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

"COURIER MAIL" Art across the world ; THE Thyssen-B~rnemlsza Collection of ,nodern art, which opens for public viewing at the Queensland Art Gallery · today, Is the most International of any ::great exhibition to visit Brisbane. ' · This city has had superb overseas '1!hlbltlons which linger in its memory. ~ ecently there have been the great ' ;W:hlnese Exhibilion" and the truly glittering .:!!El Dorado: Colombian Gold." . These were pitched to a geography 'Within art. They were magnificent In their ·cor,ceptlons. The Thyssen-Bornemlsza Collection crosses the Atlantic to present r :lhe modern masters of the new world, as : .'811 as the old. In that It Is unique. 1 _ In past centuries a collection of this Ollbre would be the private joy of a rich ' }rince, seen only by his family, his envious ,lrlends, and his servants. Yet art draws Its strength from the ,'Common people. Most great artists have , been commoners, but the nobility has ! 1 1111rvlved as patrons. The Baron Hans- / tfeinrlch Thyssen-Bornemlsza, whose single' 1 collection this Is, has shown he Is an tnllghtened patron·. · f 1 The Baron's collection, transported to : I ~~stralla from Lugano, provides ·a rich and , ,musual opportunity to appreciate great ,I masterpieces. Go,, Got- .. ,,'W fo1ha,, 11, of Handro 111ft), Judith Mohan, 19, of Ascot ond loin Scott, 11, of Wooloowln, ware •-•• huodr • d1 of poopl • 1'ho went to sea the Thr111n-lornemiuo col– lection of modern ort •t the , Queenslond Art Gallery totlor, They are pictured after locloy's open ing al the e•hlbltion, admiring Vin– cent Von Gogh's The Stevedores , at Aries, valued at $1 .S million, Tho modem a rt col– lection Is considered by ort critics to be the most Important ever to be seen In Queensland. The $20 million c.– hlbition, port of the pri - r. vote collcciion of Baron ~ Hons Heinrich Thvssen- ~ Bornemisza of Switzcr– l lond, Include~ works by I Von Gogh, Renoir, Degas, ~ Picasso and Pisso ro. ~ The Century of Modern ~ Masters ot the Ann Street ~ gallery is open to tho l publlc until Morch 30. I Viewing limos o re be. I tween 10 o.m. and S p.m. ~ Monday to 5ot~udov, C'KR ~ tendl11g to 9 p.m. r ricloy, ~ ond 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. on ~ Sunday, I Admi,sicn Is !1,2 for adults, and $ I for child– nm, sfudcnrs and pen. sloncrs, TONIGHT "A Century · or Modern Masters" rrom the Thyssen - Hor– nemlsza Collection will open at the Queensland Art Ga llery, (l\11M Build– ing, Ann St) , The collection Is vnlued at over $?.Omillion nnd rnlcd on n l"" with the Chinese Exhibition and El Dorndo Colombinn gold. Jt will be well worth scoln~. some time be– tween tomorrow and March 30. You will have my Impressions next Monctny, I 1111111111111