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LURE of THE SUN : Charles Blackman in Queensland LURE of THE SUN: Charles Blackman in Queensland page 97. page 96. Acknowledgments SPONSOR The Glencore Queensland Artists’ Gallery Sponsor Glencore LENDERS The Queensland Art Gallery I Gallery of Modern Art wishes to thank the following lenders who provided works for inclusion in the exhibition: INSTITUTIONAL LENDERS National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne National Portrait Gallery, Canberra The University of Queensland Art Museum PRIVATE LENDERS Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane James and Franki Birrell Barbara Blackman, AO Peter and Ann Brazel Lauraine Diggins Fine Art, Melbourne Margaret McGregor Meredith McKinney Frank and Merril Thompson And the private lenders who wish to remain anonymous PROJECT SUPPORT The Gallery thanks the following individuals for their assistance with the project: Philip Bacon, AM Cornelia Bartzis Christian Capurro Kath Kerswell Felicity St John Moore David Paterson Carl Warner The Gallery also acknowledges the following institutions for their assistance: State Library of Queensland University of Queensland Art Museum University of Queensland Press COPYRIGHT All works by Charles Blackman are © Charles Raymond Blackman. Licensed by Viscopy, Sydney, 2015 QUEENSLAND ART GALLERY BOARD OF TRUSTEES Professor Susan Street, AO (Chair) Philip Bacon, AM (Deputy Chair) Gina Fairfax Ross Patane Liz Pidgeon Avril Quaill Rick Wilkinson EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT TEAM Chris Saines, CNZM , Director Maud Page, Deputy Director, Collection and Exhibitions Tarragh Cunningham, Assistant Director, Development and Commercial Services Adam Lindsay, Assistant Director, Operations and Governance Simon Wright, Assistant Director, Learning and Public Engagement CURATORIAL MANAGER Jason Smith, Curatorial Manager, Australian Art EXHIBITION CURATOR Michael Hawker, Associate Curator, Australian Art CURATORIAL VOLUNTEER Shirley Millett PROJECT TEAM Andrew Dudley, Head of Registration Desley Bischoff, Registrar, Exhibitions and Loans Emma Schmeider, Registration Assistant, Exhibitions and Loans and staff Judy Gunning, Information and Publishing Services Manager and staff Bronwyn Klepp, Head of Marketing Hannah Clissold, Acting Head of Business Development Kara Chiconi, Acting Senior Media Officer Dan Cameron, Senior Communication Officer and staff Kate Mathers, Acting Exhibitions Manager and staff Fiona Neill, Public Programs Coordinator Jennie Lane, QAGOMA Members Coordinator and staff Michael O’Sullivan, Design Manager Katrina Bell, Senior Exhibition Designer Pamela Jeffs, Exhibition Designer and staff Amanda Pagliarino, Head of Conservation Anne Carter, Conservator, Paintings Samantha Shellard, Conservator, Works on Paper and staff Julie Walsh, Foundation Manager Dominique Jones, Philanthropy Manager and staff Celestine Doyle, Director, Asia Pacific Council PUBLICATION Design: Sally Nall, Graphic Designer Editing: Rebecca Mutch, Editor Editorial assistance: Stephanie Kennard, Assistant Editor Images, rights and permissions: Rebecca Mutch, Editor, and Michael Hawker, Associate Curator, Australian Art Selected bibliography: Jacklyn Young, Librarian (Collections) Artwork photography: Natasha Harth, Photographer Image assistance: Mark Sherwood, Assistant Photographer Proofreading: Rosemary Peers CONTRIBUTORS Anne Carter is Conservator, Paintings, Queensland Art Gallery I Gallery of Modern Art, where she has worked since 2000, including as Head of Conservation, QAGOMA, 2002–06. Anne holds degrees in Cultural Heritage Conservation, Art History and Studio Art, and undertook a two-year internship (1997–99) at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, where she studied the de-varnishing of modern oil paintings, including works by Pablo Picasso and Karl Schmidt‑Rottluff. Her interests include the conservation of modern and contemporary paintings, particularly mid-twentieth-century paintings, and the introduction of synthetic painting materials. Her recent research projects have included the materials of Scott Redford and Ian Fairweather. Michael Hawker is Associate Curator, Australian Art, Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art and curator of ‘Lure of the Sun: Charles Blackman in Queensland’. His recent exhibition projects include: ‘The Founding Years 1895–1915: A Collection for Queensland’ (2015) (with David Burnett, Curator, International Art), ‘Transparent: Watercolour in Queensland 1850s–1980s’ (2014), ‘Pleasure of Place: Photographs by Richard Stringer’ (2013), ‘Impressionists / Edwardians / Expatriates: Australian Art from the Collection’ (2012) and ‘Lloyd Rees: Early Brisbane Drawings’ (2011). Michael has a Bachelor of Arts, with a double major in art history, and postgraduate honours from the University of Queensland. Michele Helmrich is Associate Director (Curatorial) at the University of Queensland Art Museum. Her 1987 honours thesis was titled ‘ Barjai , Miya Studio and young Brisbane artists of the 1940s: Towards a radical practice’ (under the name Michele Anderson). In 1988, she curated the exhibition ‘Young Turks and Battle Lines: Barjai and Miya Studio’ for the University of Queensland Art Museum, and in 2005, with Peter Spearitt, she co-curated ‘Defending the North: Queensland in the Pacific War’. Her recent projects have included exhibitions on Rosemary Laing, Lindy Lee, Judy Watson, Fiona Foley (in partnership with the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney) and Margaret Olley (with Nick Mitzevich).