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

" MERCURY," 29 gun 19Et Hobart, Tas. CARINGTON SMIT PORTRAIT SOLD THE well-known Hobart artist and Melrose Prize winner, Mr. I. Carington Smith, hos received word that the Notional Gallery of Queensland has pur- chased his portrait of Mr. Frank Clewlow, former director of drama for the A.B.C. This portrait, together wit Mr. Carington Smith Was ne of Prof. McAuley, was en asked to send either portr in last year's Archibal to an exhibition at the Morton e, and both portraits wer. Galleries in Queensland. exhibited with the winnin The portrait of Mr. Clewlo entry. was sent. The portraits, with othe Each picture was sold for 150 leading Archibald Prise entries, gna. went on a tour exhibition to the Mr. Carington Smith has Adelaide Art Gallery just finished painting Sir Doug - With the permission of the las Stawson for the Adelaide Nall nal Gallery of New Bout, University. the portrait of Prof. iv y was chosen as an en - ti I the Melrose Prise, an wan it. "COURIER -MAIL" :5 out. ;ow Brisbane, aid. LENDS CITY PAINTINGS Queensland National Art Gallery has agreed to lied paintings to be hung in the City Hall. The first three have already been hung In the Lord Mayor's office. Others will be hung In his private reception room and in the Lady Mayoress' rooms. The Lord Mayor (Aid. Groom' said yesterday that the paintings would prob- ably be changed every six months. The council appreciated the offer of the Art Gallery to provide paintings for the City Hall to be hung where they could be seen by visitors, he said. This was done In Mel bourne sod other cities. 'COURIER MAIL" Brisbane, Gild. X t; AUG '105 Keener on art Queensland Art Gallery 'director 1Mr . Robert Haines) told parents and children yesterday he had noticed a new and extraordinary in- terest in child art in Queensland. He was opening an ex- hibition by girl and boy members of the Australian Broadcasting Commission's argonaut's Art Gallery at the City Hall. The exhibi- tion, which was judged last Year, attracted 250 entries from all over Australia, in - chiding New Guinea and Papua. 'Dour' On The Move tlltttr "A little army on the l re more" is how John Apple- I ton. supervisor of the . A.B.C. Children's Hour, tic-1 scribes the migration at this time of the year of session . _ . personalities and properties C. to appear at the Annus: Show in three. States. In the luggage that fol- lows the broadcasters are Vb hundreds of paintings and drawings, costumes, proper- ss ties, songs, A.B.C. pencils for distribution, and other r- odds and ends. Tile trek takes place .(pproximately between vogust 14 and October 1, is, with intervals during which the "army" retreats to Sydney. First visited wilt be the Brisbane Exhibition, where' appearances will be made daily from August 15 to 20 between 4 end 0 p.m. All the regular items will be performed, including puppet shows, demon- strations of art, literature and music and the ever popular charades in cos- tame, ns well as several new items. From each capitol city the ChIldren's News Service will be broadcast 'live." Exhibitions of Argonauts' art work will also be held in Brisbane, for example, in tile Lord Mayor's reception room the City Hall. where the show will be ()poled by the Director °I the Queensland Art Gal- lery. In September GI Chn- dren's Hour will set off again for Adelaide and at the end of that month will "COURIER -MAIL" AUG I400- Brisbane, "COURIER -MAIL" 7(:,1[11 Brisbane, Grid. IF elef,stle(1 (it rr (;(///iii NI ANY ((i IS tuts 'We ant es VI esI, t, Illid t parlor we wile are in 1311,1)0 0the LeVill Con- yenteet visited the tIneens- land Natonal Art Gallery yesterday' ;Monism. They %Ver.' WVIVOIlled by the president at the ladies' itsillnry it the National Art Ciallsry Sotto y Mr .. Arthin Wd,, and other v.111111010( mend) IP,1.11111111l: K.411:1,1 liar chleld.Mrs Itainht Nellie im. Mrs Vlc for Mill F,ii I Ow, rind Mrs Geer :e :4,11111'11. " TELEGRAPH," "MORNING HERALD" Sydney, N.S.W. ART GALLERY CONFERENCE Interstate Art Gallery direc- tors will hold their annual conference at the Sydney Art Gallery from next Wednesday to Saturday. Delegates wilt he Mr. Flat Missinghem (N.S.W.), Mr. Daryl Lindsay (Vic.), Mr. Robert Campbell (S.A.), Mr. Robert Haines (Old,), Mr. Laurence Thomas (W.A.), and Dr. W. Brydcn (Tas.), The Minister for Education, Mr. R. J. Heffron, will open the conference on Wednesday at 10.30 am. Later the board of trustees will entertain the Minister and visiting directors at lunch in the board room of the National Gallery. IMPORTANT SHO OF CHINESE ART fly DR. GERTRUDE LATWER WHILE the exhibition "Artists by' Artists" Is being staged in the main rooms of the National Art Gallery, visitors should not neglect to visit the print room, where an important U.N.E.S.C.0, Travelling Exhibition. "Two Thousand Years of Chinese Painting," is displayed. The prints from ori- ginals, often of the same size, are the best ever pro- duced. Chinese paintings can only be absorbed in the same spirit of contemplation and meditation in which they were created. It Is necessary to know that Chinese painters were never "humble craftsmen," but belonged to the highest cultural elite. They were thinkers and scholars re- gardless of their worldly sta- tus, which was often the one of statesman or even of emperor. Sense of infinite Taoism and Buddhism, with their deep respect for all life and feeling of kin- ship with the universe, in- form Chinese art. Western illusionism with its scientific perspective and drawing in light and shade will not be found in Chinese painting, which always Less- essence distilled. This ence is the universal rhythm and harmony of life, and the sense of the infinite. A 9th century Chinese critic said: "Outward form must not be taken as inner reality. If this is not un- derstood resemblance may indeed be achieved, but not pictorial truth. "Resemblance reproduces form but neglects spirit: truth shows spirit and sub- snince in like perfection." Poetic approach The great Sung painters approached nature rather as mystics and Poets than as mere painters. They ex- pressed the essential spirit of nature while ignoring de- tails. The empty spaces in a pic- ture were as pregnant of meaning as the brush st relies Thought fully placed. they suggest to the onlooker hundreds of miles of water, or valley. or unlimited tracks of cloudy air. A pair of small birds perched on a branch reach- ing into space, suggests a feeling of deep, kindly fellow- ship with all creatures. A clump of wild narcissi, stretching their leaves for the sun and bending in the breeze, are seen as expres- sions of the eternal life-force. Tile Chinese painter never paints still life in the western sense (cut flowers), but things as they grow and breathe. Sister arts From the Tang period on- ward. the monochrome most often sufficed the Chinese painter to express essence. To understand the expres- sive power and vitality of the Chinese brush stroke, we have to know that painting and calligraphy were sister arts. The same instrument, the brush, being used for both, the painter acquires every variety of brush stroke technique through calli- graphy. In calligraphy the writer seeks to imbue the design with an inner life and rhythmic beauty of its own. Chinese paintings are never direct copies from nature. They are always painted from memory. Patient observation and deep contemplation of nature in all Its aspects, and sketches on the spot, not considered worth preserving. precede the work of art which is painted in the moment of inspiration and with a clear concept in the artist's mind. Brisbane, Q'Id. OUEENSLANDER'S ART SHOW Celebrated artist Lloyd Rees will hold his first exhibition of oil paintings for 30 years In Queensland, his native State this week. It will be opened tomorrow at the Moreton Galleries by the chairman of trustees of the National Gallery', Mr. Edgar Fer- guson. at 5.30 p.m. and will be followed by a sherry party. "COURIER MAIL" Brisbane 2Iary ree) .' Sherry party for artist FORMER Queensland artist. Lloyd Rees, Sydney. was guest of hono at a sherry party at th Moreton Galleries last nigh His current exhibition Ills first in Brisbane sine he left this State 30 year The exhibition was openc by the chairman of thi Ngttott_Gallery trustee: rgaiFergusoni. "COURIER MAIL" Brisbane, Gild. 19 AUG 1,955 Coronation vase show A SPECIAL, vase com- memorating the Coronation of the Queen will arrive in Brisbane on Friday for public display. The Premier (Mr. Gait) said yesterday the vase was one of a small num- ber made by the British Pottery Manufacturers' Federation. The original vase seas presented to the Queen and one each to member countries of the British Commonwealth. The Australian vase would have Ps final home In Canberra. It would be on display at the Queens:. land National Art Gallery for about three months. Details would he an- nounced by the gallery. 19 1, 751EGRAPH," Brisbane, Q'Id. Memorial vase to be shown A modern vase of which there is not an- other copy in Australia is coming to Brisbane for public display. It, is one of a small number made by the BrAish Pottery Manu- facturers' Federation to commemorate the coronation of Queen glizabeth IL The original vase was presented to the Queen. and one each to the member countries of the British Com- monwealth. The Australian vase will have its final home at Canberra. Mean- while. it is being dis- played in the capital cities. The Premier 'Mr. Gain staid the vase would arrive in Bris- bane on Friday and would remain here about three months on d.splay at, the Queens- land National Art Gal- lery.