Queensland Art Gallery Presscuttings Book 1 : Presscuttings, 1959-1962

ART REVIEW by DR. GERTRUDE LANCER A DISPLAY BRITISH LI A WORK or art must Is Ihed, simply and Subsequently we may pull It to pieces, ra [moony analyse Its physical structure, tleeinttnii(Tit te,fiorrst,en intell ctualrii,eijaHmi; the work in its totality and impart.tern its In a room filled with works of art of various kinds, one always feels drawn immedi- ately by some, while others create little response. Thus, while technical ex. cellence is mach in evidence in an Exhibition of Modern British Lithographs now on display for three weeks in the Print Room of the National Gallery. one keeps returning, even after closer examination of the tot. (which caters for all kinds of tastes) to those few works that had the strongest appeal at first. EMOTIONAL For most there are three lithos by Allin Braund. In "The White Gate," "Low Tide, Evening" and "Shadow of the Red Sun." sensory per- ceptions are fused with the artist's emotional experience, producing an imagery which is poetic. We share that moment of suspense, not L 1904 OF MODERN THOGRAPHS he 11Ved, as an experience directly. always comfortable, when things suddenly seem to hole a secret. The feeling and the form -language is of our time. Then there are "The Lov- ers" and "Gallery Goers" by Merck Zulawski. "Gallery Goers" is even more interest- ing by virtue of sensitive placing of shapes and equally sensitive interior drawing than it Is In its comment on the subiect. LIGHTNESS Charm and lightness of touch, disciplined by rhyth- mic line play, characterises Itichard Beer's "Donkey Cart." The decorative clement prevails in lithos by Charles Keeping, Richard Platt, Henry Holier. Robert 'Taver- ner. Human situations are ex- plored by Alistair Grant ("The Crying Child"), and Kenneth Bale "The Audi- ence"), both using a soft nainter-like technique in contrast with some other ar- tists who emphasise a hard Incisive line usually associa- ted rather with engraving techniques. %mei 41.11133 STRALIAN PRESS CUTTINGS Melboente, Vinods "ADVERTISER" Adelaide, S.A. "TELEGRAPH" Brisbane, aid. BALL AID FOR NEW GALLERY Proceeds from this year's Arts Ball at Cloudland in May, will go towards the building of a new Art Gallery in Brisbane. Tbe manes front this royal court. it is hoped ball aill farm the to have a guard at nucleus of a fund fur honour at "black the slim gallery. Exotic decoration schemes will centre around the theme of "The King and I." To achieve the, alma - sphere of an Eastern slaves" lining the en- trance to the ballroom. ready to open guests' their) up the staircases. ear doors, and escort %%Welt will be heavily festooned %till) tropival plants. From "COURIER MAIL" Brisbane, aid. /QR7 Art panel 0,1 Victorian era THE courier -mail art showing a Panel is currently paintind g cram the Victorian Period, It Is "Mystic Wood," by John William Water. house (194/1-1917). It has been lent bY the Queens- land National Art Gallery, ad will be on display for two weeks. 1111111111/1111111111/1111111 i1111111111111.1/111,111111/111riltrlo111 7 FEB IN OTHER CITIES 1,500 Adults At School: Juvenile Drinkers F A Special Renr e.enlativt 11111111111111111111 llllll 1111 lllllllll lllllllll 1111111111111111111111111111111111111111 llllll 1111111111111111 rom BRISBANE. Feb. 8. NEXT week, Qmplisl and 's mast unnsital sellool begins its eleventh year of existence. It is unusual in its curricu- lum and in its students. And it is particularly un- usual because It is free. The "school" Is the series of classes run, day and ey the Board of Avenindult °E dubcation. And the fact that it caters only for adults is its only restric- tion. At least 1,5110 people, front bite teenagers to 70-vear-olds, and front ail walks of life, pack the lectures, %bleb are given at 100 centres throughout the State. And the subjects range from how to make a felt toy to advanced musical appreciation; front astro- nomy to legal relationship, in family life. This yerr the hoard ha added a few more subject to its curriculum. For in- stance, it has drawn on US adult education courses for the idea of a series on the world's great books. And it has pressed into service the BRISBANE LETTER 11111111111111111111111111111111 llllll 1111111 llllll 111 Director of the Queensland National Art Gallery (re- cently back front an over- seas tour for lectures on art treasures in Europe and the US. I From "TELEGRAPH" r1 ?!, Brisbane, aid. Quality of colour prints is high Quality of the modern British lithographic colour prints, now being displayed at the Queensland Notional Art Gallery, is at a constant high level, This collection will be' --- Senefelder who invented Field," deserve attention. powerful in both colour shown In the State gel. the of ofs 1111(1 design. levies throughout the in 1798. I Two panels. each Holzer's work. though Commonwealth. Bale's The most forcefully, three prints, stand out more reserved in colour, holds its [duce very well. They are the efforts of River and The Lake Allin Braund and Henry satiqv while The Moun- In the century to bring Sun,Trees.and House Holzer. Braund's Low lain Torn. with its Melt about a true appreciation Alexandra Park by Her- Title, Evening, Shadow qualities, overall, appears again of the high place in mina and the cot -'from the Red Sun and to dominate ihe show.- the graphic HMS due to Vast inn woks of Jean The White Gate a re MELVILLE HA VS9511._ this fine craft. The (.111b - 't'hc Pelicansl was named after Akys and Tin Calf in the Telegraph, Friday, Feb. 15, .1957 23 It has been arranged be Audience is effective in the Senefelder Club, which wits formed early colour and light. Morning From From "COURIER MAIL" Brisbane, aid. .11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111.111111111111111111111L ART DISPLAY "WELCOME" THREE paintings by Betty Cameron are now on display on The Courier -Mail Art Panel-as a "welcome back to Bris- bane" gesture. Miss Cameron, regarded as one of the younger gen- eration's most promising painters, returned to P{', - bane recently after five years in London. She won a £300 travel- ling art scholarship in 1951 from the Younger Artists' Group. Readers of The Courier - Mall subscribed 2150 to a fund to help her. In 1952, she was ad- mitted to the Royal Col- lege of Art, after a few months at the South-west Fries Art School. 1ST -CLASS PASS Miss Cameron was awarded a first elasa pass at the College In her final year. She returned to Brisbane with her painter husband, Roy Chureher, and wishes to remain here painting portraits, landscapes, and murals. Two of the paintings on the panel-"Pensioners, 1954," and "Portrait-An Art Student, London"- have been lent by Miss Cameron. The other- "Against the Light, Self Portrait, 1956"-was lent by the Queensland National Art Gallery director (Mr. R. Haines). 1.1,11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111.011111111111111 "COURIER MAIL" Brisbane, 21 FEB 16r Want new Art \ Gallery here intOCEEDS from this years Brisbane Arts Bell would go Inwards th e est ablision en t of n neW National Art Gallery in Bris-' bane, provided the trustees agreed. ('ills decided last night at the annual meeting of the Arts Ball committee. which was held in the 413K audi- torium.,, i also suggested at ihr 1Il 1)eet ing that proceeq., f'llote"revocrctis to Bathe. same purpose. The director of thi. Gt.tieenslondr . Robe National t Gallery rt Haines' was exclyt(, I chairmen of lid. year's secretory. 'Mi"nerd(1"iew Mr. Frain Cramer Vis Ireasti 'The Brisbane Arts Bei will br hmeleciyalt1Clowllelainlidemot ro.'fsi the' decorations will b The King and I. aid.