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

.... , , .,~~ ,,,.. .......... ~- . SOME of the finest art 'to be seen in Aush'alia will tour Queens– land In the next few months, J"' ... ~ ' ..,.. ,. ~ ABOVE: "On the Cliff (girl sewing)" - Theodore.Roblnson'a 188'1 painting In oil. LEFT: "Les Dechargeurs a Aries": a Van Oogh origi– nal In oils dated 1888. Both paintings are from the Thyssen-Bor- nemlsza collection. Twenty-t..,•o entries In the Blake Prize for rell• 11ous paintings are tour• Ing the State. panel, aald the Blake Prize w11 a •rmbol nf re– ll~lous and cultural un• lly. •en-Bomemlsza from his collection, which was one of the world's greati,st -=========--- - ------=-----------– And 100 works from the world-famous Thys– 's e n•Bornemlsza collec• tlon will be shown at the Queensland Art OaJlery from February 12 to March 30. The Blake Prize exhl• bltlon opens at St. Paul's Cat-hedral In Rockhamp• ton today and clooe.; next Thursday. It opens at St. Jolm'a Cathedral, Brisbane, on December 19 and will visit Mt. Isa early next year. The Anglican Dun of Brl,bano (Dean GNlrJt), a member of the Judging THE "For the last 28 years the exhibition has been deslgned to teach uo that as paintings cll.ll be hung together, so perhaps reli– gions can bring dl!lerent cultures together In un– <terstandlng and toler• ance," Dean George said. Toe Queensland Art Ga 11 er y director (Mr. Raoul Melllsh) expected a record audience to \'lew the Th)'ssen-Bornemlsza collecllon In Brisbane next year. He said the works were chosen by Bnron Thys- wlflnc1~ Sydney, and •till privately owned. It lnchtded \\'Orks by Monet, Picasso, Renoir and Van Oogh. The Swiss baron In• spected Australian ,•cnues tor the tour last month. "The value of the col– lection ls Inestimable. the B a r o n feels that It •hould be made avallllble to all people,'' Mr. Mel• llsh said. Bot.h the Blake Prize And the Thyssen-Borne– m i s z ll collecllon are being sponsored by The Courier-Mall. ---- - ---------- - ----- ---------- \.