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

10:' tir CHILD litT I Lint,.: '., Clt,. i iv.. :a THE Children's Creative Art Exhibition which opens at the Queensland National Art Gallery on Fri- day. is the work of 24 boys and girls who attend Satur- day morning art classes at the gallery. Between the ages of seven and thirteen, they are hand- picked from 24 Brisbane State schools. Their instructor is Mrs. M. McNeil. 100 Exhibits MORE than one hundred examples of their work will be displayed in the gallery. The exhibition will last until December 2. On display will be paint- ings, designs for murals, plaster -of -Paris sculptures, and wood and linoleum carvings. Mrs. McNeil said that the idea of the classes was not necessarily to make artists nut of the children, but to round off their education and give them creative ideas which could be directed into different channels. Children cannot ask for entry into the classes. Names of artistically inclined children are passed to the trustees of the Art Gallery and Mrs. McNeil by State school teachers. Art goes carefree In the print room of the Queensland Nat- ional Arl Gallery are paintings, prints, de- signs and sculptor dime by children wht Attend the Satorda, morning creative art (lasses conducted by Sirs. McNeil at the gallery. These young artists are entirely uninhib- ited and express them- selves In no uncertain manner. They do not worry what other people think of their work. It they paint a horse. to them it Is a horse and a good one at that. Anyway. what do grownups know of the thrill or being tree to create tour very ow n horse? The colour used is bright anti bold. Size does not mean a thing ill this show where huge murals rub shoul- ders anti tiny sketches. The lino-euts are ex- cellent and the formal de.icii to tic com- mended. Mb mei matter is 1:111111 indeed ranging teem rained ea%lies lu 11,11,A1' dances. all the actit dies or man and Ill 111 nature as rye ist erect lit the mint; stir poured forth .itt,'r passing I Mmrtli that must aelhe and ereativr ITair. the imagination nl the Htita.--:%11,1.- V MIA: lt.rstru. 4.1 "COURIER MAIL" Brisbane, 611d. Art review by Dr. Gertrude Langer Delightful child art AS the children's art class sponsored by the trustees of the National Gallery and conducted by Mrs. Margaret McNeill is open only to selected gifted children, one may expect an above average standard of child art. But the present exhibition at the Gallery surpasses one's expectations. Painting, carving, model- ling, and linocuts are in- cluded, and while the show as a whole is a delightful experience, some children seem to give real promise of developing into full-fledged artists. Above average LITTLE Rosa Sallaway - shows far above aver- age gifts In modelling as, well as painting. Two fairly large -sized busts In clay and the left part of a mural design "Studio" done by Ross, are outstanding. The idea for "Studio" was the children's own ambitious one. Each of the three boys who collaborated supplied first sketches, and then they worked their ideas into the painting. They wished to achieve strong plastic forms and strong contrasts of light and shade. Mrs. McNeill said: "Emotions ranged from elation to deep despair, but in the end each felt they had learned a great deal." Sensitive work TWO other mural ideas, each carried out by a tram of three children, are "Native people" and - land." In each of these, one is surprised by the knolvledge of the human figure and the sensitive placing of shapes and colours. All work, of course, has been done from the imagina- tion. Susan Baker shows much promise with direct brush sketches of figures in movement at sports and in "Flight into Egypt." Fran- cis Bennie draws attention with "Father Nursing' Junior," and John Lee with "Whinnying Horse in Land- scape," astonishing for a boy aged 10, This show, which is well deserving of public atten- tion, will be opened by the chairman of trustees tMr, F. E. Ferguson) to -day at 4 p.m., and will remain open at the National Gallery until December 2, WORK OF A 12 -YEAR -OLD ('LAY BUST, modelled by Ross Saila way, 12, of Banyo, is the outstanding exhibit of child art at the National. Gallery Ross' sculpture subject was his younger brother. ART tillOW MISHAP Vie. ham e 1..t 1001- . MU ll ib, Om Ftt...1.11111 \ Al, c,11,111 - II., 01 mparars ( .:!la paki,km.- I 0111,1i . 11 ,t1,1111.11 11,1111.1 loo oIL ht 1IN the 11j1/11 toe t t%. \Lr 1h mot out the W6111,111, v.rt pot In the atom: m Me - bourn,. I Ili taller. director \Ir. It. ILI int..., leaves tomorrovi to attend a 1111.1'l tors' conlerence in lticlaidr anti the exhi- bition will not be held Inc at least a week.