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

From From "TELEGRAPH" Brisbane, Qid, In LETTERS TO THE EDITOR today, an art lover makes a suggestion- COURT BUILDING FOR ART GALLERY WHAT has become of the plan for a new home for the Queensland Notional Art GolleW A number of recent able one I for the Law generous bequests In- Courts.-ART LOVER, dleates that there is Cherniside. an awakening of inter- est in art in this Slate. Maybe the public gen- erally also would pay more attention to this aspect of culture if it were made easier for them, but while they have to take a tram ride from the city there will not be big attend- However, not one of limes at our Art the eleven factories to Gallery. be opened by motor The Supreme Court companies will be Building seems to be established in this ideally situated - cen- State, due to Govern - teal for all suburban meat interference ail!) dwellers and handy for all business, cit y workers and shoppers to drop in during spare hours. There should be no difficulties in the way of finding another site land a more suit - MR. GAZA and Mr. Power preen themselves that be- cause southern inter- ests have Purchased a couple of retail busi- nesses in Brisbane, they are doing well for the people of Queens- land. Where are the unions who could easily treble their numbers if these fac- tories opened in Queensland?-J. WAL- TERS, Southport. From "COURIER MAIL" Brisbane, Q1d. Xk HAR 75-, "COURIER MAIL" Brisbane, QId. Her gift to beauty was£8000 Amrst, N ii ho "lot eti 110,124" has made an ES01111 heitiiest to the Queens I a int National Art The gift was made from the estate of Miss Estelle M. C. Neilson, Neilson House, Itosel,er Terrace, Chet mer. win dirt on August 21 last sear, aged 84. This Is one of the largest bequests ever made to the Queensland gaiters. Miss Neilson, during her lifetime, had given her faintly home at Chel- mer to the Church of England as a home for aged women. She was the last of her (limn). NEW' WORKS The bequest was an- nounced yesterday by the Gallery Trustees' chair- man (Mr E. A. Fergu- son). He said it would enable them to provide works of art of great in- terest to the people Of Queensland. Mr. Ferguson said the trustees had also ex- pressed appreciation of the gift of funds and works of art for the new 'Foowoomba Gallery. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Art man's ift 111111111111111111/11111111111111111111111/111 11111111111111111ilmilillini1/111111111111111111111111/111111111111111111 .1111111111/111111111111111111 111/111111111111111111111111 Downs allery 1111111111111t11111111111111111111.1111111111/1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 .11111111/111111i11/111111111111111111111/1111111111111 /1111111111111111111111111111 TOOWOOMBA, the queen city of the I)owns, is to be con- gratulated on the sound foundation of its new art gallery (C.-M. 16/3/57). Its inauguration re. 'c'ts credit in many quarters (Sir Lionel Lindsay has given nearly 100 of his pictures) and must give particular pleasure to the. Queensland National Art Gallery, as evidencing the spread of its benign paternal influence and ex- ample, A few of our 12 cities pos- sess VAIllable ithcugh smalls collections, but none has emulated Toownomba. In token of my own appre- Harlan of the added lustre it gives to the prestige of Queensland's cultural life, I am offering to the new gal- lery a work of art by an Australian painter and with this gift goes my heartic,t wish for the gallery's flour- ishing future. - Norman Behan, Trustee, Queensland National Art Gallery. "COURIER MAIL" Brisbane, Gild. 9 APR 1951 ..111111111/111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111ilitil ! Welcome to Downs gallery I DESIRE to ex press my personal appreciation of the magnificent gift of an art gallery and an art collection to the City i of Toosvisomba. Queensland and Austra- l. Ila as a ' whole will bene- fit. This gift comes from a Queensland citizen, and the 1 gallery will house much of the nark of an important Australian painter and i etcher-Sir Lionel Lindsay. Il will, I think, assist In j. building up a national tra- dition In art In Australia 1 "arising from a people as j they struggle with their social and geographical I = environment." 1 BRISBANE, TOO? The State of Queensland, not yet 100 years old, has during its lifetime been notable for progress In many fields, hut the field art collection and ap- latIon remains corn- 1. ely untitled except j I j uee;Mird National cry ts awes this v thy addition to the 1 Slate's kingdom of art and wisheseit well. I hope,the day is not far distant when the present j Gallery temporaryin NthatieonalState's Art capital will be replaced by 1 a permanent National Gal - x lery which will be an j adornment to the State of 1 Queensland.-E. A. R- I GUSON, ChairmanFE of _ 1 Trustees, Queensland tjtnaal..Agt mstti "TELEGRAPH" Brisbane, Qid. Persian prints pleasing teaselling e - Whitton of prints, a r r se n ged bs NESTO is in be srrn in the print roam Of lill 011111.11,. land Nati 4444 III t,I fun Hew.% Gregsirs Terrace. I Lin 1.1.1)111(1 1011s 311.0 rllrnt in t iucltty 1111d gp.t. a 'seat ouportimity of apprecilitim ,oine of the wort: rarn,d out by Persian 0:1 t 15th oficl lint ct ottup,s. These artists were superb illustrators i,ttl in a very realistic fash- ion have ratotht the spirit of aneient A -,toly of the delight- ful landscapes to he found in many of the backerminds should (dee ti great deal of Pleasure. ft is in these hind- scapes that one can readily trace with in- terest the Chitlins(' influ- ence introduced about the besinning of the 1'311 cent tit y Thi, exhibition is highly rucoinmendrcl for both its art value and historical interest, - MF.LVILLF 'a