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

IT.HE ARTSf Reviewed ~ FHIIC ROGEiS Gallery critic .rebukea THE tho~k1 o,f the ort-loYen of the community ore due to Queen1lonil Art Gallery Director (Mr. Kooul Mellish) for his tokl111 .to,ta1k duli119 the week of Mr. Jome, Molli1011, the Director of the Au1trolio11 Notional Gallery. Mr. Mollison·s reported denigration or the quull– ty of the Q.A.G's collec• tlon -..•as not only In poor taste; It was a Rlarln11 exan1ple of snobbish ar• rogance - Dl\'es gloatln11 ornr Lazarus. If the pampered estab– lishment over wh1':h Mr. Molll90n 1>re1ldes had to count Its cents before purchasln11 a new work, he might have some Idea of the dl!flculUes Mr. 1'felllsh and Ida trustees" <and the predeSEors or bothl hnve almost spec– tacularlY overcome to build the collection he so u n r a I r I y a n d mls• leudlngly dismissed with contempt. All rmrt or 11s service to the community - upon whom also, ll would •P· pear, Mr. MolllliOn looks w 1 t h disdain - the Queensland Arl Gallery <M . l . M , Bulldlnl!, 160 Ann Street) at present has on show 02 portraits kindly loaned by Lady Trout from the colleeUon acqul· ed by hrr and the lult d1r ~on Trout. Amon11 the 31 Austra– lian and British painters represented, all renowned for portraiture, nre Sir William Cobell, Sir WII• 11 a 111 Dargie, Rupert Bunny, George Lambert, B. E. Minns. 1'0111 Rob– erts, and John Poter Russell. In the great dlvorslly or st,yles and subjects, this ls an lnlcns ty Inter– esting exhibition, E SUNDAY MAIL, SEPTEMBER 23, .1979 • F 5111 lloor MIM Building 1hO Ann SlrPel, Brisbane T e leptwne 229 21 38 Queensland Art Gallery K1ltv Powe/I b'jbeorge Lambert ARA ' ... on of • , Trout 22 September - 2~er As part of the 1979 Warana Festival, this exhibition Includes over sixty portraits by such eminent artists as Joseph . Hlghmore, Allan Ramsay, Tom Roberts, George Lambert, Rupert Bu~ny, Charles Conder, S ir WIiiiam Dobell and Sir WIiiiam Dargie, • Guided Tour, Tuesdays at 12.10pm Thursdays at. 1.10pm PHine Wednelday 3 October at 12.10pm and 1.10pm Wednesday t 7 October at 12.10pm and 1.10pm Late Night Viewing! ~r1rl.1y f'l/l'llllHJ<. 1111111 <J OOpm ~/'n11d,1y t,1 S.t l11rd,1y 1(1001111 tl!lpm 1tind.1y •1 OOp111 '1 Ollpm ', dr111 <.,t;1n11 lri••• j