Lionel L i nd s ay has wr i t t e n . . . " T h e T r u t h is that the artist, at a n y cost, mu s t find his w a y t o expression through the stimulus his a r t demands. Some find it in their native village; others range time a n d space a n d ma y never sight the grail. I n Australia the difficulties t h a t beset the p a t h o f our native-born artists can o n l y be paralleled in Colonial America. Ye t m a n y o f t h em w i t h o u t local standards o r fine pictures to stir their imaginations a n d indicate a way , a n d w i t h o u t voca- tional teachers, w o n b y sheer force o f character t o an expression o f this country, wh i ch we recognise t o - d a y as b o t h original a n d authentic." " I t is t o their wo r k t h a t the foreigner wo u l d t u r n for enlightenment, a n d if a m a n o f discernment wo u l d recognise t h a t difference o f vision wh i c h establishes idiosyncrasy, and t h a t here it finds, i n the pa i n t i ng o f light, its principal inspira- tion. T h i s is Apollo's country, a n d the sun is o u r natural d e i t y . . . . . it ..