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

ArtGallery is coming to town QUEEN STREET will be the address of the Queensland Art Ga~ry for the next two weeka. el ude se,·erat Ur)•~t.J11Je1 For thr flrst Lillie, ttw a!u~ Unht!II"- an~ a Kallery will set up IL.s own <,:1111,horuui;h purlrall. showtugs ol pnlulmJi!\. 1\n l•:pstr111 . will be SCUlptur(? and unliqt1c IUI 3JTIOtlll ',I:\ ~c11l p1111€'B nlture away from IU Orea · Tllr d1spluy, mstm•d tor ory Tennce home. t::i;=.,ooo w111 h1;_ ."l.>'.'1lt'ci ut "We hal'e lent pnmt I.JO p.m . un I uesday by lngs II Oallery H.S5IKUU11 S 11 Leon r1011t. <1 Lilllll'I \' dlreClOI !Mr. Rober! trustee~• \'ICl'•prrsidrnt Smith) ,aid ye•tcrdoy. "but we ha l'e never Imel a branch aallery or ou, own." The al1owl111 wilt De Ill Flnney's auditorium while a display of Austrnllnn and New Zealand potten· occupies :~• Oregory Ter• rnfr !M 1 "fli<ture 40 ol thr gallery's collection of paintings, mo,Uy by Aus-_ Lrallan and E:n~llsh artists or ilh: ~~~ ... l~. v~rr In- .. COURIIII-M 'i~-..---~m-. ni 1 in ¥f 01ra.1. 'J'lllltT'l' -~ I.'- 11.tl111 - ln1-:~ :t ntl ,i\ \\orh-- •11 t,,t•UIJ)l11~... ,,11rlh c::'l.1!00. nlll Ill' 1111 cJl ...pla, rlur111a.: i;;h111111l111: h1111 r, ,It I ln - 111,, , amtilurl11111 until Frhru.,n K. Thr t•\hlhlt11111 I)', tlw (piwf•n,l.111d f. :lllt'n'. a11d lru, trc 1:--ilr Trout I ufllt'lalh 11 111'l11'tl ii H ...lrrila,\ . Tht• dl!\Jtla .v n-11n•,1•111-. a ,,u•rl:,I )',l'h·1·1iuu from 1hr Art (iallPr~·. :1_1111 t-. a mr;rn"' 11 f furlhl'f 111 : tnultwi nj; th1• i,:allrr~· tu Uw 1mhlh-. ··························· Plan guided lours - of art treasures G UIDED tours to show the City Hall's art ond historical treasures may be introduced in the not-so-distant future, the Lady Mayoress, Mrs. Clem Jones:, said today. Mrs. Jones, who is chairman of the City Hall Historical and Arts Committee, said that a number of paintings already had been placed. Severn! unlnLings from the Rnndnll collection. oils bv enrl.v Queensland artLst. Richard Rnndnll, who died In 1906. had been reslored nnd hnd been htmi: In the Lord Mnyor's reception room. Pnlntlni:s from the ~uccnsland_ Art Gnllcry 1111<1 from the Cit.v Hnll rollcclion hncl been hunl! in t.llC Lmlv Mn.vorcs.1.;·s rccc1Jtion nnrt mectin~ rooms. nncl in the a nte- rooms or the Lord Mn.v01·'s offices nnd recent ion rooms. Mnn .- more uuintlngs still wr rr wnlllr11! rcstor• ation. the Lnd.v t ...tnyorcss ~nicl. Commission paintings "When we It n v £' CllOUJ?h nlOIIC\' Wf' will commission uainlinl.!.s to be clone. "The Hlsloricn l nnrl Arts Commlltcc nims 10 hnvc the corridors of ! he cltv hnll filled ll'llh onintings and f renst1rrs, nnd to tnkc Ihe unhllc on guidec1 tours of the various cli!-ulnv.s." The commit tee. whose members lnclurl1• Mr. LnurJc....Xl1omn i; • l"l.iff't'tor of tlic Quc,•nslnnd Art Onllc_i:I'\ , Mr. Rr!ni1 J i5hnstor1r 1Juh11.~1 nne Gnllcrlr.s, . ;llr. ,/. c. Sla1rn hter ( l'mrn crcrk l. Prot cssor Cu111111ini..::-. ,Profe~sor of Arc:l1 ltcc– Lttrc, Q11ecn~la11cl U11i – r crsit,v ). nnd l\·trs. E,·:i n Thompson. will hold n meeting C'arl\· fl! b \'PUr to discus~ ruri IH 1 1 nlnc– Jngs or nrt trcasurP.s.