Queensland Art Gallery Presscuttings Book 10 : Record of press coverage, March 1982 - May 1984

The Sunday Mail 15 August 1982 THE aocl • lacope lived up to ha prediction• of • n exhllaratlng but exh • uatlng week. We Joined City Hall to welcome the Governor-General, lunched with a German counteaa, wined and dined for • rt, preserved Brlabane'a herltaae.. et • m • aked ball and Joined the Chain• et• clan gathering. Helene ,Stacey's ,J I;· / / JJII fVlfVC and dlnlnf to •upport art-(Jrom left) QuNn•land Art C.llery Foundation necutioe director, Sir Da11id Lon1land, Lady Fuher, praldent Sir C-r1• Fuher and 1uat Sheilah Jlan– cock on Thur•day ewnin1 at the art 1allery. It is only filling and mier, Dr Lltw Edwards proper that Quttnsland's and his wife, Ltoae. prestigious new Art Galltry Th L d M Aid I • ••• C1lt11r1I Cntrt e or ayor, tr• man Roy Haney and Lady lllouW be filled •lllu,quaUy Mayoress, Pearl Haney u promilleat worb 01 art. were received by found a• And it was only through tion executive director, Sir the endeavors of the David loftgland, while Art Queensland Art Gallery Gallery director, Raoul Foundation and the aplen- MtUisb and his wife, Con– did support of the commu- nle 'elttendcd their welcome nity that this been made to the Aru Minister, Tony I possible. Elllott. I Since the foundation Another apecial guest I wu formed in December, who looked II If abe had 1 1_979 with the i~iti~I objec- siepped straight out ~f the uve of $3 million in three movie "Gone with t he I years, the t~tal u~dertak- , Wind" was Dame Zara r Ing to date (1~clud1ng gov- Bate, in a magnificent off• l ernme~t ~ublndy) ltanda at the-shoulder grand ball .$2.7 m1lhon. . gown. I On Thursday even1.ng Sir James had the picas- )mor~ than ~00 of. ~ris- ant duty of pr~nting cer• 1 bane s pr?mment c111zens tificatcs 10 donors. lg~ther~ in the &~llery to The first recipient was l wine, dine and view .the Sir Jack Ltggo, who ac– complete works acquired ccpted the founder bene- l ·over the last three years by factor membership certifi– .the Queensland Art Gal• cate on behalf of Pioneer jl~ry through the founda- Sugar Mill an ... then '. lion. received his personal mem• Foundation president, Sir Georat Filhtr accom– panied by Lady Fishtr greeted guests of honor, the Governor, Sir James Ramsay and Lady R111111y. !Queensland Arl Gallery :trustees president, Mr Jus– lict Ptltr Co • nolly wel– comed the Deputy Pre- bership certificate. Other recipients includ– ed Johanna Thannbaaser, Henry Bartlttt, John Blansbard of the Queens– land Art Gallery Society, Ray M1inwarln11, Sir Gor– don Chalk, Sir Duid Muir, Marls Nichols, John Harris and Robert Doug– las. In the cultural conscious crowd were foundation committee members and their wives, including Sir Joeepli and Lady McAvoy, Sir Robert and Lady Mathers, Sir James and Lady Foots, Gtorgt and Betty Purdy, architect Ro– bin Gibson, who last week became the first Queen, slander to win the Canber• ra Medallion for architee- ture. :..\ Enjoying the. light sup– per and wine refreahmenta around the superb ~ater mall were Sir Ala • and LadJ Sewell. Varro Oaru, former Miu Australia, Ltan • t Dick, Allana an.d Doug Ryan, Japanese Con• sul-General, Mr lwHakl, Allen and Jadltb Callaghan and Dr Stne Ryan with his wife, Pat Oark Ryan, edi– tor of the Queensland Art Gallery Society news bul• letin. * Tbunday'a lunch o,er– n owed wltll tbt sweet tlllap of lift u an exclulTt "tuda& f//1 die cenhlry" of ~-