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

It is highly ornate with a sculpted frieze includ- ing a neat) of the %Ville God Bacchus with a al ape surround, and figure-. of dancing Bacchantes. Mr. Haines said he hoped to annum 'brass section showing Chinese, Greek, Egyptian, Aborig- inal, Island, and Euro- pean for the Gallery. Mr. Haines added: "It is just a matter of luck pick- ing these things up. Gen - rally they do not corn- -land as great a price here In Euro c." "COURIER MAIL" RAct,,,ne. 3 Paintings to how for week Three I, on loan mom the Queensland Rhona! Art Gallery are on how in The Courier -Mail estibule for a week. They are from the collec- ion of the National Gallery f Victoria. The artists are Dod Proc- or, ARA, an outstanding omen painter, Carel eight, and W. R. Sickert. Two of the paintings are portraits, "In a Strange Land," by Proctor. and "Portrait of a Painter," by Weight., presenting an in- teresting contrast. Sicken is considered the ost outstanding figure in todern English painting. His contribution is "Ad- miral Duquesne, Dieppe." "COURIER MAIL" P 'isbane, Qld. RARE GRECIAN ART MODELLED by a 4th century A.D. potter, the rare terra-cotta Grecian wine jar was on show at Brisbane National Gallery yesterday. The jar had been acquired in Sydney by the Queensland Art Gallery director Mr. Rolm -1 HainesI, tr collection. Mr. Haines said the wine -jar had pn,bably:ome to Aus alia as part of a private "COURIER "TELEGRAPH" ' Brisbane, Q1d. [...D GREEK JAR. tN ART GALLERY 11. 110 :1111 'hal 1111' . .4 11111.1 1111.1, .'111i 1."1.1 A ('11:1, Buddha iit ru -,irr 17111 Five .iig) bungle by lilt. during lie. southern A Sir Arthur Sit Pet on pie', entitled "Sunflower.-; rom MAIL" Brisbane, Qld 300 Inspect art displays Three hundred people 11,1 night were able to view two prominent art displays ni Gallery. ellQertylensland National Alr The Italian Vice -Consul in Queensland (Dr. F. 131111114ZjI opened the UNESCO Travel- ling Print Exhibition. In another section entries for the H. C. Richards Memorial Prize convention of 1952 were displayed. The gallery chairman of trustees ,Mr. E. A. Fergu- son) said the UNESCO ex- hibition enabled QiIPPIIS- lenders h, ,e,, some of th,, work of the great masters of art, "Normally their work Is available only to wealthy national eatirric,." he said. "Queensland', gallery is not a wealthy one." "COURIER MAIL" ND A CHILD SHALL LEAD CHILDREN could teach adults a lesson in art, the National Art Gallery director IMr. Reber, Haines) said yesterday, - Children were artists before they became self- Mr. Haines was opening conscious. They really an exhibition of children's had something to express. creative net by pupils of But many adults often Margaret McNeil anti Vida closed their minds to ex- !Whey In Bible House. !Millions, and were ton About, 50 pupils. aged from ready to say what should seven to 17. contributed to have been painted. the exhibition. Brisbane, QI FEATURES ON ART PANEL "TO PLEAS1 THEMSELVES' THE three paintings en I The Courier -Mail Art Panel this week have particular interest For art lovers. "So often artists paint the things they are ex- pected to paint," the Queensland National Art Gallen director (Mr. Robert Haines) meld yes- terday. "But in this case they obviously painted something to please themselves." The paintings are "Chateau Gaillard (France)" by F. Phillips Fox, "French Fishing Boats. South France", by the same artist, and "Still Life", by Sir Arthur Streeton, REVEAL ARTIST The three paintings have several things In common. They were painted about the same period - Sir Arthur ittrecton lived from 1867 to 1943, and Emanuel Phillips Fox from 1864 to 1915. Roth painters were in- fluenced by Impres- sionism, hut, more im- portant, these paintings were painted to please no one but the artist. One could not consider them "major works", but works width reveal much more of the artist. 1,11,.;1/1' I1V (I- 11111111 I'litill/1, . ,11.:I '1.11111 I101 -; 1/..1111.9. 11111 \' ; 11'.:1 11 1 t;1111,I1111 :1 .1 11...1,1 A land,',11te by C11.1111.',. Ile ,,,-,.1" tr *limn , . 1111,h a 111,1 artist and out' in syrnity of the 111()NI promising of Vic', evert. trip let Inc --c-ith hirian painters: I111111,. 14111'1' .11't PO 1-, :11 An Anhui- Boyd land -1 t', ..Burns.(: A still life Ilem'er piece' ton the by Ccilquitutin r; Nli. liaines ',diet that tllw 1 runt New zc.. palm trigs hall been bought OW ii the State Clovesit - mint S tncrett,eci r rant and, tviiiild till nails in lire gallery's, collect ion. -1 terse acquisitions wonl be shown in on exhibit Miring lhr Royal Nat. Show tut "COURIER MAIL" Brisbane, Old. Da Vinci's sketches THE UNESCO Travel- ling Print collection of Drawings by Leonardo Da Vinci, will be on Public view at the Queensland Na- tional Art Gallery from 8.15 to -night. This exhibition, which has been arranged to celebrate the 500th anniversary of the birth of Da Vinci. will be opened by the Vice Consul for Italy tDr. F. 13enuzzi). The four groups of 84 drawings are mainly from the collection in the Royal Library at Windsor Castle. Many of them are so beautifully finished that they arc self-contained works of art rather than sketches for larger masterpieces. Consummate craftsmanship, precise detail, and an extra- ordinary breadth of interest are reflected In this fine series. There is vivid action in both the "Head of a Bald Man Shouting" and the "Head of a Youth in Profile." The series, which needs to be viewed in full, includes also portraits of women, drapery detail, horse studies, anatomical sketches, designs for masques, caricatures, botanical sketches, studies for "The Last. Supper," and sketches for famous monu- ments such as the Sforza and Trivulzio statuary. "TELEGRAPH" Brisbane, Qid. ART SHOW Mr. N. Varl"' a mem- ber of the Queensland National irt Gallery staff arranges some of the collection of drawings by Leonardo Da Thiel which will be exhibited by the Travelling Print, in the Art Galleries from 8.15 tonight.