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

The Courier-Mail 17 June 1982 Invited, but 'nc,' to ·gallery... ' Major Harold de Yahl Ru– bin's wid1lw, Mrs Julie Hatc h, was invited yesterday to the offi– cial opening of Quccnsla nd 's •new art gallery on Monday. invite someone from the Rubin fam- pie could not be invited' to the offi• ily, especially his' son, Ben, a ftcr what my late husband did for the gallery," Mrs Hatch said. cial opening. l • · • Those who were not invited on Monday had been invited to one of the exhibition openings. The art gallery director, Mr Ra– oul Mellish, said Mrs Hatch was "unfortunately overlooked" in the preparation of the 900-strong guest ,list. The list was prepared by the Works Department , the Premier's Department and the gallery. Major Rubin, who died in 1964, gave a number of priceless art piec– es - including a Degas, a Lautrcc and three Picassos - to the gallery. During his lifetime, the philan– thropic millionaire collected one of Australia's largest private collec– tions of paintings. But on learning of the unfor• lunate omission of Mrs Hatch from Monday's guest list, she had ndW . been included. "Because of the importance of her late husband, Major Rubin, • significant donor to the g~lery, .we would be happy if she would IC• ccpt," Mr Mellish said. But Mrs Hatch said last night she would not accept the invitation, hand-delivered to her Bardon home yesterday afternoon. "It was an afterthought. I'm dis-. . psted that they had not thought to Mr Mellish said Mn'·Hatch had been invited to one of tlie .five exhi– bition openings ~ter Monday's offi– cial openin& by the Prenlie.r, Mr Bjelke-Petenen. Because of seating limits, a number of important peo- He said the gallery would do its best to include at' 41ne of the other exhibitions anyone else who felt they had been overlooked. 1 heir E,,c llcn.: ic, the (jovcrn· or-Gcn"ra l and Lady Cowen arrived in Dri , bane 11-.)m Cnn– b<·rrn ycsicnlay morning al the sian of their farewell visit to Q11c:nsland. l.atcr. the y vi~itcd the per• formin~ :ons comple~ and the Queensland Art (inllcry of the 0uccnshrnd Cultural Centre. Bri,i,ane. Their Exccllencic, attended a civk m:cplion nt the Brisbane Cit1 Hall ycslerday afternoon and :o f1erwnrds attcmted n State dinner al Lennons Pl aza Hotel. Hi~ Excellency the Governor presided nt a meeting of the Executive Council yesterday mornin~ and later rc.:civeJ His Ex.:clkn~y the Amhas,ad?r of l'rw1,·e and l\lndumc ~ler1mec. Jn the evening the (,uvcrnor and I.ad \' Rowland were present al a Queen's Birthday dinner at the Anstralnsinn Pionce~• Clu·b, York Street. Lady Rowland was the g1_1f:!;t of the Women's Pioneer Society of Am<tralnsia at the com– men1oral ion of women pionce-rs in the society's rooms, Genrge Slrcct. ye~tcrday morning. , The Govcrnar has received the following teletrra!" from .~ is Royal Highness Prince Ph1hp, Duke of Edinburgh: "I am most grateful for youT good wishes for my birthday," The Courier-Mail 18 June 1982 r----E-dited by DES PARTRIDGE Professor Jaffe: nothing like this seen before in Australia. Collection from UK Art -. WHEN THE NEW Queensland Art Gallery opens on Monday, one of the biggest attractions will be a visit•. Ing exhibition "Town, Country, Shore and Sea." ,It is a collectiqn or I 00 B~itish draw• itigs and watercolors from Anthony Van Dyck to Paul Nash, part of the col– lection of drawings and watcrcolors or the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cam• bridge. The .museum's dir,:ctor, Professor Michael Jaffe, said yesterday the col– lcc:tion reprcaented a bout one-tenth of that held by the Fitzwilliam. He said: "Thi:"m~seum has never lent a whole exhibition before. Nothing like this has been seen in Australia." The collection depicts landscapes and well-known landmarks in the Brit– . ish Isles and many countries of conti– nental Europe. From David Cox's "The Opening of New London Bridge" to Thomas Boys' "Le Pavilion de Flore,. Tuilcrics, Paris", it is varied in .the styles and subjects it encompasses. Among the artists represented arc, Constable, Turr1cr, Gainsborough, De .Wint and Sandby, and more modern artists whose works arc included are Eric Kennington, Paul Nash and John Minton. . Professor Jaffe said the drawings were chosen for their quality and inter– est. All were acquired by the museum during the last 75 years; a number were gifts from individuals and bequests. The single work or Sir Anthony Van Dyck included in the collection is "The Ypres Tower at Rye, Seen From the South", sketched in pen and light brown ink in the 1630s. After the exhibition closes in Bris– bane on July 18, it will be taken to the Northern Territory, Western Austra– Jia, NSW, Tasmania and Victoria be– fore returning to Cambridge next Feb– ruary. Professor Jaffe will deliver a lecture, -rhe Fitzwilliam and its Collections", on Friday, June 25, at the art gallery. I /