Loan paintings from Brisbane private collections

NEXT EXHIBITION ACQUISITIONS 1951-1953 ABSOLON, JOHN, 1815-1895 British School. Bo r n a t Lambeth. Studied a t t h e British Museum a n d a t the a g e o f fifteen s t a r t e d painting portraits in oil. Th e n employed b y t h e Grieve family i n painting figures a n d scenes a t D r u r y La n e a n d Covent Garden Theatres. Visited P a r i s in 1835 a n d f r om t h e n o n exchanged t h e use o f oil for wa t e r colour. H e showed regularly in t h e Royal Academy a n d o t h e r exhibitions a n d wa s a popular painter. Th e "Elwood Fami l y" is a charming a n d typical example o f t h e painting o f t h e period. 1. T H E ELWOOD FAMILY (Wa t e r colour). L e n t b y Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Henderson. ANNOIS, LEONARD LLOYD, 1906 Australian School. Bo r n Melbourne. Studied a t t h e National Gallery Schools, Melbourne. A wa t e r colourist working i n t h e English tradition. H a s also designed sets f o r Australian ballet and made numerous drawings a n d lithographs o f old buildings in Victoria a n d Tasmania. Wo r ked abroad 1950-1952. Repre- sented in t h e principal Australian galleries. 2. STREET I N MARSEILLES (Wa t e r colour). L e n t b y Mr. a n d Mrs. Basil Gillespie. 3. OLD PORT, MARSE I LLES (Wa t e r colour). L e n t b y Mr. F. C. Kennedy. 4. CONWAY CASTLE (Wa t e r colour). L e n t b y Mrs. M. Crombie. ASHTON, WILL, OR E . , 1881 Australian School. Bo r n a t York, England, whe r e his father, J ame s Ashton, t a u g h t a t t h e Yo r k School of Ar t . J ame s As h t on came t o Au s t r a l i a and settled in Adelaide wh en his son wa s aged t h r e e years. Will Ashton received his instruction i n a r t f r om his father. I n 1900 his pa r en t s a r r anged f o r him t o go t o Eu r ope t o continue his studies, f i r s t u n d e r Julius Olsson a n d Algernon Talmage a t St. Ives, Cornwall, a n d l a t e r a t Julian's Academy, Paris, under Professors Baschet a n d Schommer. He r e t u r n e d t o Australia in 1905 and settled permanently in Sydney in 1918. Director o f t h e National Gallery of New South Wales 1937-1944. Awarded Wynne Prize, Sydney, 1908, 1930, 1939. H e devotes himself entirely t o landscape painting i n oils. H a s made ma n y trips ab r oad a nd painted a n d exhibited extensively o n t h e Continent. Represented i n all t h e Australian Galleries a n d in ma n y private collections. H e paints naturalistically f r om t h e point of view o f Impressionism, b u t some o f his later wo r k shows more emphasis on colour p a t t e r n a n d form. 5. ALGECIRAS (Oil). L e n t b y Dr. a n d Mrs. J . V. Duhig. 6. SANAR (Oil). L e n t b y Miss Gwen Jones. 7. ALGIERS (Oil). L e n t b y Dr. a n d Mrs. Bruce Barrack. 8. CAPRI (Oil). L e n t b y Dr. a nd Mrs. Bruce Barrack. 9. GOSPEL. L e n t b y Mr. a nd Mrs. R. R. J . Donaldson. 10. T H E LOUVRE (Oil). L e n t b y Mr. a n d Mrs. P . Henri. 11. FLORENCE (Oil). L e n t b y t h e Misses Nelson Watsons. 12. RICHMOND BRIDGE (Oil). L e n t b y t h e Misses Nelson Watsons. 4 5