Loan paintings from Brisbane private collections

LONG, SYDNEY, 1878 Australian School. Bo r n Goulburn, N.S.W. F i r s t training received f r om A. J. Daplyn a n d J u l i an Ashton. Wa s in partnership w i t h J u l i an As h t on a t the Sydney A r t School, 1907-10. H e t h e n left f o r Eng l a nd a nd continued studies i n London a n d Paris. Re t u r ned t o Australia, 1925. A Director o f t h e Royal Artists' Society's School; a Tr u s t e e o f t h e National Gallery o f New South Wales since 1933. Awarded t h e Wynne Prize, 1938. Represented i n t h e prin- cipal Australian galleries; in t h e Dunedin Gallery. 109. T H E GUMS (Wa t e r colour). Kindly lent. LOXTON, JOHN S., 1903 Australian School. Born Adelaide. Studied a t t h e Swinburne Technical College, Melbourne, a n d a t t h e National Gallery A r t Schools. A r t c'itic o f t h e Mel- bou r ne Argus, 1947-8. F r om 1948 t o 1950 travelled i n Eng l and a n d on the Continent. Executed commissions f o r t h e P . & 0 . Shipping Company a n d the Sh aw Savill Albion Company's new liner "The New Australia." Landscape painter, chiefly in wa t e r colours. Represented i n principal Australian galleries. 110. SNOW GUMS AND S I LENCE (Wa t e r colour). L e n t b y Mr. a n d Mrs. E . S. Cornwall. LYMBURNER, FRANCIS, 1915 Bo r n Brisbane. Studied f o r a s h o r t while a t t h e Brisbane Central Technical College, t h e n moved t o Sydney. Influenced b y t h e wo r k o f Manet. A t present working i n London. Represented principal Australian galleries. 111. MOTHER AND CHILD (Oil). Le n t b y Mrs. A. H. Biscoe. 112. A GIRL (Oil). L e n t b y Mrs. Constance Beven. 113. MANLY (Oil). L e n t b y Mrs. Constance Beven. 113A. T H E CIRCUS (Oil). Le n t b y Mr. W. B. Campbell. MacQUEEN, KENNETH, 1897 Au s t r a l i an School. Bo r n a t Ballarat, Victoria. Studied a t t h e Slade a n d West- minster Schools, London. Served wi t h t h e A.I.F. in t h e 1914-18 war. Primarily devotes himself t o landscape painting i n Queensland, whe r e h e resides. He adopts a stylised approach t o n a t u r e i n his painting. Member Australian Academy o f Ar t . Represented i n t h e principal Australian galleries. 114. T H E CRE EK (Wa t e r colour). L e n t b y Dr. a n d Mrs. J . V. Duhig. 115. T H E HARBOUR MASTER'S YARD (Wa t e r colour). L e n t b y Mrs. C. Nettheim. 116. T H E TANK (Wa t e r colour). L e n t b y Mr. W. S. Ackworth. 117. SEASCAPE, NORTH COAST (Wa t e r colour). Le n t b y Dr. a n d Mrs. No rma n Behan. McCUBBIN, FREDERICK, 1855-1917 Bo r n Melbourne. Landscape, genre and po r t r a i t painter. One o f t h e earliest s t uden t s a t t he National Gallery School, o f which h e subsequently became Drawing Master f r om 1886 until his death. Wi t h Tom Roberts s t a r t e d the Camp a t Box Hill—the f i r s t of t h e artists' camps r ound Melbourne—and took p a r t wi t h Roberts, Streeton, a n d Conder in t h e f i r s t Impressionists' Exhibition a t Buxton's Galleries, 1889. McCubbin was one o f t h e f i r s t o f ou r painters to discover t h e lyrical qualities o f t h e Australian bush. Influenced a t f i r s t by Bastien Lepage, b u t l a t e r became a devotee o f Turner, whose works h e studied during a visit t o Eu r op e i n 1907. Represented principal Australian galleries. 118. F I SHERMAN' S BEND, VICTORIA (Oil). Le n t b y Dr. F r e d a Bage. MATHER, JOHN, 1848-1916 Au s t r a l i an School. Bo r n Hamilton, n e a r Glasgow. Landscapist in oils and wa t e r colours. F i r s t e t che r in Victoria. Received his a r t training a t Glasgow a n d Edinburgh. I n 1878 came t o Melbourne, whe r e he wa s a popular teacher; a f t e rwa r d s visited o t h e r States a n d New Zealand. A Trustee of t h e National Gallery, Melbourne, f r om 1893, a n d a member o f t h e Felton Bequests' Committee f r om 1905, holding b o t h positions until his death. Represented in t h e principal Australian galleries. 119. OLD FARM (Wa t e r colour). Le n t b y Dr. G. C. Taylor. 120. F I SHERMAN' S BEND (Wa t e r colour). L e n t b y Dr. and Mrs. Norman Behan. MEGARGEE, LOU American School. Western painter noted f o r figure painting, especially of Mexicans a n d Arizonian landscapes. 121. PORTRAIT—HUGH NEVILLE-SMITH (Oil). Le n t b y Mr. H. Neville Smith. MELDRUM, MAX, 1875 Bo r n i n Edinburgh, came t o Melbourne a t t h e a g e o f fourteen. Studied a t the National Gallery Schools, a n d wa s awarded t h e Travelling Scholarship, 1899. Proceeded t o Paris, wh e r e h e studied old ma s t e r s in t h e Louvre. Re t u r n i ng to Melbourne in 1913, established t h e Meldrum A r t School, which h a s exerted a widespread influence on Australian art. Lectured i n t h e United S t a t e s of America, 1927, a n d r e t u r n e d t o Australia v i a Europe, 1931. I n 1937 was appointed a Trustee o f . t h e National Gallery o f Victoria. Won t h e Archibald Prize, 1939 a nd 1940. Represented in all Australian galleries. 122. T H E CIDER MILL, PACE, 1912. L e n t b y t h e Director. 123. S EL F PORTRAIT, 1927. Le n t b y t h e Director. 124. INTERIOR, T H E ARTIST'S STUDIO, 1947 (Oil). L e n t b y t h e Director. 18 19