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

Australian Exhibit In N.Y. BUFFET of New Guinea walnut, the drawer fronts carved in one piece. QUEENSLAND black bean makes another buffet (right). CABINET (below) of New Guinea walnut in the possessibn of Robert Haines. The feet are of copper. THESE four pieces hare all been lent for the New York exhibition. A BUFFET made by Schulim Krimper of Aus- tralian cedar and box, which is now in the National Gallery of Victoria. Furniture Which Is An "Heirloom Of Future' TODAY, in the Rockefeller Centre, New York, Mrs, Vanderbilt Webb will open a unique oneman show of Australianmade furniture. It is the work of Schulim Krimper, an Austrian craftsman who for the last 17 years has lived and worked in Melbourne. In charge of the exhibit of taking two days to put on -which has been arranged a set of hinges, two weeks to by the Department of Trade-- polish a dozen panels in a is the director of the National wardrobe. He designs his own Art Gallery in Queensland. locks. Mr. Robert Haines, who has So fine is his work, pieces only , just returned from a arc in art galleries and he ex - European visit on behalf of ports furniture of world do his gallery Inislees, sign to connoisseurs overseas. The 20 pieces of furniture Krimper has made good represent the work of an artist use of Australian woods. The in wood; overseas sisitors, walnut is magnificent, he says; particularly Americans. have the black bean is "breath. been interested in Krimper'sBaking". He retains the nat. craftsmanship. and pieceslural colours of the woods; he have been lent by Americans:coats on floor wax and rubs as well as Australians for the. . . rubs . . rubs. exhibition, which is sponsored Krimper furniture is not by the Australian Gosern- shears; a 9ft sideboard in Am - meat Trade Commissioner in et ican pine was sold for New York, Mr. Gullick, S.:285. He makes heirloom, The craftsmanship has of the future. stimulated the interest of Mr. Haines is well lilted to Mrs. Vanderbilt Welsh. who speak at the opening of the founded the non-profit-mak- cshihit by Mrs. Webb in Ness ing . American Craftsmen's oil:: he has long been em Council. and was one of the thusiastw: about Krimper's prime movers for the estah. ssolk. and some pieces from lishment of the new Museum his Brisbane flat have been of Contemporary crafts-the lent to the exhibition. He first museum In America de-flew to New York about a voted entirely to handioafts.'fottnight ago to arrange the Schulim Krimpo is a per -(furniture which will remain rectionist. Ile dunks nothinglon dtsplai for inn months.