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

State's painters do well national competitions Mt:J\IBEHS of Bri11hunc'11 nrt 1·111111111111il)' 111-.· g1•tti1111 1·1111•illcrnhlc t_-·M ,2.J. / 4 / b 3 . • 1n • ntidaction out nr tlui r1•1°<'11t h11Hrirk hrnu11h1 oH hy three Oueeualnnd p11intcr • in mnjnr nulinnal 11rl co11111clitlon1, John Molvii; has just won the 196:1 Festival of Perth Art Prize, John Risby t.he Bulman Prize nl Uie New south Wales National Gallerl'· 1tnd Joy ltas1enllamp t ,e Wynne By David Rowbotham Watercolour Pri,.c. tr!:i~~~v~~f: 111 Y111!s ~~1•;1 1 ~ U~~ exnct.lY the riGhl time 10 1lve the lie to the Sydney critic, Robert Hughes. WrUln1 In "Nation," Hu1hei< d-rtbed the art eommunlty hent a1 hav– ln1 Mlmethlnr or the :ror:ln~rk • tm,:s.h•r: ...rth or ,:,:i paln""r • and Idea • • Inventory A 1roup or Queensland al'loiflta and art-followers ha5 Just held a kind or council or war and an Inventory, and their llndln11s do much more than reject. Mr. Hu1he1' "N a t t on" uavelo1ue. Per capita, we have one of the 1tronre1t communl– "• of palntera In AWl– tralla, The Dr. Robert Dalley- Scarlett Memorial Bcholar– ahlp Committee In Brlsbnne has listed at least 36 prac– tlsln1 painters, The commit.Lee Is lnvlt.ln11 them all to enter works In a Little Plclures Exhibition ·that has been planned for next month at Flnneya' I Auditorium, The best, or best-estab– lished, of them are repre– sented In private and na– tional collections throu11h– out Australia, Enthusiasm Quite a few have had notable one-man lhowa at the Brlabane private 1al– lertN or Brian Johnstone (Johnatone Galleries> and Jam• Wieneke <Moreton Oallertea>, and similarly IIIOllllnent private pller!ea In other State•. ~O.:.~ ~ewnfirY~1J:~~~ ·!!Z,.,t'am• ~glu (Douglas ifw':erieal, another sign of Uce a::in,n1~:~:t -~~ prf~; v1YW5~iJMl"i-rr -n.-a • , who reeently ~..:r':~le~o~~'q'::::S~ { Galler, lrector, Laurie lllad, i.a puhtlcly elated 11111 unuement a& the S late'• enlhu, l••m !or art. He ucknowledges 1he 1111• l.1!'1\~llf~lt~ O~S ~r~nc[cnt':.~: llut he hus dt•cl:ll'cd thr tre• mcndous d1!\'t 1 lopmc11L so evident lnsldr 0111 own bor• ders, und 81 isbnne·s J)()Si • Uon us on art centre In it.s own right. We have plenty or url socletle• 1tnd groups. and we have some keenly coveted anci contested annual art awards. The CIUIM!III Rlclrnrd• and Harvey prizes, :111d the Red– cllfle contest 11ttrnct lnt.er– st.nte cornpetlllon. Against. this rcgul11r, nut• side compelltlon painters hvlng and working In Queensland hn,·e more thnn held their 111-ound. And their record of win• In Commonweallh-wlde competition• beyond th•lr own State hu, ower the lut few yeara, been ex– tremely lmpreulve, Winners Here I& one' lndlcatory list: • Arthur Evan Rad, Wynne Prize, 1954. w:ek1~hn£1~~byPrl~~m~/;·~ gherlc Tmvelllng Scholnr– shlp Prize, Sulrnnn P1·lze 1962, • F'rancl• de Sliwa, McCAughelity P1ize !.Vlctorl:ll. • Jon oMr, Trnnslleld £1000 Prize 1062, Perth Prize 1963. m:n 111,~fe"re)N~.'vJ.•,. it')~: more Prize, Perth Prize 1962. • Andrew Slblev, Tr1tns– fleld £1000 Prize 1061. W~neJoWAter:i~t:n~~r.; 196l. • Charle • Blackman, Rublnateln Travellln11 Scholarship Prize. • Neville Malthew1, Saigon At"t P1·l1.e, Ian Fairweather, of Brlble Island, laRt year held an exhibition In Sydney by vlr– tuo, of which he received resounding ncelnlm, and some or the best 11rlce• ever pnld an Austrnllnn artist. Molvlg, Blnckmnn, Sibley, and Fnlrwenther were rep- 8'!fl;~~d 1 :uiiao~ 1 t~~~~gf! tlon or contcmpornry Aus– tralian pRlntlng In 19fll, and &re again represcn ted C. ~ ,q)~)6 :s "COURIER MAIL" 27 MAY 196J In the exhibition of Aus– Lrnlinn 1 11lntln~ arranged in London by the Common– wcnlth Go\ 1 erument nnd the TnLe Gn ller;· Molvi~ hus a unc•mnn exhlbllion II Paris t hLs month. spons,,red by the Assoclotlon for Cultural Freedom. Only one other modern Austn,llnn painter has been accorded the same honour 1John Olsen, or Sydney>. Top woman J\lar"arel Olley, after her astonlahlnc comeback uhlbltlon lut year wa.• I and 11111 11) talked ahoul u Auatralla'• leadlnr ••oman painter. Two younger Brisbane painters, whose work Is gaining attention are John Aland And Menyn Moriarty, Moriarty Is a Johnsonlnn Club Art P1·lze winner. A gOOd pointer living out– side Brlsbnne Is Herb Car- 1ten•, of Toowoombn. Arthur Evan Read lived for mnny yenrs In North ~ueenslnnd, nnd was the {~;t J~:~}i' P~?•• •~rlh 0 r! ' r.:~1cl'r~11hi~\,1 l~ 1 'J,'b~k~~~~- There nre quite n 11um- r:~·c1,g:s 1:~e 1 ti;lsi~~~- r J~ ~!Wi'lt~stbes~1~: ...~or o:,,~~~ lloned), the pointers Bron– w.,·n l 'eate,i, Rny Churcher. anrl Melville Hayso~, th! 5 ft1~t1~-s"~~;."kor~~y· 1;~; <lone ror Al"t In education, Is C. Van Homrhrh, senior art lecturer at the Teachers' College. Sculptors Let 1L~ not forget, either, the outstanding aervlces of ~l:~h~;~eti'o~3:Y. the late This stOI'.\' ot Art In Queenslnnd could be con– tfnued. There are our sculptors and potters, nnd tho, Arts Connell, under the presl· dency of Gertrude Lanrer, nrt critic for The Courier– Moll who ha• lnunched an– nual vacntlon art schools. la~n~r:~e rn:so~r:J; r~;:iJ/;l never doubt the vigour or t.he nrt activity going on In Queensland, , TMI C.OUIUIR-~IL TUDDAY JU The Square TT Art ~lis~l~y N OW that the City Council rr1!.E Queenaland Art Is press ing Ahead with mem':i~~ry ~~~Ing J plAns for demolition of exist· sculpture by the It.le ing buildings to make ~aY ~'tr,1: i~'h":.e~. be held for the extended K111g The exhibition will be Gcorn·c Square the public ~ned b/ Miss Dt.phne ~hould be told m ore dctHlls ayo:r:,t 1 f.·m. on Tliurs- of its intended chH ractcr. The propoRcd unrlcri:round nRrkini: stRtion, the Reserve BRnk building, Ancl a pnR• sible building of 11. British compRny might not of them• selves impart much city communitv interest to the SquRre unless there is pro• vision made for them to accommodate special services AA well. An art gallery, open-Rir reRtaurRnt. Anrl municlpRI library l1Rve hecn ~ui:gcAlerl for the Squnrr. A 1rnncl of design nrlviserA now hAs been appointed . but. what should he made clea r nrc the full purpns<'~ of the ~rinnrc t he~' wtll heir ln de• sign. 'CtWtre'on kM.{ . canvas An 11hlbitiofl of 40 ,ainti1111 of Australia' • "Dcod H1ort" by New Zeolond - bo,,. Robert John100, ho1 optfltd ot tht Notionol Art Gollcry, Grc1ary Terrace. The paintings, JUSL back Crom exhibitions In South. E11st Asia. will lJc on dis• pin)' In t,hc gAllery·s p1·h1t room until July 14. Mr. Johnson, 73, hns llvcd In Sydney since IOll nnd lrns IJari :-:ho\vin~s 111 Paris, London. U.S.A., Rlld llldln. He visited Crntral i~i~.a In 1955, 1956, JU I. 1963 The art of adead man1 A N UflCOfflpl1t1d work by a fflOlor Au1t1ollan 1culpto, who was ec– chllfllall, kllltd IHI , .., wlll be feotu11d In • Mefflorlol 1how of hi• works at the Queon1l1nd Art Goll • ry thl1 wetk. More thnn 30 pieces by Sydney sculptor Gcrnld Lewers, wtll be In the ~~~wn,;1~lc~ngii:,~,, ~~~ 0 [~ AUl!USt 11. Mr. Lewera waa throW!l from a horse near Cairns last August, and died later In Cairns Hospltal 1 aged 57. His work hna won Austrttlla-wlde acclaim. The Queensland Art Onl– lery orga.nlsed the •mem• ot·lnl showing. It hns been g~n~vd~fo· ~tvt~';; i~:: ln~~i, unllnlshcd work. In red cednr, will be shown n.s nn example or how Mr Lcwr rs \\lent nbout his art.. Other "-'OOd nnd stone cnr. vi~~n;mofc ~1~\'''Lc~1ers' mn Joi' works will be sho"•n In enlnrgerl photogrnphs because they were too henvy lo move. 8'11bane, Q. l-'tf1Y 196] JONES FOR CULTURE ? r:: .1 '.l SQUARE Alderman Jones sale! laat night: "The civic square I would be a suitable place for the establishment o! an art gallery In ell\'lronmcnt nnd ll'om the point or view of public convenience," He added that whether It could be located there would depend on the floor space needed and whether Ils de•IIIII would conCorm WIth that of the propo.sed n:ir,rve Bank and the City £500,000 plan ceJtr:. f'i~~ ~~t;:i,e also will Incorporate flrst-clBs.s theatre. The ccntrP's llnance com– mittee chairman 1Blr Leon ~;~~i~,t~~IRY1~al :;~ur•:~~ the Botanic Gardens but the new Square was being considered. Arts Council or Queens– land president IDr. Gertrude Langer) said she strongly urged thRt the cultural centre be part or the Bqunre scheme. Sir Leon Trout said that the centre commit.tee was Just Wl\ltlnR for the op• r~\:~lf C rr;.~~:~t rtgr 1 7~~3~ Hotel closing It Is understood thftl, ft picture theatre company Is Int erested In building on 1.he second KlnR Oeor~c Square site. The Albert Hot.cl, which fronts the Cllr Hnll and which the City Council ha.s " ~reed to buy !or £117,000. Is due to close on June 20. n,r. r:ouncJI hRR niireed to buy the Hibernian BulldlnR. on the Adelaide SLl'CCl.•SquRrc rorner. and ~fii'1 ~~:1rd~~R ut'~ fJ!l~i~; St.reel.. f{ \~63 // * BRISBANE artist Mbs Daphne M1tyo •·Ill open offlclnlly the mem– orlul cxhlllltlon of sculp– Lurc.s by the Inte Orrnld Lc\\•ers Ill the Quc.-ns– lnnd Ai:L-Onllrrv on Tl!ursilny, July II · The sculoturcs, In wood. stone amd mc1al. hove been lonned from prh·at c collections and from the nrt galleries of New South Willes nnd South Australln.