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

Not ao Ion& ago, the mounting of a major art exhibition In Brisbane would have caused flutter– ing• In relatively few dovecotes, It Is ~ reflect-Ion or the growing nwnren£':i;~ or n.rt . tn the communlt)' t11nt the Imminent dlSJllll)' ,,r 111or than JOO 1111lntln~s from the fnmous Thy&srn - Bornemlszn collectIon hn.s created Interest on a scn le more commonly ob– ser1•ed surrounding !he nrrlvnl or • pop star or a sporting body. It Is possible thnt somo or t he Interest hM ~, emmed rrom the R,"soc– clritlon with the e\'ent or the name of Baron 'fh)'s- REVIEWED BY FREDERIC ROGERS The masters must be seen gen .. Bornemlsza . for n.n RII r I\ or romant.lcl!-lnl seems to waft around Rll• t \ C Ip at Ory public dls– CUS:iilon . And, Indeed, there I• roman<e In the story of the bulldlnf of tbe ,:rand collecllon, The first Baron Helnr– Jch Thrssen - Borne– ml.1za wns a co!lectol' or the best In art 11nd ac– quired so mn.ny works that he had to deposit them In museums and g a 11 er I e s In vnrlous plnces. In !~33. he purchased from Prince L<'opo!d. or Prussln. 1he Villa f'a ,·or– lt•. situated nt C11stnµ – nolR. n RmRll ,·lltnge on thr. out.skirts or L,ignno, not far rrom the Swls.s• llnllnn border. There, the bAron built n ~•!Irr)' 10 hou.e his treasures which. at his death In 1947, Illustrated the deVf!lopment of Eu– ropean art, from !he 14th to 18th centuries. HI• son, t,he present bn-ron, who \'!sited Brls– bn nc some months ngo to look over arrangement~ for the presentation now nt hand, Inherited his fn– thrr's iol'e or art and hM nnt only added pieces supplementing his ra– thor·s collection but 1,a.1 widened the srope or I.lie roliectton IJ.1· 1hr addil1011 of modern nn nrnstcr• pieces. lt Is a, shn1\'ln~ to ,·1cw. to browse m·r.r. to enjoy and tn wonder nt - don't OF THE 107 paintings in the $20 m Brisbane art patrons can see one for It Is the la1·gust pal11u11g In 1he cxhiblt11" . nauschenbe1·g:·. "E:q>rc s·• which \\'tll be hung' 1 he Brisbane City Hall An Galle1·y and Muse1,P1 during the exhibition. Hern City Hall painter Wayne B urt:on , Slacks Creek ha.s " look us the painting \\ ,· ; shiltcd Into the City Hall art ~allcry. The Thysscn-Bol'llemlsza cxlubiUon Is spo, sored In Queensland by The Courier-Mall and B'l'<i Channel 7. l t •ill open on Febnrnry 12 and con ttr • UC until March JO. 'l'hc Rauschenberg p:11111111g , :tm x :f.5n would not fit In the lift 10 take 1t up to. 1I Quec11sl:llld Art, Gllllcry un Lhc slslh- floor of I MIM Buil!Hnµ-, ,., 'l'hc J:tlll'l'Y dlre1·lt1r )tr Raonl )tcllish l'.tifl 111 1anbt!rs cuuld ha\'c hni,.tell the paintlnat lhrouL 1hr. hark t•nlr-.tm:e, hul it would ha\'t! mrant,, 11 t pai:kln~ It. Big bonus for a A d111llnt dl1pl1y ef '°"'' of tht worhl', 1r11t• ••• mod1rn 1rt Is • color• ful ltonuo In Th• S.nd • y Moil tomorrow, e READ IT IN l And the spotlight turned on evergreen r, tertalner from EnglR , Des O'Connor who h remained successful I • keeping a determln• middle-of-the-road 11 There t, a full r.olor cover In the magazine re– producing the splendid painting "Hollyhock•" by the American painter Frederick Frlesekt. age. And Inside Is an eight• - pag. e llft.-out. showln~ 1 the dell~hts In ,1ore for nrt Io,·ers when t,he Mod· ern Masters art exhlbl• I t Io n o p e n s In Ille Queensland Art Oallery THE COURIER-M .' on 1'1tesday. In the new, pages there Is a fun story about R man now rlsttlng Brl.1- hane v;ho conducts an R ting compnny re,pon– slhie for launching su– perman IChristopher Ree,·cl Into the high-fly•, Ing world or movles.