Exhibition of paintings from the entries for the Henry Casel Memorial Prize 1951

FORLWORD. . . . . . HENRY CASELLI RICHARDS MEMORIAL PRIZE, 1951. CATALOGUE The name o f H e n r y C a s e l l i R i c h a r d s w i l l a l w a y s h a v e a place o f h o n o u r i n t h e h i s t o r y o f 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 n umb e r o f s e l e c t e d w o r k s f r o m t h e e n t r i e s f o r t h e first a w a r d o f t h e H e n r y C a s e l l i R i c h a r d s Me rno i i a1 P r i z e f o r a land R i c h a r d s w a s a s c i e n t i s t who l o v e d a r t . The w o r l d o f s c i e n c e s c a p e i n oils. c l a i m e d h i m a s s t u d e n t , l e c t u r e r , p r o f e s s o r , b u t t h e w o r l d o f a r t 1 . ON LANE COVE RIVER A d e l a i d e Ferry won h i m a s a r t l o v e r a n d a p o s t l e o f t h e c a u s e o f " A r t f o r all". 2 • PICNIC M a r g i r 1 C i i e n t R i c h a r d s , who b e c ame ' I s t e o a n d Ch a i rma n o f T r u s t e e s o f our G a l l e r y , h a d two i d e a l s - a w o r t h y G a l l e r y a n d a w o r t h w h i l e TROPTOAL COAST MtTg t Ciinte c o l l e c t i o n . He s t r o v e f o r a now G a l i e z , r a n d l a i d t h e foundations . n ) I t i T 124 ±eeNe i LL o ' we f l d o l y f l (rant o f o u r c o l l e c t i o n o f A u s t r a l i a n A r t . H i s l o v e o f a r t c a u s e d him t o b r u s h s h o u l d e r s w i t h a r t i s t s a n d t o s e e many p a i n t i n g s and. 5 C E 1 2 T F J T T J ELNGE J o h n E l d e r shaw h e l p e d t h e p u b l i c t o s h a r e h i s joy. . A NORThERN ROAD JOh n Rnivii I t w a s h i s a i m t o p r e s e n t t o o u r p e o p l e , t h r o u g h t h e National G a l l e r y , some o f t h e b e s t a r t o f t h e b e s t a r t i s t s . He d i e d in' t h e m i d s t o f t h a t w o r k . f l I . 7 PLAN T1.). IT J o h n ovi1 H i s f o l l o w T r u s t e e s f e l t t h a t t h e y s h o u l d h o n o u r h i s memory 9 . UGARI UIDLRNS9 FRASER 1GLAtD L i c i v i i l . Haysem i n a wa y t h a t h e w o u l d l i k e . They d e c i d e d t o g i v e a p r i z e f o r a p a i n t i n g o f a n A u s t r a l i a n l a n d s c a p e t h a t w o u l d a t t r a c t e n t r i e s 1 0 . LFNGThENfl\TG SHADGVS ELThJThI O.W. Bond f r o m some o f o u r b e s t a r t i s t s i n c o m p e t i t i o n - t h e w i n n i n g paint- i n g t o b e h u n g i n o u r N o t i o n a l o o I I o c t i n . 1 1 . KANGAROO POINT STREET SCENE l I a v i s rpi110 i . 1EAiNULG GGUTRY, LATE I n t i m e , w e f e e l t h a t b y t h i s me t h o d we s h a l l b u i l d u p a AFTERNOON E . L i l i a n Pcdcrseri m e m o r i a l t o a man who d i d much f o r a r t i n t h i s State. 1 3 . IRVINEBANK W i l l i a m Torrence I p a y my own p e r s o n a l t r i b u t e t o H e n r y C a s e l l i R i c h a r d . s , w i t h 1 4 CTONEY CREEK CENTRAL UEENSLAND A J Rowe whom I h a d t h e h o n o u r t o w o r k , a n d w h o s e s i n c e r i t y o f p u r p o s e a n d ' z e a l f o r a r t c a n n o t b e f o r g o t t e n . 1 5 . WATTLE COUNTRY W i n i f r e d Towers To t h o s e a r t i s t s who r e s p o n d e d t o o u r i n v i t a t i o n t o s u b m i t 1 6 . EARLY MORNING PASTORAL O.W. Bond. e n t r i e s I s a y " Thank y o u r ' , a n d t o t h e D i r e c t o r a n d s t a f f o f the G a l l e r y I e x p r e s s t h e T r u s t e e s ' t h a n k s f o r t h e i r w o r k i n p r e s e n t - - 1 7 . THE STORM, STRi\.DBROKE ISLAND Don Cowen i n g t h e Ethibition. E . A . F e r g u s o n P l e a s e t u r n o v e r f o r C a t a l o g u e - L J I S JARVIS HARVEY MEMORIAL C h a i r ma n o f T r u s t e e s . DRAWING COMPETITION.