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

4161.-.. suit the subject matter. Technically equipped with excel- lent craftsmanship, he says what he wishes to say with a mini- mum of effort. Here Mies V. Russell, of coal.- IMMO, Adlillre, "COURIER .1 4 IY-1 `'L Art feast seen in Hitchen paintings Ill 1111. GEnTHUHE I. A FEAST awaits the visitor to the Queensland Art Gallery, where 50 paintings by lion HItchens are exhibited. Kitchens is one of the' I tbau and calcitInted, hut finest English painters .always organic. pulsating and in his use of colour is with life. cnnvinring. quite outstanding In con- temporary art. He draws from the clis- to nature and thus faith- coverirs of the great fill to himself. French Fauve minters.' 'llte masterly directness and especially from Mat- and verve of his bold. Isse, who used colour as a surging brush strokes, the space -building, ns well (15 ,ptippy deep and moving an emotive, element. eompesitiolis rivaled by a However. Hitchens' hit r- pia raellous arrailArMent, nt monies are nude his nwii. flat planes, are as muchIn spite of the MmHg the result of intuition as of Fisreanlscohvirighrietiligriets, hHiotleie that profound sworn he Is deeply evolved in his ,t all of guy rintsinn he - environment. ncrcn percepOnn and per - The Sussex landscape in foritta,o form sod fool. the cycle of the seasons 1 ins. Thereto lies the ser- hhlttchrua' Impart.: iernnitiarith. fa°nudhLrinftylphiser:inia: aorfe aware drnuitaiie- nclIs fee ing for land- misty of the theme, the rape permeates even his wondernil handling of col- Islntings of the ferns le our, space, and movement, 'tic and of the still life.iaitd of the painter's pas- " ' rionate lyricism Poetically All this is the mark of Hock -lens' abstinets In a fine artist. Furthermore, he true sense of the word, as one sin es from painting bslrscting from the thing to milldam. each of them wreeived all that tends to command, nne's !India ided dur or weaken the central attention and vet rail) of hem-, the deminnnt feel-1111cm Is rharactrii-tar of ng. Hie sante, 0i -conically tie - His Abstraction Is tic,.cr vrtnird. - Ills Own. ' THI COURIIR.MAIL THURI APRIL 20 1961 3 THREE DRYSDALES FAMOUS Australian painter Russell Drys- dale yesterday supervised hanging arrange - Painter ments for his five-week exhibition at the Queensland Art Gallery. The exhibition will be opened at 8 p.m. tomorrow by Sir Raphael Cilento. here to "TELEGRAPH" 27 MA 1961 to - On Friday. Channel !I will present a 20 - minute Easter Special -the Story of Easter, us seen through the eyes of of the greatest painters of the past 1000 years. In this Australian feature, paintings will be used to illustrate the narrative. which has been compiled from the Gospels and covers the time from the Last Supper to the Resur- rection. The Paintings are on loan from the National Art Gallery and the Mlle Library of New South Wales end in- clude works by Titian. Montegna. Rembrandt. and Salvador Dalt Harry Drnrth will be the narrator. Eet. 1904 'Phone: MU 5133 Aust. Press Cuttings Agency Mellsoume, Victoria From "COURIER MAIL" Brisbane, 0. Z i1U6 'Art lecture THE Director of the National Gallery of Victoria )Mr. Eric West- brook) will give The Art Gallery Directors' Confer- ence Lecture on the role of the public art gallery to- day et A meeting of thr Queensland Art Gallery Society at (he National Gallery. Brisbane, on August 20. exhibit RUSSELL DRYSDALI regarded as one of Australia's greatest painters, is now visiting Brisbane In ewe roles - as artist and business men. Besides being repre- sented in leading Austra- lian and overseas galler- ies, he is a director for a North Queensland sugar - milling interest. Tomorrow, at 8 p.m., at the Queensland Art Gal- lery, an exhibition of 50 of his pictures will be officially opened by Sir Raphael Cilento. The exhibition, a selec- tion of Mr. Drysdale's work over 23 years, will open on Saturday to the public, and continue for five weeks. Assembled from Drysdale pictures in many galleries and private collections, the exhibition attracted visit- ors from all States when it was recently shown a the New South Wales (Sydney) Art Gallery. Mr. Drysdale's pictures are figurative and sym- bolic. Their subject -mat- ter derives largely from Western and Outback Aus- tralian landscapes and people. '1261 GREAT ART DISPLAY A magnificent collection of paintings and drawing, will be on view from tomorrow until May 28 at the Queensland Art Gallery, Gregory Terrace. It la a retrospective exhibition of works carried out by Russell Drysdale during the Period 1937-1900. His compositions are well conceived and his conditioned color schemes have been beautifully chosen to Brisbane, £150 AS GIFT TO GALLERY Pioneer Sugar Mills Ltd., of North Queens- land, has mode a gift of II 50 to the Queensland Art Gallery, The gift was confirmed at a board meeting of the sampany yesterday. Mr. Russell Drysdale said the money would be for the pincluise of a painting or paintings ha the Art Gallery Trustees: 51r. Drsdnle, n leadin Australiany artist, as well a" a Pioneer director. Juicer) and oirlied the H Richer( s and L, J. Hatvry memorial prize art exhi- bitions now on shoe' nt the Dosdale's A Desert Landscape, l'he exhibition has been made possible by tile co-operation of many private collec- tors ancl State gal- leries. !cries - MELI11,1,E 1'S0141. Brisbane, Q. "TELEGRAPH" Brisbane, 0. 16 KOV 1.464 Art body option on building The Queensla nd Cultural and Civic Centre argartIsinAr com- mitter had been granted an option in the former City Con- gregational Church in Creek Street, the pro- visional chairman, Sir Raphael Cilento, said today. He said that the corn mittee had applied to th Railway Department which owned the build ineo for a perpetual lease Dr. Cilento said th committee planned to establish a theatre there 'with a capacity of COO to 750 people, but it wool( of replace the proposal to build a cultural and ivIc theatre in the Botanic Gardens. The present plan would be a "pilot" one to test the enthusiasm of the public, he said. Money was not avail- able at present for the Botanic Gardens scheme whirls would cost between Elmillion and 13million. The committee had the names of 151 cul- tural organisations in the State, all too small to do much, and all anxious to preserve their Independence but needing the "umbrella" of a general organisa- tion. The committee Rime( also to establish simile theatres In provingeol cities and towns