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

The Courier-Mail 29 April 1983 ,. , New art treasures for state gallery THE Art~fflP. Mr Tony Elliot, this week ann~unced the purcha~ pt to_u! !mport– ant works tor'fhe Queensland , Art Gallety's European col• tection. They arc "Composition Sur Fond Blcu" (1930) b~ Fre~ch artist Fernand Leger,' Musical lnstruincnts" (1925) ~y Lithuanian-born Jacques Lip– chitz _ recognised as one ,or the most significant Cubist sculptors, "The Three Apos• ties" (c.1515-20)_by German Renaissance painter Luca,s , Cranach and Anthony Caro s "l lnison". The first three "'Orb will go on display later this week, The fourth will arrive in Australia next month. •t( ".ll' •.1't<" The acquisitions were negoli• ated by art g~llery direcl~r.Mr Raoul Mellish during a v1s11 10 Europe in fanu~ry. They w!II join works by Picasso, Renoir, Cczanne and Matisse':•~, Th e Sunday Mail 1 Ma y 19 8 3 A1if1 to th• p«>ple of I UHruland • . • Sir Jade and Lady Le110 at the Quttn!_lo!!,.4 ..4r~lery, Sir Jaclc chairman of Pioneer Su1ar M ma, pre• . Hnled :o the 10llery the a.,ulpture, .. Jemmy Morrill ..,.J the Brol1aa" by Lindaay Daen. _The ,culpturfl '1<>01 purcha1ed u,ith fund• pro"ided by Pioneer to commemorate the centenary of th• company. )1 , ' j The Courier-Mail 28 April 1983 IT'S tht ctnttn1ry of PlonNr Sugar Milla Limited next .month, but 111, QuNn1l1nd lhlrtl IM prtHnt - 1n lmprt11l¥1 bl'Olllt ICUlptur. that WIii bt unvtlltd 1t lht 011Nn1l1nd Art Gal– lery In Brllblnt tonight. The sculpture was crcatl'.d by e••patriate Australian Lindsay Daen, who has lived abroad since the late 1940s and is now rcsi• dent in Puerto Rico. It depicts a naked James Morrill, the British sailor who was shipwrecked off Townsville in 1846 and lived for 17 years with Aboriginals, with two brolgas. The idea or Daen crcatin~ a sculpture as a suitable centenary memorial for the north Queensland sugar company was made by the late Australian artist, Sir Russell Drys– dale, before he died in 1981 . Sir Russell, a grandson of one or the company rounders, was a director or Pioneer Sugar. Lady Drysdale is cQming to Brisbane to– night for the unveiling of the 2.75 m • 4.2 m work by the Governor, Sir James Ramsay. The sculpture, the first work or art to be elaccd in the outdoor courtyard or ihe ,"SOilth Bank gallery, has been purchased I ~fib funds provided by the Pioneer compa• f . thro~gh the Queensland Arl Gallery ou~1on. , ' 1::· * * * ··.· Fre.e· for ·all ; . .,,, ... . ~~~ I ~~ • ' ~ JIM DINB.. ll an early Amcrica11'\,op artist who worked, aniollg·olher things, ~Iii charcoal and collasc drawln~"grapbic •!Olli for a series or pollen. . •' ..,,,,1: ' He studied thi , a four year atint In Lon- don, and his wor umentcd in I film lo be shown this Friday al the Art Gallery. "Jim Dine" is an American film made in 1978 which al10 rcaturC$ the artist rcadins 10me or his poetry. II will be shown at 12.IOp.m.and I.IOp.m. * * * '_:,, ALSO 11 the Art Gallery tl:is Friday is I special noor talk to be held by the sallcry'a Decorative Aru curator, Mr Glenn Cooke. The topic is "Art Nouveau Glass by Tirrany, Daum and Argy-Rousacau" to begin at 7.30 p.m. Frrnch music linked with the theme of the floor talk will be performed by soprano Patricia Brown, accompanied by pianist John Collis, bcsinning around 7.15 p.m. Gallery hours have been utendcd, h is now open every d~y 10 a.m.- 5 p.m., c•cept for Friday when it is opcn·to 9 p.m. All e•hibitions arc free uc:epl for "The En- tombed Warrion". .