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

House painter to have first showing in city MIGRANT HAS BRIGHT ART FUTURE A DUTCH migrant " artist may soon be able to devote all his spare time to serious art work. The artist, Arnold Llnck, 39, has been work- ing as a house painter for two years at Pittsworth, on the Darling Downs. From next Friday The Courier -Mall will feature three of his paintings on Its vestibule art panel. It will be their first display in Aust,..ita. Queensland National Art Gallery director, Mr. Robert Haines, told Linek yesterday: "It is a terrible waste to leave your genius in Pittsworth. You must come to Brisbane and give more time to your art." Talented Linek, who studied for six years at the Royal Academy of Art at The Hague, had further experience in Italy, Bel- gium, and France before the war. Later he drew a car- toon strip for a weekly Dutch newspaper and served for four years with the Dutch Information Service in Indonesia be- fore coming to Australia. WANTS JOB His work was "dis- covered" by The Courier - Mail's Pittsworth corre- igAnt (Mr. R. K. Po Mr. Linek hopes to find a commercial art position In Brisbane so he can de- vote spare time to serious art work. These are the paintings which will be shown on the art panel in The Courier -Mail vestibule from next Friday: A, powerful canvas of a Dutch funeral, done In mixed poster colour and water colour. A street market in Sevst (Holland) In soft oils. A street and homes In Depok (Indonesia) also in oils. s. "An absolute bargain. I mg before the ptcture was thought it would go for two sold, but collector and dealer, or three times that price," she Mrs. S. L. Binns, who bred said. Mrs. Money's last King HIGHEST PRICE ' Charles Spaniel, Horatio, and her . . bid The one. Junior, few women buyers at for her and got the picture. One of the most successful the sale were competing with collectors and dealers in art Private women purchasers of and "Australiana" from all the day was Mrs. Eddie Mc - over N.S.W. and from Vic- Mahon, Like at least half of toria. Queensland. and South the buyers and onlookers. sh spent MOO of the day standin Australia. The highest price realised yesterday wars 440 --on a floor spread with Chin guineas paid for Sir Arthur CSC and Persian rugs and lit Streeton's he Doges Palace. feted with cigarette butts-am Venice." bought several paintings, in Besides the buyers, both eluding a J. J. Hilder mono men and women were there type. for her Darling Poin 'iamb to look at the coke home. lion, which the president of the hoard of trustees of the EARLY SETTLERS National Art Ciallery, Mr. B. Frank Clunc bought (icorge J. Watei house. calls "H most Lamberts oil. "Entrance to interesting and important one. Newcastle Harbour." as a gilt being the collection of a con- for Mrs. Clime. members o floi"cm made over a long %shose tamilk were among th period." earliest soders in the New Sir Marcus spent about 40 castle years tanking the collection. hl is. . v ..ncent Moppet His son-in-law Mr R. B. in flit a wad: look &lime th Hipsley, nod his bro.her and afternoon. She and Nti. Vin sister-in-law. Kir. and Mrs. cent ill lease today n th George Clark. "ere ill the sate Theme.. fora few months yesterday. France. The director ,it the National Americans. Mrs. B. P Art (lonely, Mr. Hal Missing- Rochester and Mrs. Alan Hall ham, hid successfully for a who arc at present living a Tom Roberts oil painting, Cronulla, spent most of th i"Coogce," mid the director of day "just looking." Wit .SLUM CHILD in 11111$1114.111. a striking charcoal sketch by Dutch artist Arnold Murk. Est. 1904 Phone MU 5133 AUSTRALIAN PRESS CUTTINGS Stolbridge Chambers 443 Little Collins Street Melbourne, Victoria From "MORNING HERALD," , /my Sydney, N.S.W. frA" fit 2 COURIER -MAIL SATURDAY JULY 24 1954 11.1111.1101 11011111111111111.1111.1.11111.1110111411111111111111111111111111111111111.01101111111111111111111111111111.1imilliMigil "CHEPSTOWE Castle," le of the most impor- tant of Sir Arthur Streeton's "English" paintings, Is vow on display In The Courier -Mall Art Panel. An oil painting depict- ing the old castle on a MIL It shows a rich con- trast of light and shade. A smaller painting of the castle has already been shown in the Panel. The late Sir Arthur Streeton, an Australian, was a strong influence in creating an Australian school of landscape and still-life painters. and MeCubbin, he held the first Impressionist Exhibition In Melbourne in "Chepstowe Castle." which was lent by the trustees of the Queensland National Art Gallery, will be on display for a fort- night. The paIntiot was pre- sented to the National Art Gallery by Mr. E. M. With Roberts, Conder I Tooth. 111111/1111011,111111101/11111.111/1/11.1111111111110111 A Thing of ART: THE MODERN CONC by JUDITH GREEN In the scientific and sceptical world of today, the artist is habitually regarded a crank or as a dilettante who copies cranks it is hard to draw the line be "art" of the one and the mere "imitation" of th e others, of whom several talented a exlsal jezaniversity. justified? .Are the Women Art Collectors Inropx.relz Hunt For "Bargains" e . depraved war - missing out on say that they PERHAPS the happiest woman Si the first day's sale of the late Sir Marcus 0 subtle pleasures their scorn and Clark's collection, held at Lawson's saleroom -5. yesterday, was Miss E. )d appreciation of Whitlock, of Gordon. m perversions of She went to the sale of Aus- the tralian pictures to buy the Gallery, Mr. Rinser! Haines, Mrs. H. Ferwerda. of Amster. Qacensland National Art- Mrs. Rochester's house-ea/ distinguishing ay to rise above only painting by Alfred bought a number of pictures. clam and Melbourne, they sas frialilre?and non- Coffey, Ism:raise he had been Mrs. Rex Money attended they will be at to -day's sale her art master at St. Vincent's the sale to buy Herbert S. of antiques and porcelain. ts are to blame College, Potts Point. Power's painting of two King The porcelain and china e select and un- She bought the painting- um Charles spaniels' heads-"I'm has a special interest, , lotheir aims as ex - titled 'The Crechoslova kin a King Charles spaniel en Lady Barwick, who attended are varied and thusiast," she said. the sale with Mrs. A. T. C Shawl"-for seven guineas. She had to leave for a meet- bears. 0,7.,":01eile. However, ...jree that the aim of all that non -photographic (al- though In truth no great painting is photographic) or perhaps anti - photographic art termed "modern" Queensland owned, Queensland made, What blighter went And used the spade? is the expression in significant form of feeling; for good modern art is infallibly individual and sub- jective. One -writer says: -- "Art is inextricably bound up with life, but is only accidentally concerned with surface aspects of nature-it is concerned with ex- pression rather than representation, with creation rather- than imitation, and is characterised in each separ- ate work by a particular and ex- pressive quality in the nature of expressive form." The writer goes on to emphasise the words "expressive and aigni- hostility-but apat'dy and ignor- ance. What are our art enthusiasts doing to arouse Interest in and Increase knowledge of modern art? And Seeking, Find It may surprise University students to know that St. Lucia has a collection of paintings and sculpture (the finest example of the latter recently carried off by Huns under the orders of Goths under The pressure of Van- ' dais) on the first floor of the tower. The barbarous Commerce faculty being on one side and the head -In -the -sands of anti- quity Classes department on the other, no wonder our gallery is deserted. Another resort for art-lovers is the Art section of the library, housed in a well -locked cupboard, The key can be obtained at any hour of the day or night by any decent, moral, well-behaved student not addicted to dog-earing. Finally, let us not fetid that our University itself is a fine work of modern art, and well In haven Brisbanea worth studying. Art In Brisbane Is the Johnstone Gallery, hidden in ob- scure recess beneath the Brisbane Arcade. Recently aartdiisstpslawyoorkf ipnrginitsn byafelbran ecinteme. Some of the best by KAlelnenneDthav jida,ckWgaaltveer thstalmunite supporter of the idea that media- art is not for living with Live and interesting, ilea with emotion, they wirysuch charged4 tures as stamp a rotes pith prearnstoonnas, liteya.nuvindb:. t Begs M'hat of the Art GI% Needless to say It is 10,1;:f ing by leaps and 111617.7 pictures are better het L. wonderful acquisIthas made, beautiful turret/nal Ing its appraranii, else reproductions siTi'"1 black -and-white o able, exhibitions a veer': held; In h in calasort poshe policy has The exhibition of the present display etchings by Sicked busts by Epstein catalogue to a Rembra Q: Do they see enough and a good represen Don? Mr. Haines: No. Tlv. hibitIon was a gm even to a reaction a) is good to get people ther than to be passh Questioned about French Exhibition se esent ative ,the victim quisitors that the yo were well represente( Jacob Epste ESTHE '