Under a Modern Sun: Art in Queensland 1930s–1950s

268 Under a Modern Sun: Art in Queensland 1930s–1950s 269 The pathway to Banfield’s old home (Dunk Island) c.1940 Oil on canvas on plywood 46 x 59.8cm Purchased 1940 pp.220–1 Tropical landscape c.1940–50 Oil on canvas on plywood 47.6 x 62cm Gift of (Professor) Dr J.V. Duhig 1952 p.218 Two boats 1946 Oil on canvas on plywood 45.7 x 56.5cm Purchased 1946 p.219 Last rays on the sand dunes c.1939–40 Gelatin silver photograph 23.8 x 29.5cm Gift of Dr J.H. Simmonds 1982 p.192 Midday cumulus c.1940 Bromoil transfer photograph 30.6 x 25.5cm Gift of Dr J.H. Simmonds 1982 p.184 Orma Smith Australia QLD 1906–97 Covered jar 1933 Earthenware, hand-built, dipped gold clay, scraffito design of chrysanthemums, double‑glazed and with moulded floral cover 20 x 18cm (diam.) Gift of the artist 1983 p.238 James Wieneke Australia QLD 1906–81 Fishing boats, North Quay c.1941 Watercolour over pencil on wove handmade paper 33.6 x 45cm Purchased 1941 pp.59, 117 Watercraft, Thursday Island c.1944 Watercolour over pencil on wove handmade paper 26.6 x 37.7cm Gift of James and Anthea Wieneke 1980 p.211 Noel Wood Australia SA/QLD 1912–2001 Evening, Timana c.1940 Oil on canvas on plywood 55.1 x 67.5cm Purchased 2024 with funds from Constantine Carides and Elene Carides in memory of their parents Kiryacos and Mary Carides through the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art Foundation p.216 Leonard Shillam Australia QLD 1915–2005 Reclining woman 1942 Sandstone 64 x 108 x 56cm (irreg.) Purchased 1994 with funds from Grace Davies and Nell Davies through the Queensland Art Gallery Foundation pp.250–1 Rose Simmonds Australia QLD 1877–1960 Sandhills c.1930 Gelatin silver photograph 24.1 x 29.8cm Gift of Rosemary Goodchild and Margaret Andresen 1993 p.193 Seashore curves c.1930 Gelatin silver photograph 29.7 x 29.5cm Gift of Rosemary Goodchild and Margaret Andresen 1993 p.194 (Grey Street Bridge, Brisbane) c.1933 Bromoil transfer photograph 18.4 x 23.9cm Gift of Dr J.H. Simmonds 1982 p.122 (J.H. Simmonds, Rosemary and Margaret on a slippery slide in water) c.1938, printed 1984 Type C photograph 22.9 x 20.1cm Print from original transparency gifted by Dr J.H. Simmonds 1982 p.190 (Two small girls in red, filling sand buckets in shallow water) c.1938, printed 1984 Type C photograph 19.7 x 19.6cm Print from original transparency gifted by Dr J.H. Simmonds 1982 p.191 (Two small girls in red, making sandcastles, with a dog) c.1938, printed 1984 Type C photograph 20.1 x 25.2cm Print from original transparency gifted by Dr J.H. Simmonds 1982 pp.188–9 (Road from Cooktown to Lakeland) 1959 Watercolour over pencil on paper 28.5 x 35.5cm Purchased 2002. Queensland Art Gallery Foundation Grant pp.164, 260–1 (Top of Howick, south of Barrow Point) 1959 Watercolour on paper 28.5 x 35.7cm Purchased 2002. Queensland Art Gallery Foundation Grant pp.50–1, 171 (Wakooka, inland from Barrow Point) 1959 Watercolour on paper 28.7 x 39.5cm Purchased 2002. Queensland Art Gallery Foundation Grant pp.18, 62, 168–9 Frank Sherrin Australia QLD 1893–1968 Seaside trees c.1940s Watercolour on paper 40 x 51cm Gift of Miss June Sherrin 1992 p.203 Boat anchorage, Breakfast Creek 1945 Oil on canvas on board 35.5 x 45.5cm Bequest of June Marie Sherrin through the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art Foundation 2019 Inside back cover, p.121 Kathleen Shillam Australia QLD 1916–2002 Little creature c.1957 Sandstone 26.4 x 31.5 x 23.5cm Purchased 1957 pp.39, 249 (Banksia flower) c.1950s–60s Linocut, hand-coloured on paper 23.4 x 17.1cm Gift of the artist 1980 pp.66, 87 (Banksia pods) c.1950s–60s Linocut, hand-coloured on paper 23.3 x 17cm Gift of the artist 1980 pp.10, 86 Joe Rootsey Barrow Point people, Ama Wuriingu clan Australia QLD 1918–63 (Coastal landscape) c.1954 Gouache on paper 29 x 29cm Gift of Dr Peter Lavarack in memory of Joan Innes Reid AM through the Queensland Art Gallery Foundation 2010 p.207 Long Beach c.1954 Coloured pencil and gouache on paper 22 x 27.6cm Gift of Dr Peter Lavarack in memory of Joan Innes Reid AM through the Queensland Art Gallery Foundation 2010 p.206 (Looking over Cooktown) c.1958 Watercolour and gouache on paper Gift of John Conroy through the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art Foundation 2021. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program pp.63, 204 (Eastward from Bathurst Head) 1958 Watercolour on paper 39.9 x 58cm Purchased 1993. Queensland Art Gallery Society p.205 (Kalpower) c.1959 Watercolour over pencil on paper 40.5 x 58cm Purchased 2002. Queensland Art Gallery Foundation Grant p.167 (Landscape with road and fence) c.1959 Watercolour on paper 28.5 x 35.7cm Purchased 2002. Queensland Art Gallery Foundation Grant pp.152, 170 (Bottom lake at Kalpower) 1959 Watercolour on paper 30 x 39.7cm Purchased 2002. Queensland Art Gallery Foundation Grant p.166 (pp.270–1) Ray Crooke , Cape York town (detail) c.1949–55