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

91r!.'!~~ 1!'! s!!,~~!~! AUSTRALIAN COLONIAL PORTRAITS ~~~h:1 r ~s!'i~~ld~~ 1~ A~!~~:~•~~al;':.,~•:r~t~ Au,trall1 Council "' conjuochon w11h the Tasm1n1an Museum and Alt GNV and w1U be on show unlJ 6 June. Free Public Lecture: Mi •• fve hecombe nf thft Powm lnsitula of Finfl Arts, Svdnev who devised the fah1bl11on, will g1v11 1 lec11.. at the Gallo,y, .-Y 20 l!My, 2.30 pm, WALTER BURLEY GRIFFIN A si•vey h hlblhon of photogaphs. plans and maps hv the American Alchilect who pr acused m Ausoaha !or 21 yt11tts alter -winning the lnlff'RIIIOI~ Planning Co,npeht1on for lhl c,ty of Caooerr1irl 1912: 11 -y - 10 J..,e, Farthcomi11g f,,,. Public Lec11t1~: " IMrint My Thoughts On My Art E.,..i-.1 D••NH" by Dr. G. ~. 0 .1.E . ......, 27 l!My, 2.30 pm. Hnura: Monday - Satwday 10 • m - Ii pm Sunday 2 pm - Ii pm ADMISSION FREE from the Utah Foundation QuHn1land Art Gallery to catalotue In which it • com- will be ll • ted. has ll1IUJl– been but pleted It would Include 1500 colored and black and white phot.ographs, he aald. The m • n111erlpt wu e:1pectecl to 10 to the prlnten nest Je • r In time for the pller,-' • move to It • new, per– manent home In tbe eal• tan! centre betnr bunt at Soath Brl1b1ne. "The move ta timed for 1981 and the gallery ta due to open for the Com– mon we a Ith Games In 1982," Mr. Newbery said. The Art Gl\llery's di– rector !Mr. Raoul Mel– lish) anld the grant from U.e Utah Foundation, apart from mnklr.g the cab!to,ue pos.slble, was a slitn of 1ncre11Slng private supoort for the ~allery's work. nems to be Illustrated In the cnlatogue would Include pnlntlngs by Pi– casso, Deeas, Renoir and Turner. he said, Works by teadtn~ Aus– tralian artist,, and scutn– ture bv Rodin, Bourdelle and F.pst•lr. ntso would bo Included. Thn TTtPh Fn"n"nl'on was formed In 1075 by the Am er Icon r.nntrnlled UtAh Devetonment min– ing group to promote the nrts, selentlllc rcscnrch nnd soclnt wclfnre proj– ects. ~~!!~~h1~P..6¾!l.~M.~e~!~ Telephone 229 2138 THE MELVILLE HAYSOM MEfitORIAl ART SCHOLARSHIP-1979 1 he Truslccs of 1hc Queensland Art Gallery invile applications for the alxwc-mcn1iuncd scholar, hip from s1uden1s or painting and drawing at an Art School in Queensland and from lalcn1ed_pcoplc who have not allaincd the age of 15 ye,1rs, and who ha1·c been residenl in Queensland for not less than three years. Applicants , huuld plan :rnd submit a program of study in advanced drawing, design, and pain1ing in various media for up to three years' duration al an apprm·ed Art lns1i1ution within Australia or abroad, including proposed dates and cstimaled C0S1S10 S4000. • Sclce1ion will be by compc1i1ion in drawing (lhrcc, from natural forms, suitably mounted for display) and painting (one, fully completed, derived from natural forms). CLOSINI DATE FOR APPLICATIONS: 13 JUNE 1111, Further details and application forms are available from the Gal~~{r.,,' Sunday Sun '1tay 20th, 1979 '. SUNGIRL'. .PEOPLE Gallery hallgs fer · killer • SIS The Queensland Art Gallery springs prises than a colander has holes. For lmlanoe, who would HJlfl(lt to find works b,- an arch-orlm– lnal banrlnr on the walls of this ulln eonaervatlve eslabllahment. ~Ueve It or not, a man who reputedly bumped-of! his slster-tn– law because she had thick ankles, Is among the artists In the current exhibition or Australian Colonial Portraits. Although suspected of murder, t he gentleman, Thomas Griffiths Walne– wrtght, was lucky to only run foul or the law for forgery, back In the early 1800'8, His punishment was transportation to a penal colony In Australia. While serving his sent• enco he took up portrnlt painting. According to hlstorlea.l records, the artist often used lo be token under heavy guard to the homes of prominent families In order to cnrry out his commissions. convict Wnlnrll'rl~hl WIIS the onl)' rnn1·lcl 11·ho successlully turned his hand to palntlnlf durlnr those wild rolonlal days. At least 11 of the 23 arllsls with work now on show at the gallery came from the runks of lhe convicts. Jn some cases It was not only the artists who were law-brenkcrs but the subjects themselves. Although the collec– tion of 70 pnlnllngs In– cludes such prominent figures us Governor Macqua1·1e. It also rcprc– senls II wide cross-sec– llon of the pioneer commun ity front 1 bushrnngers lo the col- ' onlnl nrlslocracy, Some of the works np– parenlly gave scnndal mongers plenty lo ll'ng their tongues about In days gone by. One sholl's II irrocer's doughier who rose abo,•c l1er station by mnrr)'lng the son of a 1ovemor. II seems that II pro– voked .a rreat deal of conlroveny amonrst t~e crumbs of the upper crust. Today, all Is rorgtven, If not forgotten. There was a bumper turnout of the city's cutlural buffs and lead– Ing citizens for the open– Ing or the exhlblllon on Tuesday evening, Among those Invited were Brett Rogers, Pa– mela Bnnd, Bill Warner, o rtlst Alun Leach-Jones, Michael Cooper from the Cra ft Board, Mr Justlee Wally Ca111pbell, Fred and lllac Campbell, Dr Peter Dolsman from the Kelvin Grove College of Advanced Education, Diane Byrne, the Alan Callaghans, the Jan Calllnans, Ed11•ard Cup– paldre, John Darcy, architect Robin Gibson, Yvonne llaysom, Ray Hurhes, Dr Gertrude Langer, lhc George Llltlewoods and Glorl • Loran. sun others were Bet– tina Macaulay, Victor Mace, John Mauy, D&Yld Mlnaa, Roel and Molly O'Loan, Don Manen, Alderman Les Ord, artist Conly Robinson, Father Grice, the Peter Schmldts, Leo and Caro– line l,aunlt1 Schurer, and Carl Andrew. The show, which was put together by Eve Bus– combe and presented by lhe Australian Gallery Directors Council with assistance from the Vis– ual Aris Board, the Aus– tralia Council and the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, will con– tinue untlt mid-June.