The Art Gallery Comes to Town

1. THE CYPRIOT b y William Dobell A p o w e r f u l a n d i m a g i n a t i v e portrait b y o n e of Australia's outstanding painters 2. FLOWERS b y Rupert Bunny Rupert Bunny, o n e of Australia's greatest colourists, w a s also a sensitive p a i n t e r of flowers 3. YASS LANDSCAPE b y Elioth Gruner A lovely e x a m p l e of t h e later w o r k of this distinguished artist O . " - W ' ,J 4. BACKYARDS b y Douglas Watson 0 Y q A n unlikely subject for a painter, b u t h o w interesting a r e t h e p a t c h e s of l o w toned colour a n d the u n u s u a l p a i n t textures S. LANDSCAPE b y Lloyd Rees A romantic artist, h i s pictures a l w a y s r e v e a l fine d r a u g h t s m a n s h i p a n d t h e careful 1) X1 h a n d l i n g of the finished craftsman S. CAULIFLOWER b y Lloyd Rees A n astonishingly vivid picture of a n e v e r y d a y subject. T h e textures of t h e various T1 Chairman of Trustees, Queensland-National Ar t (I'afterN*7 objects represented a r e a d m i r a b l y given 7. LANDSCAPE b y A d r i a n Feint A fine d e s i g n e r and, decorator, the artist c o n v e y s perfectly in this picture the atmosphere of a s u n n y afternoon A r t s h o u l d b e p a r t of o u r d a i l y lives. I n a y o u n g c o u n t r y s u c h a s o u r s , s u n s h i n e , 8. FLOWERS AND FRUIT b y A d r i a n Feint c o l o u r a n d s c e n e r y i n f l u e n c e u s g r e a t l y , b u t h o w m u c h d o e s a r t i n f l u e n c e u s ? H e r e w e h a v e a b o l d a n d decorative treatment of flowers a n d fruit exquisitely painted b y a m a s t e r of his subject I a m of o p i n i o n t h a t u n t i l t h e p u b l i c h a v e i n c r e a s e d o p p o r t u n i t i e s t o s e e 9. SYDNEY HARBOUR b y Sir Arthur Streeton o r i g i n a l w o r k s of art, e a s i l y a n d often, a r t w i l l n o t p l a y its t r u e p a r t a s an It w a s h i s p a i n t i n g s of S y d n e y H a r b o u r t h a t b r o u g h t popularity a n d f a m e to Arthur Streeton, This little p a n e l is typical of the artist's sensitive realism a n d direct handling i n f l u e n c e i n c u r c o mm u n i t y , of his medium I n t h e o l d e r c o u n t r i e s of t h e w o r l d a r t is p a r t o f life. M o s t of t h e p u b l i c 10. THE END OF THE STORY b y E. Phillips. F o x A c h a r m i n g picture b y a n o t h e r g r e a t colourist. Phillips Fox w a s a t his b e s t when b u i l d i n g s a r e artistic i n d e s i g n ; i n t h e streets, p a r k s a n d b u i l d i n g s a r e w o r k s h a n d l i n g s u c h subjects a s this of s c u l p t u r e ; i n m a n y h o m e s a r e o r i g i n a l w o r k s of a r t ; t h e r e a r e m a n y p u b l i c a n d 11 AUSTRALIAN LANDSCAPE b y John D. Moore p r i v a t e a r t g a l l e r i e s p r e s e n t i n g t h e w o r l d a r t of t h e c e n t u r i e s ; a n d t h e r e a r e A d e s i g n e d L a n d s c a p e in w h i c h t h e artist s e e k s b y careful organisation of lines, tones c o m p e t e n t w r i t e r s , l e c t u r e r s a n d g u i d e s to e x p l a i n its s i g n i f i c a n c e . A r t i s e v e r y w h e r e , a n d colours to c o n v e y t h e m o o d h e experienced before nature I n A u s t r a l i a ( a n d p a r t i c u l a r l y i n Q u e e n s l a n d ) w e h a v e b e e n , a n d still a r e , 12. SEASCAPE b y Will Ashton A g o o d e x a m p l e of this artist's vigorous outdoor painting e n g a g e d i n p i o n e e r i n g . W e h a v e m a n y artists of q u a l i t y , b u t t h e i r m a j o r works c a n n o t b e s e e n e a s i l y a n d often. 13. OLD PEACH ORCHARD b y Rupert Bunny F o r t h e q u a l i t y of shimmering colour s e e n i n this l a n d s c a p e of Provence, Rupert Bunny I n t h e Q u e e n s l a n d N a t i o n a l A r t G a l l e r y a r e m a n y w o r k s of a r t of w h i c h is unrivalled w e s h o u l d b e p r o u d , a n d s o t h a t o u r p e o p l e m a y s e e m o r e o f t h e m , t h e T r u s t e e s 14. POPPIES b y Joshua Smith of t h e G a l l e r y h a v e a r r a n g e d this Exhibition. A careful y e t vigorous painting of a subject t h a t could easily b e c o m e commonplace 15. WAR.RISTON ROAD, EDINBURGH b y Eric Wilson I d r a w y o u r a t t e n t i o n t o u s h o r t r e v i e w of s o m e of t h e w o r k s i n t h e G a l l e r y A most delicate a n d c h a r m i n g interpretation of the a t m o s p h e r e of t h a t a n c i e n t city ( w h i c h f o r m p a r t of t h i s Exhibition) w r i t t e n b y Mr. W i l l A s h t o n , a f o r m e r Director o f t h e N e w S o u t h W a l e s A r t G a l l e r y . H e w r i t e s : - 16. FIJIAN GIRL b y Mary Edwards A g o o d e x a m p l e of the t y p e of picture that M a r y E d w a r d s h a s m a d e h e r own " I n t h e A u s t r a l i a n S e c t i o n y o u h a v e s o m e e x c e l l e n t p i c t u r e s - a u n i q u e 17. WEST AUSTRALIAN FLOWERS b y Margaret Preston M c I n n e s ("Street S c e n e i n Morocco"); a m a g n i f i c e n t G e o r g e L a m b e r t ; a n e x c e l - F e w p a i n t e r s h a n d l e t h e n a t i v e flowers a s w e l l a s M a r g a r e t Preston, o n e of Australia's l e n t H a n s H e y s e n f l o w e r p i e c e ; a n d s o m e v e r y g o o d e x a m p l e s of A d r i a n most distinguished w o m a n painters Feint, M a r g a r e t P r e s t o n , V i d a L a h e y , H a r o l d H e r b e r t , D a r y l L i n d s a y a n d 18. ABORIGINAL STILL LIFE b y M a r g a r e t Preston) M a r y E d w a r d s , " I n this picture Mrs. Preston h a s u s e d a treatment a n d colour s c h e m e b a s e d o n her s t u d y of A b o r i g i n a l Art It i s y o u r p r i v i l e g e to s e e h e r e t o d a y a collection of s o m e of t h e w o r k s of 19. LANDSCAPE b y Roland Wakelin s o m e of A u s t r a l i a ' s b e s t artists, i n oils a n d w a t e r c o l o u r s , a l l of w h i c h h a v e b e e n R o l a n d W a k e l i n w a s o n e of the first of t h e A u s t r a l i a n "Moderns". His w o r k is d r a w n f r o m t h e N a t i o n a l collection i n Q u e e n s l a n d . c h a r a c t e r i s e d b y a v e r y p e r s o n a l a p p r o a c h to t h e problems of painting It i s t h e w i s h of t h e T r u s t e e s t h a t t h e p u b l i c s h o u l d s e e this Exhibition i n l a r g e 20.),THE SQUIBRELL b y Arthur M u r c h M u r c h i s a fine p a i n t e r of the 'Nude' a n d this picture is distinguished b y its rich colour n u m b e r s a n d t h u s b e c o m e b e t t e r a c q u a i n t e d w i t h t h e a r t i n t h e i r o w n G a l l e r y , s c h e m e a n d u n u s u a l lighting I n s h o r t to m a k e a r t p a r t of t h e d a i l y life, 21. LANDSCAPE b y W . B. McInnes A vivid a n d b r o a d l y p a i n t e d interpretation of the Australian scene. McInnes w a s even E. A . F E R G U S O N m o r e f a m o u s a s a portrait painter C h a i r m a n of T r u s t e e s 22. JEWISH QUARTERS, MOROCCO b y W . B. McInnes A luminous a n d vigorous painting. A n excellent impression of a n E a s t e r n City Q u e e n s l a n d N a t i o n a l A r t Gallery 23. WALK b y G. W . Lambert, A.R.A. This picture, illustrating a n incident i n t h e First W o r l d W a r , s h o w s Lambert a t h i s best a s p a i n t e r a n d d r a u g h t s m a n . The s e n s e of m o v e m e n t a n d t h e brilliancy of t h e sunlight a r e w e l l conveyed 24. KENTIBH LANDSCAPE b y Tom Roberts T h e silvery g r e y colour s c h e m e of this c h a r m i n g picture expresses perfectly the atmosphere of E n g l a n d i n Springtime