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

This superb art gallery book a tribute to all • • • Queensland Arr Gallery - Selected Works, the first major publication undertaken by the gallery, is intended to serve as an introduction to its collection and as a tribute to those who have contributed to its development. In an inmxluc1ion. 1he gallery's direc1or. Ra1Jul Mellish, 1raccs lhc history of 1hc gallery from 1895. when a decision was made 10 csiablish the Queensland Arl Gallery as a S1a1c ins1i1u1ion, 10 1he prcscn1 day when 1he gallery's facili1ies are "com· parable 10 those of any art museum or gallery in the world." The major par1 of 1he collec1ion is dcvo1ed 10 Aus1ralian art from colonial 1imcs 10 1hc presen1. and more 1han half of the book's 3I2 pages fca1urc reproduc1ions of works from 1his general ca1cgory. including pain· 1ings. sculp1ure. prinl . drawings. pho1ographs. dccora1ivc arts and craf1s. Among 1he 60-odd colour rcproduc1 ion, are 1hose of 1hc seven impor1an1 French pain1ings acquired with 1he gif1 of Major Harold de Vahl Rubin in 1959. These works llhrce Picassos. a Degas, a Renoir. a Toulousc-Lau1rec and a Vlarl1inckl formL-d 1he foundation of an imponan1 European collcc1ion which is liberally rcprcscn1cd in lhc book. The works included in 1hc publka1ion have gcncrnlly been arranged in chronological sequence wi1hin five scc1ions: Bri1ish and European Works. A11s1ralian Arl. Twcn1ic1h Cen1ury Sculpture. Dccora1ive Art: and Prin1s and Drawing,. ., r.--":.\rr t 1tl Each scc1ion is preceded by an in1roduc1ory essay. As well as 1he superb colour reproduc1iorn, 1herc arc also hundreds of works reproduced in black and while. The book is availahlc from 1hc Gallery Shop and priced ,11 S10. Visi1or, 10 1he gallery this week mar sec an cxhibi1 ion called n,e A11.11ra/ia11 I.and• 1co11t• - St'lt'cted IV11rh on l'apr r. Ahoul 60 works from 1hc 19th cen1ury 10 1hc prcscni have been selected for 1his cxhibi1ion. which reveals 1he varicl)' of 1cchni4ucs and ap· proaches adopteu in the portrayal of the Aus1ralian landscape. Artis1s rcprcse111cd include Con rad Manens. J. J. Hiluer. Han~ Hci•scn. Ken ne1h Macqueen and Ru~scll Dry,dulc. The exhihi1ion co111inuc~ to M,trch 20. RIGHT: One ol the imrks included in ()uccnsland An Gallerv - Selected Works ... Under 1hc Jac'aranda //C)()JJ br J111.,1m/ia11 arti,11 R. Codfre.r Ril·ei, t//159,/q:5!. Oil OIi ('U/11 '0,\ . 14./ ,·111 X /11 7..' cm .. , \ . .J