Loan paintings from Brisbane private collections

BELLETTE, J EAN MARY (Mrs. Paul Haefliger), 1909 Australian School. Bo r n P e n n a n t Hills, New South Wales. Wife o f a r t i s t and critic, P a u l Haefliger (q.v.). Pa i n t e r of classical figure subjects, executed in subdued colours a nd sensitive pa i n t texture. Trained a t Sydney A r t School, London Central, a nd Westminster A r t Schools. Travelled a nd studied i n Paris a n d Italy. Represented in t h e National Gallery of Victoria, New South Wales, and South Australia. 13. ESS I E RESTING (Oil). Le n t b y Dr. and Mrs. Hu g h McLelland. BENNETT, WILLIAM RUBERY, 1893 Australian School. Born Brisbane. Studied a t t h e Royal A r t Society Schools in Queensland a n d l a t e r und e r J o h n Salvana, Lawson Balfour, and Fred Britton. Wo r k s include etchings a s well a s oils, wa t e r colours, a nd pastels. 14. ROAD TO BURRAGARONG, N.S.W. Le n t b y Mr. F . C. Katte. BOYD, THEODORE PENLEIGH, 1890-1923 Au s t r a l i an School. Bo r n in England. Br ough t t o Au s t r a l i a a t t h e age of four. Studied a t t h e Melbourne National Gallery under F r e d McCubbin a nd L. Bernard Hall. Visited Europe a nd exhibited a t t h e Royal Academy a t t h e age o f 21. Re t u r ned t o Melbourne in 1913. Awarded Wynne A r t Prize, Sydney, 1914. Served w i t h t h e A.I.F., 1915. Af t e r a short, brilliant career, h e wa s killed in a motor accident. Represented in t h e leading Australian galleries. His work reached ma t u r i t y a t a v e r y early age a nd m e t with immediate success. H e wa s a prodigious worker a nd held numerous exhibitions. Devoting himself entirely to landscape painting, he worked with equal facility in oils a n d wa t e r colour. 15. LANDSCAPE (Wa t e r colour). Le n t b y Mr. a n d Mrs. G. W. Watson. 16. T H E WH I TE ROAD (Oil). Le n t b y Mr. R. Baxter. 17. EVENING CALM (Wa t e r colour). Len t b y Mr. R. Baxter. BUSH, CHARLES, b. 1919 Australian School. Born Melbourne a n d studied a t t h e National Gallery Schools f r om t h e age o f fourteen, showed early promise a n d won ma n y prizes while in t h e school. Joined t h e A.I.F. in World W a r I I serving i n t h e Artillery and Camouflage. Wa s l a t e r appointed a n official w a r artist, working i n Timor and New Guinea. Since 1945 h e h a s won t h e Crouch Prize f o u r times, two a r t prizes a t Bendigo, t h e Melville Prize in Adelaide, prizes in Pe r t h , Albury, and Geelong. I n 1952 wa s awarded t h e He n r y Caselli Richards Memorial Prize f o r his land- scape "Th e Glass House Mountains." He wa s also awarded t h e Wynne Prize f o r 1952. I n 1949 he wa s awarded a p a r t scholarship b y t h e British Council, studied a t t h e Westminster School o f Ar t , London, a n d travelled extensively in Europe. Re t u r ned t o Australia in 1951. H e is a figure a nd landscape painter i n oils a n d wa t e r colours a n d a competent d r a ugh t sma n in various mediums. Bu s h is undoubtedly one o f t h e mo s t able of t h e younger Australian artists. Represented in t h e principal Australian galleries. 18. T H E COOLINGS (Oil). L e n t b y Mr. V. H. G. Nolan. BUSH, CHARLES (Continued). 19. MONTMARTRE (Oil). L e n t b y Dr. a n d Mrs. Fe r gu s Yates. 20. GIRL WI TH T H E GRE EN GLOVES (Oil). Le n t b y Mr. a n d Mrs. Mu r r a y Brown. 21. OUTSKIRTS O F TOLEDO (Oil). Le n t b y Mr. a n d Mrs. L. Dodwell. 22. MARKET PLACE—FOIX, FRANCE (Wa t e r colour). L e n t b y Mr. W. B. Campbell. BRABAZON, HERCULES B., 1821-1906 English School. Bo r n Paris, son of Hercules Sharp. Took t h e n ame of Brabazon in 1847, on succeeding t o t h e Brabazon Estates, Co. Mayo. Trained himself chiefly b y ma k i ng copies a f t e r English wa t e r colourists a n d t h e Old Masters. Travelled in Southern Europe, Egyp t , a n d India. Continued t o paint until a few mon t h s of his death. Represented principal world galleries. 23. EASTERN INTERIOR (Wa t e r colour). L e n t b y Miss Constance Lloyd. 24. BAZAAR (Wa t e r colour). Le n t by Dr. a nd Mrs. Hu g h McLelland. 25. T H E TWO DONKEYS (Wa t e r colour). L e n t b y Mr. a nd Mrs. P . Henri. 26. T H E MARKET (Wa t e r colour). Le n t by Mr. a n d Mrs. P . Henri. BUNNY, RUPERT, 1864-1947 Australian School. Bo r n a t St. Kilda, Victoria. Commenced his a r t t r a i n i ng at t h e Melbourne National Gallery School under Folingsby, a nd l a t e r we n t t o Paris a n d studied under J e a n Pa u l Laurens. Bunny ma r r i e d a Frenchwoman and lived i n Pa r i s f o r ma n y years. He exhibited a t t h e P a r i s Salon continuously f r om 1886 t o 1900, a t t h e New Salon a nd t h e Au t umn Salon, being a membe r of both these societies. H a s also exhibited a t t h e Royal Academy, London, a n d at Pittsburg, United States o f America. He is among t h e few Australians whose work is represented in t h e Luxembourg Gallery, Paris, a nd t h e principal Aus- t r a l i an galleries. H e r e t u r ned t o Australia in 1933 a n d settled in Melbourne. A figure, po r t r a i t a n d landscape painter, and h a s painted ma n y large decorative canvases. His outlook i n a r t is French, being influenced strongly b y Renoir and t h e impressionists. 27. PORTRAIT (Oil). L e n t b y Mr. and Mrs. Cohn Bednall. 28. SANARY COAS1 (Oil). Le n t by Mr. a nd Mrs. Cohn Bednall. 29. F IGURE STUDY (ORIENTAL) (Oil). L e n t b y Dr. and Mrs. Hugh McLelland. 30. VILLAGE AT T H E FOOT O F T H E PYRENEES . (Oil). Le n t by Dr. a nd Mrs. Hu g h McLelland. 31. BY T H E S EA (Oil). Le n t b y Mr. a n d Mrs. P . Henri. 6 7