Loan paintings from Brisbane private collections

DOBELL, WILLIAM, 1899 FRATER, WILLIAM, 1890 Bo r n a t Newcastle, N.S.W. Studied unde r Julian Ashton, Sydney, 1924-1929. Australian School. Bo r n Linlithgow. Attended t h e Glasgow School o f Art I n 1919 wa s awarded t h e N.S.W. Society of Artists' Scholarship, which enabled a t t h e age of fifteen. Studied stained glass design und e r Robert Anning Bell, h im t o s t udy f o r two ye a r s a t t h e Slade School, London, unde r Professor He n r y also travelled in Eu r ope f o r f u r t h e r study. Settled permanently i n Melbourne Tonk s a n d Wilson Steer, where h e wa s awarded painting a n d drawing prizes i n i n 1914 a n d worked t h e r e f o r ma n y years a s a stained glass designer. Formerly 1930. Exhibited a t t he Royal Academy, New English A r t Club a nd t h e London wa s mainly a po r t r a i t a n d figure painter b u t is now b e s t known a s a landscape Group. Re t u r ned t o Australia in 1939, wa s appointed A r t Ma s t e r a t Sydney Technical College. I n 1943 he wa s commissioned b y t h e Allied Works Council pa i n t e r in oils o f t h e P o s t Impressionist School, wi t h special emphasis o n c o l o u r . Represented i n t h e principal Australian Galleries. t o p a i n t pictures of t he Council's w a r activities. I n t h e same y e a r he was awarded t h e Archibald Prize f o r a po r t r a i t of J o s h u a Smith, which aroused 55. L INA (Oil). L e n t b y Mr. and Mrs. Russell Cuppaidge. Australia-wide controversy. Again winning t h e Archibald Prize in 1948 with t h e po r t r a i t o f Ma r ga r e t 011ey. 56. T H E STREET (Oil). Le n t b y Mrs. J . C. Flower. 50. WAHGI VALLEY, N EW GUINEA HIGHLAND (Oil). Le n t by 57. ENTRANCE TO T H E GARDEN (Oil). L e n t b y Mrs. J. C. Flower. Mrs. J . K. Murray. DRYSDALE, RUSSELL, 1912 FEINT , ADRIAN, 1894 Au s t r a l i an School. Bo r n Sussex, England. Coming t o Australia a s a child, Australian School. Bo r n a t Narrandera, New Sou t h Wales. Studied a t Julian s pen t mo s t o f his early life o n t h e land with t h e intention o f t a k i ng u p f a rmi ng As h t o n School, Sydney. Served f o u r years wi t h t h e f i r s t A.I.F. in F r a n c e and a s a living. Commenced his a r t training under George Bell i n Melbourne i n Belgium. Af t e rwa r d s resumed studies with J u l i an Ashton. Managed Grosvenor 1935. Continued his studies in Eng l and a nd Pa r i s i n 1938-39. Figure a n d Galleries, Sydney, f o r f o u r years, joined Ur e Smith a n d worked on " A r t in landscape painter. Much o f his wo r k deals wi t h life in t h e outback o f Aus- Au s t r a l i a " a nd " T h e H o m e " f o r abou t 11 years. Known f o r his etched and tralia, a n d h a s a distinct Australian feeling a bou t it. I t is a r e t u r n t o t h e woodcut bookplates, a n d decorative flowerpieces in oils a n d wa t e r colours. story-telling picture, b u t n o t merely anecdotal. Represented i n t h e National 58. T H E R E D SCARF (Oil). Le n t b y Dr. a n d Mrs. No rman Behan. Galleries o f Victoria, New Sou t h Wales, and South Australia and in the Metropolitan Museum, New York. 51. T H E LI STENING BOY (Oil). Len t b y Dr. a nd Mrs. Hu g h McLelland. FOX, ETHEL CARRICK (Mrs. Phillips Fox q.v.), -1952 iddlesex. Trained unde r Francis Bate, and English School. Bo r n Uxbridge, M l a t e r a t t h e Slade School. Genre, landscape a nd flower painter. Lived mainly EAST, SIR ALFRED, R.A., 1849-1913 in France, b u t h a s travelled in India and spent a n umb e r o f years in Australia, English School. Bo r n Kettering. Landscape painter. Began studies a t Glasgow Represented principal Australian Galleries. 1872, continuing in Pa r i s u n d e r F l eu r y a nd Bouguereau. A.R.A. 1 8 9 9 ; 59. SPRING (Oil). Le n t b y Mrs. W. Croll. R.A. 1913. Actively associated wi t h artistic movements of his time. 52. TEMPLE KARA-SAKI, J a p a n (Oil). Le n t b y Mr. a nd Mrs. W. M. Hall. FOX, E. PHILLIPS, 1864-1915 Australian School. Bo r n in Melbourne. Portraitist, a n d painter o f gen r e and landscape. Attended t h e National Gallery Schools und e r Folingsby. L a t e r went ELDERSHAW, JOHN, 1892 t o P a r i s a n d continued his studies a t Julian's a n d a t t h e Beaux-Arts under Bo r n a t Sydney i n 1892. Studied und e r Julian As h t on a n d J . S. Wa t k i ns a n d Gerome. Returned t o Melbourne between 1899-1900 a n d established t h e Mel- painting in wa t e r colours a n d oils. Represented in t h e leading Australian l a t e r a t t h e London County Council School. H a s devoted himself t o landscape bourne A r t School wi t h Tudo r St. G. Tucker. The r e a f t e r worked mostly abroad. Influenced b y t h e F r e n c h Impressionists, b u t bound b y t h e conventions o f no Galleries a n d in t h e British Museum. Member of Society o f Ar t i s t s a n d P a s t pa r t i cu l a r school. A highly significant figure in t h e tradition o f Australian President o f t h e Australian Wa t e r Colour Institute. a r t . Died in Melbourne in 1915. 53. WALHALLA (Oil). L e n t b y Dr. a nd Mrs. Ha r o l d Love. 60. YACHTS, SOUTH OF FRANCE (Oil). L e n t b y Mr. and Mrs. B. W. W. 54. RICHMOND BRIDGE (Wa t e r colour). L e n t b y t h e Most Reverend Johnstone. Archbishop Duhig. 61. BRETON F I SHING VI LLAGE (Oil). L e n t b y Mr. W. S. Ackworth. 10 11