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

Abovt': ' /ll11str11tion for The Kn11ve of llrarts" (1924) by Maxfield P11rrisl, wl,o "'as born in Phi/11dtlphia in 1870. He first g11in,d rt'COflt1itiot1 11s II m11g11zi11t illustrator M•ith II pe11ch11nt for mech11nics 1111d 11rcl,itl'ct11rt. /le "'orktd entirely outside the scl,oob of American art "'hich tmerged during /tis carter ••. Jlo..,e,-er, Parrish rtm11it1s 11t1iq11e in his hrilli1111t combin11tio11s of co/ors, exotic c/t11r,.ct,rs at1d fanciful settings . The il/ustr11tio11 reprod11ced here is one of 26 paintings /te did for the children's play by /,011ise Saunders. Right: "Italian Pia::a (Autumn Afternoon"), (1914) by Gior,:io de Chirico, an Italian mct11physira/ painrrr ..,h,1 M•a., horn in Grt•eu in 11188. lie spent somt rime in Grrmany and in 1909 11111red Italy. From this em<'rged a uries of painrings •·hirh h,• calt,,d "eni,:mas" and M•hich c..,11,ed "th,• mPlunrholy of rht• ufrernoon., offin,• autumn days in Italian t11M•ns." fr,,m /911 "' i 9/5 h,• /i,•,•d in l'aris "anti produn •,t "'har 11rc• probably his Jinc•sr an,/ nwst ori,:inal •·ork.1". 10 Sunday Mall Colar, February 10, 1980 ,Oo-,, ltft: "l'ie"' from C11pri" (11190) by Theodore Robit1so11, 1111 American "'ho spe•t much timt in Europe at1d btc11mt frie11dly "'itl, Mot1tt from 1887. Origin- 111/y 11dlltri•g to t/re Amtr– ic11t1 rt111ist tr11ditiot1 "btst tmboditd in tht works of WinJ/o"' Homtr", 1,e tffec– tivtly loostned /ris br11sh– "'ork by t/re timt ht p11i11ted Capri. Abo,t, right: "Wom1111 in 11 H11t" (1911) by f."rnst 'bld– "'ig Kirc,.,,tr, t/re most intenst member 11f t/rt Gtrm1111 group of p11inters c11lltd Die Brucke whou "'ork w11s tven r,ferred to a., "Germun 1:'xpr ,ssioni.tm ," Kirchner, likt tit,• others, fi111nd Berlin'., prostitut,•s and caharrt ,•nurtaint•rs id1•al subject,·. Ri,:hr: "Picture from Ei,:ltt Sides" (19,IO) by Kurt Scltwitters. Born in ll11n– <1ver in 1887, Scltwi111•r.1, the chief <'Xponenr of Germ11n Duda art, established his OM•n movement in 1918.