Loan paintings from Brisbane private collections

CAMPBELL, ROBERT Bo r n Ed i nbu r gh 1902. Studied in Sydney, Paris, a n d London. Member Aus- t r a l i an Wa t e r Colour Institute a n d t h e P e r t h Society o f Artists. Director, Queensland National A r t Gallery (1949-51). Now Director, National Gallery of Sou t h Australia. Represented in t h e principal Au s t r a l i an galleries. 32. LOIR E T CHER, FRANCE (Oil). Le n t b y t h e Most Reverend Arch- bishop J . Duhig. 33. STORM AT SHORNCL I FFE (Wa t e r colour). L e n t b y Mr. and Mrs H. P . McCabe. 34. T H E HAYSTACK (Wa t e r colour). Le n t b y Mr. J . L. Coiclough. 35. STORM (Wa t e r colour). L e n t b y Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Watson. COMMONS, DONALD GREGOR GRANT, 1855 Au s t r a l i an School. Bo r n Dunedin, New Zealand. Pa i n t ed old buildings in Sydney wi t h a he avy impasto i n his oils. Bo t h his oils a n d wa t e r colours are n o t a s sufficiently well known a s t h e y should be. 36. OLD BUILDING, CIRCULAR QUAY, SYDNEY (Oil). L e n t by Dr. G. C. Taylor. 37. ST. PHILLIPS, SYDNEY (Oil). L e n t b y Dr. G. C. Taylor. 38. ARGYLL CUT (Wa t e r colour). Kindly lent. CONSTABLE, WILLIAM HENRY ARCHIBALD, 1906 Australian School. Born Raywood, Victoria. Studied National Gallery Schools, Melbourne, a n d St. Martin's School o f Art, London. Theatrical designer for Gr e g a n McMahon productions, t h e Borovansky Ballet i n Melbourne, t h e Miners A r t Theatre, t h e Independant, t h e Mercury The a t r e a n d o t h e r t he a t r e s in Sydney. 39. MIRO ZLOCH AS T H E CLOWN I N PETROUCHKA (Wa t e r colour). L e n t b y Mr. a n d Mrs. Robin Corrie. 40. L E S AMANTS ETERNEL S (Wa t e r colour). L e n t b y Mrs. W. W. Sale. COX, DAVID, 1783-1859 English School. Born Deritend, n e a r Birmingham, t h e s on of a tinsmith. At t h e age o f fifteen was apprenticed a s a miniature pa i n t e r t o a working jeweller. L a t e r earned a living b y painting scenery ( a n d occasionally playing t h e p a r t o f Pantaloon) f o r a theatrical company, wi t h whom h e toured for f o u r years. Coming t o London in 1804, he me t J o h n Varley, who gave h im a f ew lessons in wa t e r colours. F r om t h e n on he devoted himself seriously t o his a r t . B y 1809 h a d successfully established himself a s a drawing teacher and h a d begun t o exhibit his pictures. I n 1813 wa s elected a membe r o f t h e Old Wa t e r Colour Society. Spen t some ye a r s on t h e Continent a n d painted much in Derbyshire a n d No r t h Wales. I n 1839 began painting in oils. I n 1841 8 COX, DAVID (Continued). finally settled in t h e village o f Harbourne, n e a r Birmingham, making regular sketching trips t o No r t h Wales during t h e l a s t t e n ye a r s o f his life. One of t h e outstanding wa t e r 'colourists o f his century, his a r t wa s sufficiently appreciated during his lifetime t o enable h im t o live a n d wo r k i n modest comfort i n t h e coun t r y which he so deeply loved. 41. LANDSCAPE (Wa t e r colour). Len t b y Dr. a n d Mrs. No rma n Behan. 42. LANDSCAPE (Wa t e r colour). L e n t b y Colonel and Mrs. G. H. Bourne. COLQUHOUN, ARCHIBALD DOUGLAS, 1894 Australian School. Bo r n Heidelberg, Victoria, son of Alex. Colquhoun (q.v.). Attended t h e National Gallery School, Melbourne, b u t studied principally under Max Meidrum. Spent several years abroad. Won t h e Crouch Prize, 1933; and Melbourne Centenary Exhibition Prize f o r a historical painting, 1934. 43. J ANET (Oil). Le n t b y t h e Director. DALGARNO, ROY, 1910 Bo r n in Melbourne. Studied a t Melbourne Gallery School, E a s t Sydney Technical College, a n d t h e Royal A r t Society. Member o f t h e Contemporary A r t Society, a n d t h e Studio o f Realist Ar t , Sydney. Represented i n the National Galleries o f New South Wales a n d Queensland. F o r ma n y y e a r s has worked abroad. 44. RU E ST. SEVER I N (Oil). Len t b y Dr. a nd Mrs. Malcolm Carseldine. DARGIE, WILLIAM Australian School. Bo r n in Melbourne in 1912. Studied unde r A. D. Colquhoun, T. Carter, Nap i e r Waller, a n d a t t h e Melbourne Technical School. Awa r ded the Archibald Prize seven times, in 1941, 19429 1945, 19469 1947, 1950, a nd 1952, the Woodward and McPhillimy Awa r d s i n 1940, a n d t h e Ma ckay i n 1942. A n official Wa r Ar t i s t in World W a r II. A painter o f portraits, figure compositions, land- scapes a n d Still Life, mainly i n oils. Represented i n t h e principal Australian Galleries, King's Hall, Canberra, t h e UNESCO Collection, a n d in collections in England a n d t h e United States. 45. GREECE (Oil). Le n t b y Dr. and Mrs. J . V. Duhig. 46. F I SHERMAN' S BEND, MELBOURNE (Oil). Le n t b y Dr. a n d Mrs. Bruce Barrack. 47. OLINDA (Oil). Le n t by Mrs. J . H. Walsh. 48. COURTYARD O F T H E SULTAN PALACE (Oil). Le n t b y Mr. B. F. Lloyd. 49. EARLY SPRING, GREECE (Oil). Le n t b y Dr. a nd Mrs. Lorimer Walker. ,