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

424.44. A.411-: // 42C WON Q LA "GLASSHOUSE MOUNTAINS." on oil painting by Mel- bourne artist Charles Bush, which won the Queensland Notional Art Gallery's Henry Cassell Richards Memorial prize yesterday. GLASSHOUSE MTS GAVE SCOPE FOR HIS TALENT GLASSHOUSE NIOtiNTAINS yesterday won f100 for a Melbourne artist in a Queensland painting context. The artist-Charles Bush -won the Queensland National Art Gallery's Henry Cassell Richards Memorial Prize for the best oil landscape or seascape of Northern Australia. His painting shows the Glasshouse Mountains urple and almost perpen- cular above surrounding reen forest and valleys. It as a fully -clouded sky and faint -blue mountain hori- oThn. e judges (the Gallery's rt advisory panel) said the lasshouse Mountains entry gives a feeling of space." Natives study The most spectacular lining was Brisbane artist n Cowen's picture of atives gathering bananas a lush, exotic "jungle" Wine. Bright, colours gave t an "illuminated" effect. The Judges gave it-and From From Front two others - high com- mendation. The other two were by Melbourne artists -- Wil- liam Fritter's picture of bar- ren 111011111411118 near Alice Springs, and John Rowell's of Brisbane slums against the city's haze -covered mountain background. Standard higher The Richards. prize was secondyesterday imwa It eds for meme- orial to Professor Richards. who was chairman of the Queensland National Gal- lery Trustees when lie died in 1947. The gallery director Mr. Robert Haines) said Interest In the Richards prize was in- creasing. The standard wa. higher then last year. The Richards prize pic- tures will go on show at th gallery on Monday for fortnight. "TELEGRAPH" Brisbane. Graced a ' Royal leg A prier of stockings that once belonged to Queen Anne, hove been presented to the Queens. land National Art Gal- lery by Mrs. W. C. Lew., of Ascot, Brisbane. The stockings, which ore one of the first machine -made pairs to come out of England, ore o lawn shade and are embroidered u, 11 clock design. 'Above the clock is the Royal cipher, They hove been Mr. Legge's 'candy for 250 ycors,_ "COURIER MAIL" Brisbane, Qld. NEW ART MEMBERS New members are urgently required for the one -year -old Notional Art Gallery Society. - To entourage an increase the society has dropped Its annual fees from £3/3/ for men and E2/25 for women to £1/1/ each for both men and woolen. This was stated In the executive's report at the society's annual meeting in the National Art Gallery last night, which was attended "ARGUS." oo.,$& Melbourne Victorian wins art prize Briabane, Friday A painting of Glasshouse tit:mains today won £ 100 for p :aelboume artist in a Quee isc.id art contest. Th Charles Bush, won ill c?..mtilandliational Art k.lety s Henry Cassell :aerial prize for the hi.) landscape or seascape of Northern Aus- tralia. Two other Melbourne artists. William Fritter and John Rowell, received high commendation. From ,"corn "COURIER MAIL," In the year it has been formed the society has built a membership of four life members. 75 ordinary mem bars, six lunior members, and two student members. The balance-sheet for the year ended September 30 showed a surplus of £209. The e,ecul tyro appointed by inein hers for the nea veer as: Dr B. Barrack. Mr. Colin Rednall. Mr. Jolts F17r s 'EVA Trout all re - Fl teC uppaDdrg. e. PM r.B e 0. sent.r.. the ea 118;11 directorr:rnug r Robert (1 011 , members. 01 n, ter "SUN," ligiTrices for Murdoch Sydney, N.S,W. porcelain MELB () U It N E, Thursday. - Competi- tion by London trade buyers and American interests were respon- sible for good prices tieing paid al the auction of the oreelain Murdoch and of Lady Murdoch._ Some items went to a ndon 'buyer. The Queensland National Gallery obtained a tall dynast p for £50. Art collectors rain saidot this was a bargain. Yesterday's sales totalled £9400, bringing the total for tWo days to E32,400. The dale will end to-day with an auction of art refer- ence books and rare volumes. Pieces which will go t London include a porcelai Ming dynasty dish. painter in underglaze blue en ecorated with lotus flower. and flowering plants. I nt 0. cal eel on a e a e Sir Keith Murdoch to- day. Buyers had paid ii total 1:55011 early this after- ?Hein. 11. Show. of Coleraine, paid C2115 for a figure of 11 prancing horse of the Tong dynasty. A well known Collins St. do rotor bought a figure of cc horse for £130. Queensland Rational Gallery bought a bargain in a toll 111111 dynasty grain pot for £50. Five American buy- ers were interested and va a enrol) ou was so keen that it outbid eateries from all over Australia. . George Ewing. well known Melbourne lawyer. who has an out- standing Chinese collec- tion, bought the "Iciest piece, a 3000 BC vase for £50. A leading jeweller also bought some of the gems cil the collection. A figure broken on the view day and now repaired brought £100. Collectors and buyers said they regarded this sale of Chinese ware as the biggest thing of Its kind in Australia for a "iiEnAL1)," Melbourne. Vie Art prize to Melbourne BRISBANE, Fri. - The Henry Caselli Richards memorial prize for 1952 has been won by Charles Bush. of Melbourne, with his subject "Glasshouse Moun- tains.' The 190 -guinea prize is awarded annually for the best landscape or seascape In oils of Northern Aus- tralia. "COURIER MAIL" TO THE EDITOR AN appeal is being mad, by the Tate Gallery London, for funds to buy Rodin's famous piece of sculp- ture, "The Kiss." Th9 sculpture has been on loanbto the Tate Gallery, but the owner is now obliged to sell it. There are ready buyers in the United States, and Rodin's famous work will probably be lost for all time to the British race unless the Tate Gallery succeeds in rais- ing the purchase price of £7000. Of this sum, the Tate Gal- lery has to find at least £5000 from outside sources.-Robert Nationalec, Queensland Art Gallery. Brisbane, Qld. New painting An important new paint- ing by Englishman Ruskin Spear would arrive at the ueensland National Art allery soon the Gallery's (rector 2Mr. Robert airiest said, yesterday. The painting, "Portrait of rule," was a gift from the odfrey Rivers Trust Fund nd was shown in the Royal cad v. London, last -ear Melbourne, Vic. £5000 for Murdoch pottery, porcelain 11ORE than 5000 was paid for 140 items of Chinese pottery and porcelain at the second day, yesterday, of the auction of the late Sir Keith Murdoch's collection. Some of the items Yesterday's total sale amounted to £9400. were bought on behalf of a London buyer. The sale will end today with an auction of art reference books and rare volumes beginning at 10 "COURIER MAIL," Among the pieces which will go to London was a porcelain dish of the Ming Dynasty, painted In under - glaze blue and decorated with lotus flowers and flowering plant s. It brought £ 140. Several pieces were se- cured for the Queensland National Gallery by the director of the Nationa Director Mr. Haines), formerly assistan Gallery of Victoria. Brisbane, Qldf. Victoria bought 13 pieces of The National Gallery of '!d bargain in art A number of items at glass for £250. very high figures bought by Mr. H. Shaw,e MELBOURNE lby teleprinterl-Morethan L5000 was paid for 140 Chinese pottery and prcelain items chi Mr. Shaw also grazier,Isn fordo 's auction of the collection of he tote Sir Keith:oarld £2220105.foar a figure of a prancing made' in England nearly 290 years ago, and believed to be one of the oldest, pieces of English domestic' glassware Romannce Items of glass of the 1st and 2nd minute realised prices rang) from £5 to £22. "TELEGRAPH" CONSUL WILL OPEN SHOWING cmiNiii-General lnr I' I abet, M. Strauss) toil pen the French Art Ex- hition at the National Art Gallery tonight tt The 9chibltion will 1)e open to the public on S"tFliiiirlintivie first week 111r callery will stay open runt 10 n.m. until D.:in pm. except for a break rroin 5 p.m. until 7 p.m The following week the exhibition tine, are from IC .c ul to 3.30 pan,