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

FEBRUARY 10, 1980 ·TIIIIHIIIIIIIIE Not so Iona; ago, the mounting of • major art exhibition In Brlabane would have caused flutter, Ing• In relatively few dovecote•. rt Is a reflect.Ion of the growing n.wnrenc~~ or n.rt In the communll)' tl,nt the Imminent dlsplR)" nr more llrnn 100 pnlnlln~s from t ho fnmous 'J'hyssrn - Bornemls,a collecllon hM crented Interest on a 5CRle more commonly nb– served surrounding the Arrival or a pop star or 11 sporl!ng body. 1t is possible thnt some or t h ~ Interest has ~lemmed from the n.ssoc– clo.tlon with the el"ent or the name or Baron Thys- REVIEWED BY FREDERIC ROGERS The masters must be seen gen - Borncmlsza, ror nn A II r R or romanticism seems to wart around on• tic Ip at or y public dis• cusslon. And, Indeed, there I• romance In the •tnry nf the hulldlnr of lbe ,:,·and collectlon. The first Baron Helnr• Ith Thyssen - Borne– mlsza ,,·o~ e. collector or the best In Art and ac– flUlred so mn ny work5 that he had to deposit them tn museums a.nd g • 11 er Ie s In various places. In 1933. he J)ll rl'llRSed from Prince L<-opold of Prussla. the Villa Farnr– lln, 11ua1ed nt Cns1A~- 110ln. n small ,·111age on 1hr outskirts or Luµn no, not far frnm the wlss– J1:1llnn border. There, the baron built " µnllcry to house hi~ treasures l\'hk h. at his death in IP47, Illustrated 11,e development or Eu– ropean art from the 14th lo 18th centuries. His son, the present bn,ron, who vi~iled B rls– ba nc some months ago to look over arrangement~ for the presentation now nt hand, Inherited h is ra– ther·• 10,·e or art and hn., noL onil' Added pieces supplementing l1 ls ra– lher·, collcc-tton but 11as wlclcned the scope of !lie rollect1nn b.,· th e ndctl1 1on r modern e rt mnstcr• pieces. lt 1s R, shnwlnt; 10 ,·Jew, OF THE 107 paintings in the $20 Brisbane art patrons can see one fo It b tho IKrAost pal nun~ In Ihe rshiblr ,, Rirn: chcnberg:'s "E::prcss·• which will be hunS? 1 I he Brisbane Ch,y Hall ArL Gallery and Mu, I during the cxhibilion. Here City Hall painter W11)'ne Burian Slacks Creek ha.s a look •• the 11alnLlng \I I sh11led Into lhc Clt)' 1-IRII art ~•llcrr. The ThyJscn-Bornemlsza csh1bliio11 is sp, , sored in Queensland by The Courier-Mail •nd B" Channel 7. l t, "111 open on Fcbrunrr 12 nnd cont, 1 UC lllllil ~larch :10. • Thr Rauschrnbcrg pa111t111~ l:tln x :tr, woulcf not. fit. 111 1hc hfL to take 1L up to 1,1 i.uce11.sln11<1 An Gallery 011 the s st l,. rloor 01 11 ,\II M Bulldin~. The pll1•1·y dlre<:lur ~lr llaoul .\lrlli•h ,alrl , ,. ranl,crs cuuld h • \'C hni•Hcd the palntlnJ thr1111 ! lhc hRrk 1·11tn11we, hnl it, would h:u·e mtanl 11 ,• packin~ II, Big bonus for A deHlin1 41tpley el tofflo of tho world', 1r11t, Ht mall1nt •rt 11 • color• ful llonu1 in Tho Sun4ey Moll ton,orrow, There Is a ru II color cover In the magazine N!· producing the splendid palntlng "Hollyhock•" by the American painter Frederick Frleseke. And inside I.< an eight– page IIIL-out. showlni the dell~h1s In .iore for art lovers when the Mod– ern Ma.Sier, art exhlbl– ' t I ., n o p e n , In the Queensland Art Gallery on Tuesday. In the news poges i here Is a run story about a mRn no9.,• visiting BN· bane who conduct., an acting company reopon– slble tor launching Su– perm an I Christopher Ree,·e1 Into the hlgh-OY·, Ing world ol movles. eREADITINT And the 1potllght turned on e\'ergreen r, tertalner from Engla, Des O'Connor who h ttmained 1uceessful I , keeping a determlnr mlddle-ol-the-road In age. THE COURIER-Ml