Loan paintings from Brisbane private collections

KNOX, WILLIAM DUNN, 1880-1945 Australian School. Studied a t Melbourne National Gallery Schools. Landscape painter. Influenced b y Sir A r t h u r Streeton. Represented National Galleries of Victoria, New South Wales, a n d South Australia. 96. DISTANT HI LLS FROM OLINDA (Oil). L e n t b y Mr. R. Baxter. LAHEY, VIDA Australian School. Born Queensland. Studied a t t h e Melbourne National Gallery Schools unde r F. McCubbin a n d Wa l t e r Withers, a n d l a t e r i n Paris. Exhibited a t t h e Pa r i s Salon, New English A r t Club, Emp i r e Exhibition 1935, a nd P a r i s International 1937, a n d included in travelling exhibition t o U.S.A. Represented principal Australian galleries. 97. BRUGES (Oil). L e n t b y Miss Constance Lloyd. 98. GREEN VASE (Wa t e r colour). Le n t b y Dr. a nd Mrs. No rma n Behan. LAWRENCE, GEO. F., 1901 Australian School. Bo r n Sydney. A painter in oils with a preference for architectural motifs. Studied painting unde r Julian Ashton. Represented principal Australian galleries. 99. STREET I N ANNANDALE (Oil). Le n t b y Mrs. B. L. Grant. LAWRENCE, SIR THOMAS, P.R.A., 1769-1830 English School. Bo r n Bristol. A distinguished member o f t h e essentially Eng- lish groups o f g r e a t po r t r a i t painters, which includes Gainsborough a n d Sir J o s h u a Reynolds. Early, showed remarkable ability i n drawing a n d a t ten ye a r s old wa s doing po r t r a i t s in crayons a t Oxford, a f t e rwa r d s a t Bath. In 1785 began t o pa i n t in oils. We n t t o London, 1787. I n 1791, a t t h e insistence of t h e King, a n d being unde r t h e required age (24), h e wa s elected a n extra Associate o f t h e Academy. On t h e de a t h of Reynolds t h e following y e a r was made Painter-in-ordinary t o t h e King. R.A. 1794. Th e r e a f t e r h e h a d a con- s t a n t succession o f distinguished sitters. Made two visits t o Paris, in 1814 and 1825. Knighted 1815. Wo r ked a t Aix-la-Chapelle, in Rome, a n d o t h e r p a r t s of t h e Continent, 1818-1819. Elected President of t h e Royal Academy, 1820. During his lifetime h e amassed a matchless collection of drawings b y t h e Old Masters, o f which those b y Raphael a n d Michelangelo a r e now in t h e University Galleries o f Oxford. Adviser t o J . Angerstein, whose collection a f t e r his death formed t h e nucleus of t h e London National Gallery Collection. Buried i n St.. Paul's. 100. PORTRAIT OF T H E DUKE O F WELLINGTON (Oil). Le n t b y Mr.. a nd Mrs. L. J . Sanders. LINDSAY, SIR LIONEL ARTHUR, 1874 Australian School. Bo r n Victoria. Etcher, water-colourist, wood engraver, and a r t critic. F r om 1889 t o 1892 wa s a pupil a s s i s t an t of t h e Melbourne Observatory. I n t h e l a t t e r y e a r entered journalism a n d pursued a r t studies at t h e National Gallery School. Contributed t o "Pun c h " a n d t h e "Bulletin." In 1902 travelled on t h e Continent, spending his time particularly in Spain. From 1903-1926 wa s on t h e s t a f f o f t h e "Evening News," Sydney. Re-visited London a n d wa s ab r oad until 1935. During t h a t time he travelled a n d worked i n Spain, France, Italy, No r t h Africa, a n d India, a nd held f r equen t exhibitions in Londin. Hi s reputation mainly r e s t s on his etchings a n d wood engravings. Represented in all Australian galleries a n d ma n y overseas galleries. Knighted in 1941. 101. GRAND CANAL (Wa t e r colour). Le n t b y Mr. B. F. Lloyd. 102. TOWERS O F S I LENCE ON T H E GANGES (Wa t e r colour). Le n t by Mr. a nd Mrs. Harold S. Nettheim. LINDSAY, DARYL, 1890 Bo r n Victoria. Pa i n t e r o f landscape, genre and still-life in oils a nd wa t e r colours. Spen t his early ye a r s on t h e land, a n d was t h i r t y before deciding t o t a k e u p art a s a career. Served wi t h t h e A.I.F. in France. I n 1917 he me t Professor Henry Tonks, l a t e r t ak i ng a f ew lessons f r om Tonks a t t h e Slade School. Made several trips t o Europe. Wi t h Professor Dakin, organised Australian camouflage in t h e second World Wa r . Appointed Cu r a t o r o f t h e A r t Museum a n d Keeper of the P r i n t s a t t h e National Gallery, Melbourne, 1940. Director, 1942. Repre- sented i n t h e principal Au s t r a l i an galleries a n d a t South Kensington. 103. THAMES (Wa t e r colour). Len t b y Miss Constance Lloyd. LINDSAY, NORMAN, 1879 Australian School. Bo r n Victoria. Etcher, painter, black-and-white artist, and writer. S t a r t e d t o d r aw f o r illustated papers in Melbourne a t t h e age of sixteen. Appointed t o t h e s t a f f of t h e "Bulletin" i n 1901, a n d h a d ma n y years of association wi t h t h a t p a p e r a s political a n d social cartoonist. Visited London abou t 1905. His illustrative wo r k includes line a n d wa s h drawings f o r Casanova, Theocritus, Petronius, Villon, a nd Boccaccio. Represented in t h e principal Australian galleries a n d t h e British Museum. 104. CREATURES O F T H E WOOD (Wa t e r colour). Kindly lent. 105. RETA (Oil). Kindly lent. 106. T H E THREAT (Oil). Kindly lent. 107. OUT O F A SEA CHANGE COMES SOMETHING RICH AND STRONG (TEMPEST) (Wa t e r colour). Len t b y Mr. a n d Mrs. Leon Trout. 108. PANTOMIME (Wa t e r colour). L e n t b y Mr. a n d Mrs. Ha r o l d S. Nettheim. 16 17