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

lie exhibi- . tun has been postponed 0111 July 1 4 -Aup ust 11. "COURIER MAIL" Brisbane, Qld. night at a p.m "COURIER MAIL" Brisbane, Aid. 1 ES'ITIIDAI picture of sculptor. Leonard Shillala. HIS DESIGN WON £200 SYMBOLIC figures resell- ing towards the sun - and enlightenment-are featured in this design by Leonard Shillam, for use on the exterior of extensions to the Public Library in William Street. The design won AI, £200. 1 FOR SERVICE TO ART -HIS OWN PORTRAIT 111' A STAFF REPORTER HOW to say thank -you artistically was the lesson of a ceremony at the NaticstutArt Gallery yesterday. The man being Mr7lierring thanked them thanked was 79 -year -o10111, but-still the crusader Mr, Maurice Herring. itindrdebde:tter art facilities - He has been trustee and "We have readied a stage honorary treasurer of the where it Is going to be ins" gallery for nearly 30 years.txissible to carry on unless Mr. Herring's eight fellow IMr. Piney and his Govern - m trustees wanted to show that!meable financial help. give us pretty consider - they appreciated his record, term of public service to art in Queensland. So they commissioned his likeness in oils from Vic- torian artist A. D. Coign- houn. Goes on show From this morning Mr. Herring's portrait-361n. by' 301n., will form a permanent part of the gallery for which he has done so much. Yesterday afternoon the trustees, headed by Mr. Edgar Ferguson, offered their reward In style: They entertained Mr. Her-, ring, last survivor of the board of trustees formed in 1930, and his wife, to' aP-"noon tea and pleasant colversation. Then they asked the Educa- tion Minist.tr (Mr. Pizzey) to unveil the painting, showing Mr. Herring in thoughtful mood with one of his favourite pipes. First prize of the Centenary BRISBANE sculptor Leonard Shillam yes- terday won the £200 prize for the best sculpture design for use on the exterior of 1959 Centenary Year extensions to the Pub- lic Library in William Street. With Victorian artist tress wife, Kathleen. live in Holmes Street, Brighton. Mr. Shillam, who described the prize as a hallmark in his career. said yesterday that erection of his sculp- ture probably would cost up to £700. A former poultry farmer. To be east in aluminium, Mr. ShUtam and his sculp-,the sculpture shows three symbolic figures reaching to- wards the rays of the sun. 20ft. High It will be about gOft. high on the river side of the Pub- ic Library extension exter- nal wall, and is meant to represent the dissemination of enlightenment to man- kind. The winning 68ft. by 14ift. mural to decorate the curved William Street side of the Library extension is de- scribed es "not a literal sub- ject, but one suggesting basic primitive organic forms, ageless, belonging to no par- ticular age, indicative of growth and development." It will be erected as a glass mosaic. Judges said it had the virtue of permanence, add- ing that they did not expect any public reaction against its unrepresentational style. 52 Entries There were 31 entries in the wall decoration section (Queensland 10. New South Wales 2. Victoria 11. and Tasmania 21. and 21 in the sculpture section (Queens- land 9, New South Wales 1. Victoria 9. 'Tasmania 1, end Enaland It. The panel of judges for both sections was the Dean of Architecture at Queens- land University (Professor Ii. P. Cummings(. Director of the Queensland National. Ail. Gallery (W. 'Robert; Haines), Director of State Primary Education (Mr. 0. K. D. Murphy). Royal Queensland Art Society pre- sident 'Mr. E. J. A. WellP1'1. and St. Lucie artist, Miss Vida Lahey. M.B.E. Mr. Shillnni is of present engaged on a £490 statue of St. Thomas of Villanova for l'illnnove College. Com- perm. Lindsay Edward, who won the £500 prize for the best wall decoration design, they became the first winners of Centenary Year competi- tions. From Jill lgriR Cairns, Q1141. SIR WINSTON'S PAINTINGS AUSTRALIAN EXHIBITION CANBERRA, July 13.-Paint- ings by Sir Winston Churchill will be shown in Canberra and all State capitals. The Prime Minister iMr. R. G. Menzies( sold to -day he had completed arrangements with Sir Winston to exhibit the paintings which were now touring the United States and Canada. The exhibition In the Brisbane National Gallery would be from September 21 to October 12. " COUNTRY LIFE." 6: Oil "AP 'Winston show CANBERRA. The exiub - u,m of Sir Winston citurelias painting lam touring Not 111 Amerte.) would be on show at the) Queensland National Gallery in Brisbane from -September to to Sept ember 21, he Prim, Mint -ter (Mr. TOM-, 71P.,1 allI101111(111 last night. "TELEGRAPH" Brisbane, QId. CHURCHILL Cr' SEPTEMBER IN RA. Tilt. e% 0,1011...itt sir winsto,, bItt°"'ll'°s paintings...nt! ', ectanc,i-,t.. Winston for Iwith n° to tour ^ on Churciti _i_iij, digLI ,lioss ioi llia oal.elY,_..1 in North sin _ ,be shot1,14,I)11 Angoet' la Q, u 'land14°;,t' from Septt:nnwt ln ,,°c Prinle flounCed 1 1 - metizie1' i 1 he had \Mr, i ht that . ents 131.1s.oallso,,,inberislittlister. , ,,TVed orrangm the last tirxtit\iire.tioenoibition ITUrg;st 1.1. ."- first in o_ n 6aUid. \ WORLD TRAVELLERS FIND AUSTRALIA STIMULATING IN Brisbane this week on their first visit to Queensland and impressed by everything they have seen are Mr. and Mrs. Ian Bell of Canberra. Mr. Bell is Counsellor and Official Secretary to the High Commissioner for Great Britain, resid- ent in Canberra, Lord Carrington. Mrs. Bell is a graduate of Oxford University. They have been in Australia for a year. Mrs. Bell has tremendous admiration for Australian women. "They are smart, energetic, and combine home so cleverly with n career," she said. She paid tribute to the men whom she said were an enormous help to their wives. It was refreshing to hear Mrs. Bell's high praise of Queensland's capital. "I think Brisbane is one of the most attractive capital cities in Australia," said Mrs. Bell, who, with her husband, saw as much as possible of Brisbane during their short stay. On Mrs. Bell's itinerary was Newatead, the Queens- land University, and with her husband the National Art Gallery. Mr. Bell, himself a painter, had heard glowing reports of the work being done by the Director of the Gallery, Mr. Robert Haines. MRS. IAN BELL Mr. and Mrs. Bell can be said to he citizens of the world. They have lived in South America, Ethiopia, Czechoslovakia, S a u d 1 Arabia 'they were turned out after the Suez crisis) and London. Australia was a rare and unexpected Posting, in the Form -n-1 Office, and they were finding it stimulating and interesting. Asked of educational progress in Saudi Arabia, Mrs. Bell said it was a primitive country and education for the masses Was a slow process. Those who were educated, im- mediately sought white collar jobs and It was difficult to place them. Of Czechoslovakia, Mrs. Bell said the everyone lived in fear of the secret police. Women had equality with men, but shared their hazards even to manual labour. "Equality of women is not always what is ex. petted," said Mrs. Bell. One of Mrs. Bell's en- gagements while in Bris- bane was with University Women graduates at the home of president of the Graduates Association, Mrs. J. F. Keays. She spoke of "Life be hind the Iron Curtain." Before leaving Queens- land on Sunday, Mr. and Mrs. Bell visited Too- woomba and Charleville for a glimpse of country life. They will return to Queensland by caravan in August or September for a holiday at Noosa accom- panied by their three sone, the oldest on vacation from school in England. The two younger suns at- tend the Grammar School at Canberra.