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

"HERALD" Melbourne, Vic. Art progressive in Queensland OUEENSLAND was considered backward in public art collec- tions until recently. Then suddenly out of the blue came the announcement that the Queensland State Gallery had acquired a 190,000 and sculptures, John look those At a single bound like i Queensland went great master, the Meld - from the bottom to rurnites are exalted much the top of the class, beyond their usual status and one can even look at During recent visit a Munninga horse picture north I called in to see without the customary the collection, feeling of revulsion. Its qualities had not Present plans for been exaggerated. Queensland include the The most discussed plc- erection of a new State hire, Picasso., ..La sae gallery within four years. Hollandaise," is superb, The site, a splendid an example of Picasso's garden setting overlook - rose period at its best. ing the river, has been carefully chosen and It is drawn with a touch everything points to the of which any master Plan being enthusiastical- would be proud and it has ly Implemented.a subtlety of human feel- ing which eludes the cam- Tills being so there is .4", ,, era in the black and l y ent of ree.son for Vic- white reproductions. Forte to look to its laurels Oil . Degas's ballet picture is IS Australia's leading cal- painting of the ballet, by Degas. One of the masterly work. equally impressive and tural State. in Queensland's recently acquired £90,000 collection of French more representative than Sydney's Archibald. any other Degas in Aus- Wynne and Sulman prizes art. trails. were much more Interest- ing ti.la year than for a long time. Por Molvig, THE sculpture sec- Hermantra its andby Zusters tion is particu- atoned for the poor qual- larly rich, for it of the winning picture apart from the fine which wan, Incidentally, Renoir and Degas bronzes quite unworthy of so lic - it includes a major work complished an artist as by Epstein. Rodin, and Dobell, -.nd Zuster's un- several pieces by other expected success in the modern masters. Wynne was a cheerful The exhibits are ex _ feather in the cap of pro- tremcly well displayed end rem indeed througnout the entire Brisbane gallery .'s ART NOTES by Alan McCulloch collection o modern French paintings a sense of unity and pro- HEE exhibitions portion that enhances i are at present on the value of everything view in Mel - shown there. bourne. in such an atmosphere One is by a student of sonic promise, Michac Morgan, at the Rich= gallery. "Society Woman" 112. "Flowers on a Table" (5) and "Two Little Girls" (8) indicate an intelligent, if undeveloped, response t problems of line, color and pattern. Nance Carroll, Elizabeth Gully and Mary Berne - wall, showing at the Tas- manian Tourist gallery, all show a happy apti- tude for reproducing con- temporary forms without having much idea of wha these are about, Their work has spirit but at present no direc- tion. THE exhibition of "Found, Revealed a n d Contrived Objects" at the Museum of Modern Art is an anachronism. The surrealists who cre- ated disturbing effects with pictures of objects not usually associated with one another sired the cult of the "found object" 20 or 30 years ago. Water worn stones and pebbles, pieces of rusty machinery and all sorts of objects which did in fact have an impact on the imagination soon ap- peared on the mantel- pieces of the salons of Paris. Broadly speaking, the cult illustrated the con- tentions of Arp, Moore, Brancusi and others that "nature la not in opposi- tion to art." Having served this use- ful purpose the "found object" was quickly lost again and in Europe the cult Is now as dead as the dodo, There seems little reason for Its recillicOvery here, especially in the uninspired form in which it appears at the MOMA show, OURIER-MAIL WEDNESDAY SEPT 25 1960 Artist is reluctant An oil painting bs a top Australian artist "who exhibits only rarely and reluctantly" hos been presented to the Quaeas- land Art Gallery. Announcing this yester- day the gallery acting dir- ector (Mr. R. Smith, said the painting. "Trees in Moonlight." by Godfrey Miller, had been presented by the Godfrey Rivers Trust Fund. He said Godfrey Miller (as one of Australia's im- Jrtant modern artists. is output was not great, and his paintings were therefore to great demand. "Trees in Moonlight" Would hang in the gallery till next Tuesday when the allery would close for 'preparation for a new exhibition. Mr. Smith said the donor of the painting was a trust set up in 1932 by the widow of the late God- frey Rivers, gallery curator for 20 years. 1111111111111111111111111111W 111111111111111111111111111111111/11111111111111111111111111111, irst 11 3 "COURIER MAIL" Brisbane, Qld. 1 t 111111111111111111111111.1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 Auction for Art Gallery THE three paintings on The Courier -Mall's art panel or- fr(nn a col- lection of ((ewe than 100 to he auctioned for Art Gallery funds. They are "Wells of Chinai' by Charles Bush (Victoria), "HIP in the Rush" by Grace Conning - ton Smith (New South Wales' and "Portrait" by Phyl Waterhouse (Vic- toria). The paintings were presented by the ;fillets for inclusion in the auc- tion sale of paintings, drawings and sculpture to he held In the City Hall on March ?,t, The auction, arranged by the Brisbane Arts Ball Committee, will raise funds for Queens- land's new Art Gallery. The Courier -Mail ex- hibition will end on February It. 111111111111111111111111111140111/M1111111.11111111111111111,11 OURIER MAIL" Brisbane, Qld. 111111 MRS. BRIAN Kelly, o/ Fig Tree Pocket. and Mr. Clement lifeadmore, 01 Potts Point, .Sdney, nt the opening of the exhibition of paintings by Russell Rrysdnle et the Queensland Art Gallery, last night, The ethil nns officially opened by Sir Raphael Cilento, "Se -ou or nna THE Queensland tour of "the funniest woman virtually sold out. A spokesman for the A.B.C., which is arranging her recital series, said yes- terday that box plans for Miss Russell's Brisbane concert in Brisbane City Hall on Saturday opened on Monday. By late yesterday the only teats left were a few in the organ gallery and a small block reserved for late subscribers for the season's series. He said that because of lists Miss Russel wratat hold aunt her concert in Br( -bane City Hall on Mae 3 rifler her concerts in Rockhampton, Townsville. and Cairns, Miss Russell's country concerts, which Include Southport and Tooworanba. have been heavily booked. The comedienne arrlyesi 44 iifilL4) bi comedienne Anna Russell, in the world," is already at Brisbane Airport on Fri- day at 3.45 p.m.. and that night will be a guest at the opening of the Russell Drysdale Exhibition at the Art Gallery. Drysdale art Seven hundred people attended the official open- ing of the Russell Drys- dale exhibition at the Queensland Art Gallery lest night. The exhibition consist- ing of 50 of Mr. Drys - dale's works drawn from Ills painting lifetime, will be open to the public for five weeks from today. 19140, .11rstle £3000 for g(tIlery THE last meeting of 1,111e Centenary Ails ennunittee wa. held is week. 'Me retirina man, Mrs. Arthur Wad', place will be taken the year by Mrs. Sid Saksee.si:i with Mr. Tony Joyce 11, vice-chairman. Since 1957 the Committee, have raiseu more th,),) 0000 for the pruposed new Art Gallery. Proceeds includk_ gl front Belle, flaao fr Brisbane the irons 1.1: endhey.by. Mi, Konrad H I n,cliteht hfcciLl gift painting done 1, \ Miss Vidu. 'the nest Arts Ball is ex- pected to be in May this year. and among themes belack and dnd isetwhitisnede ball.(i is a b Navy ht es over it char y e e. , Mexivan Spittlnu and Forrest Tucker star. A. 10421. .00 p Tuesday at One (30 min.) .1111 Edwards )iinip,res a feature ill, 111111 al inh-rest 1i) tlf11114111 1111111111 talk In "'I coil Ide,hoct el': Print and h secinent .1 Ernie Brooks Sia,111 of the Queensland Art Gallery dis"tisses the w,dk. ol painter 1/11,p11 Dry'sdale 0 Panic (30 min.) ry v.. II /k/h/ . . Artist i I' opening.. One of Australie's foremost artists, Russell Drysdale, will be at the opening of a retrospec- tive loan exhibition of his own works next Friday. The paintings in the ex- hibition have been insured for £500,000, The baintings have come from lenders Lord and Lady Casey, Dr. and Mrs. H. V. Evatt, Mr. C. F. Viner-Hall, Mr. Justice Nagle, and the University of New England. Sir Raphael Cilento will open the exhibition at 8 p.m, at the Queensland Art Gallery, Gregory Terrace. It will be open to the ublic the following day or a showing of five weeks.