Loan paintings from Brisbane private collections

HERBERT, HAROLD (Continued). t o enable h im t o give his whole time t o painting. Pa i n t ed i n Eu r ope and Morocco 1922. I n 1941 wa s official a r t i s t t o t h e A.I.F. in t h e Middle E a s t for six months. Some ye a r s a r t critic o f t h e Melbourne Argus. A brilliant executant in a style on which ma n y Australian wa t e r colourists have modelled themselves. Represented in t h e principal Australian Galleries. 78. LORNE (Wa t e r colour). L e n t b y Mr. R. Baxter. HERMAN, SALT, 1898 Swiss-Australian School. Born Zurich. Studied in P a r i s f o r two years. Came t o Au s t r a l i a in 1937 a nd studied in Melbourne with George Bell. Represented principal Australian galleries. 79. NAT IVE HUTS (Oil). L e n t b y Mr. a n d Mrs. Cohn Bednall. 80. SYDNEY SUBURB (Oil). L e n t b y Mr. W. S. Ackworth. HELMICK, HOWARD 81. T H E COST OF T H E SUIT (Oil). Le n t b y Mr. a n d Mrs. C. T. Rufus. HEYSEN, HANS, 1877 Australian School. Born Hamburg, Germany. Pa i n t e r of landscapes, f r u i t and [lowers. Came t o South Australia with his parents, 1883. Studied a t Adelaide unde r H. P. Gill a n d J ame s Ashton. Ab r oad between 1899-1903, h e studied at Julian's Academy unde r J e a n Pa u l Laurens and Benjamin Constant, l a t e r under Bonnat, a n d in t h e a r t schools of Italy. Heysen f i r s t became known through his paintings a n d drawings o f g um trees. H e wa s one o f t h e f i r s t painters to ma k e a serious s t udy of t h e eucalypt a n d t o give i t pictorial significance. Nine times winner o f t h e Wynne Prize, which h e f i r s t gained in 1904. Won the Crouch Prize in 1931. Represented principal Australiar galleries. 82. S HE E P (Wa t e r colour). L e n t b y Mr. a nd Mrs. E . S. Cornwall. 83. I N T H E FL INDERS RANGES (Wa t e r colour). Le n t b y Dr. and Mrs. No rma n Behan. 84. T H E BLUFF , AROONA (Wa t e r colour). L e n t b y Mr. W. S. Ackworth. HILDER, JESSIE JEWHURST, 1881-1916 Australian School. Born a t Toowoomba, Queensland. Received his education a t t h e Brisbane Gr amma r School, a n d a f t e rwa r d s entered t h e service o f t h e Bank of New South Wales, studying a r t in t h e evenings a t t h e Julian Ashton School, Sydney. H e made his f i r s t success wi t h a group of wa t e r colours a t t h e Society of Artists' Exhibition in 1907. Retiring f r om t h e b a n k in 1908 on account of ill-health, h e devoted t h e remaining years of his life entirely t o painting. Romantic a nd original in outlook, h i d e r ' s work is noted f o r its delicate colour a n d sympathetic handling o f t h e wa t e r colour medium. Represented in the principal galleries of Australia. HILDER, JESS IE JEWHURST (Continued). 85. F IRST GOVERNMENT COTTAGE (Wa t e r colour). L e n t b y Miss M. J. Bedford. 86. T H E POOL, 1909 (Wa t e r colour). L e n t b y Dr. G. C. Taylor. 87. DROVING SHE E P (Wa t e r colour). L e n t b y Dr. G. C. Taylor. HODGKINS, FRANCES, 1870-1947 Born in New Zealand. Came t o Europe in 1900. Studied independently and travelled in Holland, Italy, France, and Morocco. Settled in Paris, 1902, and t a u g h t a t t h e Academic Colarossi, a n d l a t e r in h e r own academy, 1910-12. Worked in Cornwall, 1914-18. Pa i n t e r chiefly of landscape and still life. Repre- sented in t h e world galleries. 88. CHILD'S HEAD (Wa t e r colour). Le n t by Miss Vida Lahey. HUNT, CECIL ARTHUR, 1873 English School. Bo r n Torquay. Practised a s a b a r r i s t e r until 1919, a f t e r which h e gave his time t o painting a n d writing. 89. SAVOY (Wa t e r colour). Len t b y Dr. a nd Mrs. J . V. Duhig. JACKSON, JAMES R., 1886 Australian School. Bo r n i n New Zealand a n d came t o Australia a t t h e a g e of eight. Received his f i r s t a r t training a t t h e Royal A r t Society School, Sydney, a n d l a t e r studied und e r F r a n k Brangwyn, London, a n d also a t Colarossi's Studio, Paris. Figure a n d landscape painter; his landscape painting influenced by Streeton. Represented principal Australian galleries. 90. T H E POOL (Oil). Kindly lent. 91. EVENING, TOWARDS BALMAIN (Oil). Le n t b y Dr. a n d Mrs. Bruce Barrack. 92. F I SHING BOATS, SYDNEY (Oil). L e n t b y Dr. a n d Mrs. Ellis Murphy. 93. T H E GLOUCESTER BUCKETS (Oil). L e n t b y Dr. a n d Mrs. T. V. Stubbs Brown. JOHNSTON, ROBERT, 1890 I New Zealand School. Bo r n Auckland, where h e received his a r t training. Went I t o Sydney in 1921 a f t e r holding exhibitions in t h e Dominion. Commissioned by t h e Commonwealth Government t o pa i n t a picture o f Canberra f o r presentation t o New Zealand f o r t h e n ew National Gallery, Wellington, 1936. Represented principal Australian galleries. 94. MT. P I SA (Oil). L e n t b y Dr. a n d Mrs. Bruce Barrack. 95. CASTLE HILL, TOWNSVILLE (Oil). Le n t b y Dr. a n d Mrs. Bruce Barrack. 14 15