Queensland Art Gallery Presscuttings Book 3 : Presscuttings, Sept 1959 - Sept 1967

f'R0/11 OUR I.0 ,'1//101\' S1Af'#' ,1/'/ll ,Id.I'. LONDON, January 24. - Opening of the first major exhibition of Au1tralian ort at the Tate Gollery, London, la1t night was a glittering 1ocial occosion, Four hundreds guests Impressionist, whose "The including dlplomnls B1·cnknway" Is plnf.:/tnted representing m o s t ~fie ~nf P~~~~ 1 . spot! ght at countries in the world The Tate OallerJ: has were present. Pt 1 d 1 Atfft~~ 1 11!·scom~: 0 ':j;g~ By the time It closes on artists by hanging 13 Aus– March 3. an csttmntcd trallnn woi·ks In lhc mnln ;~~tore. people will have ~T~\1fb1/proach to the ex- A former AustrRllnn Viscount Slim •nld Aus- Oovernor-Oenel'Bl <Vis- tralla offered "everything count Slim ) orrtclnlly a tnie artist could wlsli opened the show. ror." It Is tl:e first time Aus• "It Is a beautiful country ~i~°a i:g~~gl1~~ 1 l~ 011 nn 1 ~~f ;;i,';;~~an~;oii, I~~~~ n~~ gallery-and London's soc- sub.lects for the artist,'' he lalltes turned 0111. In rorce. sa id. Lo~:I' 0 8lsi:'.• r,1~,~' 1 t,;I~!~ "Amonq best" Ila !Miss Trlcln Reschke), Viscount Sllitt Mid Aus– Lady Pamela Mountbnttrn t1·nllnn nrt had developed and the Countess of Rosse'. t1·emendously since the Viscount Sllm suld t!rnt turn or I-h e century. In Its short history Austrn. "Australians now rnnk llans hnd brought the nmon!!" l,he best Rl'tlsts In country rrorn the Stone the world," he sa id. Age to a st•ge whel'e they The Queen and the Duke could produce men In the of Edinburgh will Inspect top class In nil sphere11- the exhibition next Tues– Including art. • dny nfter a luncheon with Two hundred And lour- the Austrnllan High Com– teen paintings In the ex- missioner (Sir Eric Harrl- ~,!~Jf!~r co'i~~r:, ~~g~~s l'C~~ son l. those of artists or today. There a re 30 works In the colonial section, 31 In Impressionist. and the rest are contempornry. Biggest representation I. given to Tom RobcrLs, a ~il~!Jfi~~JRr F 1nney centenary F INNEY ISLES will of!er Queensland's biggest-yet art prize to c~lebr~te its 100th anniversary as a trading firm . B isbane 111c -rlir 1w0 r ,•11 r... prr l·r ct - •n r ' IIH! i\tay 4 IH'XI. The pt'izr will hr :um F:11t r lr_-!-, \l'lllllri . d n:--,- . LI 1 ·L I·'in nc,·.. :1·1cll1 0 1111111 gt1illf'HR lnr H' •r:-; lt lHl! datr. pa in t in):: IJ>· H Q11cr 11s- :..:.:.::..:......::::.:.:..:__ _ ____ lnnd r r. I Qurrm,1.rnrl ·~ 011\rr hlL! ~rl pn zr:i 11rr _lllr H: C. ll.ielrn rcl.1., 1:tf10 ~11111r11:-.1 a nd I t hr Ho~·n\ . .Nntlon11 l A:i...o• Clllllon·~ 11'.:lfif) I 1 1\ r l l'l!\'lf•~ l' ;\J)('t'{ !-'Ill• nrv~ c·rn 11rq 10 ;'tll.t,u·t a IHfn ;~iu \ J11t·P11,L111<1 Art O n ll1•n · cltrrl'l n1 '~t r I l ,a llrlf' T hn111n., , \\'111 tllcl~r l Th (' c•11111 p r t1:11111. J•'1tll1('.\'I'> 1111\1\lll!ll !L: t\tP •C'· ' 1n1 •ri.l r Rod n 1,,,a111 ,111~ J1flllll<'"cl rlr 1:11I:- 1JI rlu• hL llf"',\' p:111ll ll l(; ,•,\!llf'I I• 111~ ~1~ l 'I n ,111 •,t1d _W r •h ,.111' I•• 111\l)l o \r •l\r , 11\– l ll nil , 1,1 1Hl,11d nl (-,'11Jf'l' 11 !Hlll;!,r 1 . ;,,d !11; p:11111111:: t'nll hl h r 11 1 1111, 11lN1! 1 1ltll h1 1t trn d 111 hr 1,,11t11rrl i , Brisbane, O. 20 MAY 1963 / 111 Sq11are · I F an cnla ri::1•d nnd I i::rn nrler ,Ci'.·'· Srp rn r~ frontini: lht• C1t.1 Ha ll h~ r·omes • reallt)" lh l'l'e 1• much to J:wo said in f•,·011r of Ihe Art__.9!!.llery going in lo t he Sq uare. Present prnpollAI i• for the IArl Gall ery, RA part of the I proposed f;o\'ernmenl• apnusnred culturnl ccnlre , lo move lo A Ril e in I.he Botanic r;nrdenH. To lxi of ~n ximum l'Riur lo citizen• , of BriHhRne - •• wnll "" to 1,011111 r)' visit.ors - the Stal~'• art collection •hould hnng in • • centrRI A place RB poRRible. I • artists wipers ,11,_,1_, · 'l'Rl~\ 'Gfn'E LONDON Tues. : The Duke . ' A t alion artist Edinburgh turned to us r d . . .. , S dne Nolan in London to_ ov- ano a~kc/: "Have you used a windscreen wiper yet ?" . nuthrr onr of tlu~s~ People s1nncl1n1z nt·nr :~patrlales •~" .. Ves. the couple .i l th r rt·11lied \\lhitt•lt•~·. "a.nf ~ cxluh1t io11 nr J\ u, - r,,,. r,·en,, ,:-ol lu like trnh;111 paint111µ " 1 !he Taff• Griller\'_. bracccl_ ' 11 !i.,!!."'i~Uk<' roarrd with Il)t'lll"el\'r!,:, I h e ) I tho11~ht tlw Du.ke. a n 1i,~1\ 1~ 1 :[·1 n ~ \Vllllam ot1\ !--pC1kt•11 t'l'ltll' . :f Dubc!rs R ed Ln fl.v. _t h r n1o<ll'l'll :,rl. \~" ' bt.·m ~ i,ortrnit of :in obese 111Hl fa cl'liOU!-. ft:nrsomr . \\'Ot11~u 1. l h c DIil N11lnn l'l,'_Dlicd : Duke n!-,k C'd ~ 11' Colin_ ·Yrs sii . I ha ,·r-. Anderson , C'lrn 11·m a 1~ ol And llw D11kL~ the Tntc T rust ee!;, if it C'hucklccl. . . lw lungccl t o t h e gallery. t Rndlo11holn -.!urns "No, it belon~~ _to the Quern ~h a kin~ mv," ~nicl S ir Coln~: h:u11ls wllh ~1r~. " Hut .,he t~ n o rclnth 'I'. Hrell \\'hitdt•,·. "ltt• of Onci• nt!a in th e Duke -' :!:l~_,·car-ulfI Au-.: l:rnµl1cc1 lw :1rtily . trnllan arl b t "ho ha.., Before t ltc~• cn ter<'d 1>;linti11~s in lht• tile f!Xh ib lt iu n t h e Royal rx:hihltinn. :X1•xt tu lwr rouulc wer e 1n t rochtcPCI I~ Mr. \\'llilt'lc·, :11111°\~ 10 11 nurnbcr of Aus. ol>st•url'd. then S~dnr , trnllan nrt,b ls. Solan, :uul ltol Ut· l\lalstre. Nolan ~aid 1,lt er· ··T Ju1 Duke ha;;; nn rxtraordinnrv nu~mor~·– In Perth last ,·cur I mentioned to h im t hut in Grccct' I hnd boug-ht a dozrn rubbcr ~cclr;ecl windl'icn'C'll ,,·lpl'I'~ 1 ? be u~.ed in . p:11111 In: . The infnrm:u ic-11. J~~ u.. t hnr ~ lntrigucd lum. EXPATRIATE EVEN LIKED THE BEER For 50 mlnu lC!-i the Quc{•ll nud the Duke toured !he exh ibit ion thnt ha:- won hi~h uralsc 1 n Brltnl11 . . The Queen cl~s~ly r xuminccl e,u·h "OI k. u·ul the Duke !',~('lllt'd 111 Ughtheartrd mood. To Mr. Rober t C:.1 mo~ bell dirCl'lOr of lht Nntional Gnllcry . of South J\u~rn ltn; . ,, 110 conductccl llr_r ,ll ounc\ the cxhlbi1 1on the Queen snici : " It I:; . so n ke lO ~C(! SQ111f'lhing c,f the J\Uslrn li nn Sl'CllC a~.i;.~\.'ounr s.,·dnt•.,· a rl– isl llrcll Wh!,lrle,· !111: nuke said: Are