Queensland Art Gallery Presscuttings Book 8 : Pressclippings, 1977-1981

Tho purch • 10 of throo work, by 18th contu,, luropaon orti1t1 rofloctl • departure In the buyln9 policy of tho Quaonalend Art Gollory. . Chairman of AL-qulsl– tlons or the Gallery (Dr. Norman Beho.nl s a I d yesterday t hat AusLrnllan& was now &urrtclently represented with conrlcl. pastoral, ROid rush and impres– slnnlsL periods. IL was t,lme to enrich th e collecllon with "·ork~ from our Eu– rnpc:-in heritage. ' ' W e h R v e n ' t an enormou~ amount to · spend. but by discreet ' bu~•ing we can Require ~ v-•orks b,\' nrnJor Eu– ropean artists:· he .~ntd . . The three new paint – ings Rre Sir J osh ua • lwynolds' portrait or • AneM M ackR)' or Rn,·- ; enhead House: Portrnlt i or Lady Campbell by ; 6 I r Henry Raeburn, , and Francois Boucher's 1 red nnd white chalk , drawing, Venus with T wo Amorin!. Dr. Behan dcscrlbrd Rouchrr'.111 work a~ llha~– tratln~ complcMy the quallt,,· or 1-~rr1u•h art In the IRth century. "He gR\'P n nC'w ln1- P et II s try Europea n palnlln~: he sn1d "He WRS R leader of f ashion Rlld R dnrllng of the French court. THESE WORKS by 18th Century arlists, the Ici est addi tions to the Queensland Art Gal – lery, wit h Dr. Norma n Behan, chairma n at Acquis it ions a t the Gall ery. "And hi drA.\\ 11H:s more tlrnn typify Lhc quality or the 11rt1., 1 - he makes a line talk." Dr. Belrnn snl<I . Boucher (I703-1770 ) Is said lo have bOilsted or lun·lng rlonc more than 10.000 drRwl11es - In h!nck cllAlk. Mne– ulne. rcrt and whli<? chR lk and lr. 1115lels. Si r .Josh11• Rcynotrt, f I 7 2 :l-l 'i92 1 wn~ 1he first prrslrtenl of he RO,\'A.1 1\ cAdcm,·. llr trni;; t,,-4•n tlr- i;;nlhr•rl :1 ~ !lw mo ..1 ,It · 11i(ic-11 11 t. 1:ni.:li,h pllr– lra ll 11alnlrr 11r thr UHh 1·r11 t11n . He wns Riso nr. tn– !luentlnl writer nn nr . Sir Henry Raeburn , I 7 o 6-1 8 2 ~ J of Edinbtm:h, wa~i, firs apprenticed 10 R f?Ol d – :smllh. thr.n became a mlnlaUlrLIL He wns knl~hled by l<lr.~ GPnrcr TV In 1822 The I hrce ne\\' '(\'Ork~ " 'Ill he nn l)Ubllc rt1s– plny 111 ttn e:.:hlhlt1on npcnina nt the Gn liery 011 DN•rmhrr 11 T ilt"\' 1A III hr pRJI n f 'hr IUI/ IIA I ril ~pl:n nr \ n 1 1 r '1 n1'l'll'-111r,nc 111:irtr hv Illf'I J;?n llf'r\" 1 hr ln.. t I:' 111n111IH,