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

CHEQUE FOR PRIAE POSTER QUEENSLAND National Art Gallery Trustees' Treasurer (Mr. M. Her- ring) presenting a cheque for 20 guineas to Richard Werner, 22, winner of the Trustees' poster compete- * lion. His poster was judged the Werner, of Boundary best from 19 entries for Road, Rainworth, came to publicising Queensland National Art %Veek. which will be held from October 25-29. Four hundred copies of the poster will he displayed in Brisbane next week. BItisBANE TELEGRApii, MON., our. 25. 1 Art displays and lectures Brisbane.is celebrating National Gallery Week this week with two art exhibitions and a series of 1 public lectures on art. National Gallery W-ek paint in u I ic, ts to promote public in- . the %kiwi: :terest In the Qii. ensiand A rnesbY National Art Itallery Nash and which was found's' en Its ,years APO. WorIZS I QIIVP11,4011(1 1iit (. been so Ito' inste tlp. 11.1] Sydney. Sielliourne anti , MAGNIFICENT Adelaide patinas she have In c cIned In COLLECTION beryi, from o.crons. Hs. HAT II 1Y tL'tI. 0 .,1 r; f 1 ; erznt tit . tin 111, r111111illg rnru.e. :11111 (.111 ,11.11 11,. Os eel' as the i purchase of nee. painl- Ings. TI:e harvest bequest the Qtteensiand eialkry has received was e10.000 from the late J01111 Darnell. prOt'i(111 lied an equal sum " ;inscribed by the 1,1,1,he within five Veto1!11' ..; nt'l I . It., :,1111 111, .11111.y Is. received a 'ales 'ins be- quest and tt snt,tll annual Menai() titan the Dario t! Fund. During the past three yetirs 1tistvilian palatines u 11141 PU1'1111.1,111 1111' 1111' Australtin o:'1; iii 111e111111 cyprim. ' tin t ranks 111.!11 oinon.. the Works of art in Au...rah:in gallerit- and by Rob' Silts 1. (!on - der. E. Pliit- llps Hans Hosea Grunet. Ihr 1.111d brother,. 1421111)(11 11.in 1.tinicocc. Anion;: the Etailiclin .11.i l't1.,1i C-111 . f:, : 11 13111: :: .1 1 Illn tint x, :11 col!, teal, tit, llu In -I..ry tiasit of art. Tills 'sir. is to en .it the Ns tin:1.d Ali Gallery. 111111 :11,0 1111 V11.11' -,!,','f'u'rl 1111. (';1S(.111 letillartk owe Charlie: itusit's win- ning is a emit' esaimile (pi' his %writ. the years.tit "...A :stood tletnii..ds .1 :by Stratton. ha- it sv Ian tlic Sloretiin 1 0 11111111N I ul ./.1 11,t11i111) rip, f1111111, 111 11..1.11 It - 11,111,,I1 !neat Iiiis heat otmirstil Queensland from Czecho- slovakia five years ago. Ile studied commercial art for two years at the Central Technical College, and is now engaged as a commer- cial artist in Brisbane. Ile Is a member of the Younger Artists' Group of the Royal Queensland Art Society and has exhibited at several shows held by the group. Werner said his poster symbolised the relationship of the Queensland National Art Gallery to the average Queensland family. From "COURIER MAIL," . Brisbane, Qld. CONTINENTAL Atlt IN WILD %HT 1114:11i QITENSLAND'S big,gest art week will open on a continental note in Brisbane's King George tit wire to -day week. Members of the Royal Between 250 ended00 people last night at the first of a series of lectures to be liven on art this week- allery week. The lecture was delivered by Mr. Robert Haines. Director of the QueeinsInnd Art Gallery, nt the Gallery. It was entitled "Looking at Paintings." The second lecture in the series will he a lunch-hour talk on the steps of the City Hall by Mr. C. M. B. Van Homrigh at 1.15 to-day. THE COURIER -MAIL TUESDAY OCTOBER 26 195 Queensland Younger Ar- tists group will hold a pavement show in front of the City Hall. Queensland's first National Art Gallery Week will be officially opened at 1.15 p.m. by the Education Minister (Mr. Decries from the City Hall steps. Chairman of Trustees of the Gallery 'Mr. E. A. Fer- guson) said last night that 100 young artists would also be seen at work on paintings on the City Hell steps and approaches and on balcon- ies of buildings on the op- posite side of King George Square next Monday. For public "Object of National Gal- lery Week is to make art and the Queensland Na- tional Art Gallery better known to, and appreciated by, the public." he said. "Art is for the enjoyment of the many, not for the few." Some magnificent ex- amples of watercolour paint- ing would be provided by a gallery exhibition specially sent from Britain. In preparation, the gallery will be closed from to -day till Saturday, when it will ire -open with the showing of British watercolours and a selection of entries from this year's Henry Caaelll Richards Memorial Competi- I hon. THE MAGIC OF CHILD ART by GERTRUDE LINGER THE exhibition "Children as Artists" now on view in The Courier -Mail Vestibule is an important feature of "Gallery Week." The work is from the "Children's Creative Art Class," sponsored by the rustees of the Queensland ational Gallery, Thanks to The Sundae Mail's competitions, much public interest in child art has been aroused. However, the present show is one with a difference, because these little artists had the benefit of the guidance by experts In child P11 teaching. Mrs. McNeil And Miss Vida Lahey Rot!, artists stress the crying need for specialised child art leachers with a THE COURIER -MAIL THURSDAY OCT. 28 1954 I T seemed awe- ' prime far Gallery Week. There I was in the barber's shop thumbing through an American magazine. There was a picture of Leonardo da Vinci, looking ea smug as the devil, putting the finishing touches to the Mona Lisa. And (here was Mona Lisa herself, stand- ing to one side, growling like any woman at her own picture: "I DON'T LIKE IT," she said, THE COURIIReMAIL THURSDAY OCT. 28 1954 flt11111111111111,11111111/1110 111111111111111111011111.11.1111111111..11..11,1111111111111111111111110/11111111111111;111.;,,,,......1111111 SAYS ART "VERY MUCH ALIVE ART in Australia was very much alive. a prominent Queensland sculptor said in Brisbane yesterday. He was Mr. Leonard Shillam who lectured on "Sculpture in Australia" to about 30 people attending the lunch-time lecture in the City Hall which was staged as part of Art Week. Mr. Shillam said many young Australians were in- troducing a spirit of adventure into their work, and were keeping sculpture alive. modern approach In the State schools, so that all edfriet.n may get the same ben Only when the child feels quite free to express himself in his own way, is the crea- tive Instinct stimulated, and is the child able to better in- tegrate his experiences. This is of greatest value for healthy development, even if the crea- tive impulse should later flow into channels other than art, say. science. On the other hand the born child -genius has a ((renter chance under such ex- pert guidance, and I feel sure that some fine adult artists will emerge from the child class. Rhythm and balance What enchants the grown- up in child art is its expres- SiVelleSS, vivacity, and the natural instinct for rhythm and balance. But all these can be explained. The child has n keener observation, one that is charged with wonder and excited tit land how hard do we ry to recapture some of du in Inter life!), and no to rhythm and bal- ance they really are under- lying laws of nature quite in- stinctively grasped by the child, but often lost sight of in "civilised" adult life. Note how children will repeat dominant colours and shapes when they draw from memory and are not asked to copy. Note how they will charge lines and colours with feeling. Just one example of this: The tender expressive curve of the tilde white horse's neck in the utterly charming large. "Lniulcape with Horses" by two little boys. What spirit of joy in the drawing of a "birthday party" by a child aged seven! The lovely set of phantastic ani- mals, the inrge frieze, "The Queen's Visit," which Is an example of ro-operation of several children. fine could name many mire but 1 wish LO say I love them all, "COURIER MAIL," 29 OG1 1954 Civic Week, on annual avant sponsored by Rotary, will be ob d through- out Q land and North- ern New South Wales nest week. It will follow the observ- ance in .Brisbane this week of Health Week, NaWonal ArLG.allory Week, and Fire Prevention Week. The chairman of the Civic Week Committee of the Rotary Club of Brisbane (Mr. J. P. Love) said yes- terday that a particular effort was being made this year-Rotary's 50111 year of service-to promote higher ideals of citizenship and in- ternational understanding. Civic Week would aim, among other things, to en- courage people to obey traf- fic laws, combat vandalism, observe health regulations, beautify their surroundings. welcome visitors, be active in local community efforts, and, In general, be good citi- zens.