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

... ---,.- - ,· - .. --.,. --- - ~ .· - -- THURSDAY, fEBRUARY 14, 1980 f d1ted by DES PARTRIDGE ART: The Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection MORE than 100 paintings are on display in the Queensland Art Gallery'• "Century of Modem Mute'll" exhibition from the Thyuen-Bornemisza collection. Two of the collection featurlnir masters from America and Europe Include those pictured below, John Singer sa~rent's , . "Venetian Onion Beller" and Luzlo Moholoy-Nagy's "Large Railway Palntlnl", Photographs of other palnt1n11 tn the exhibition, with capsuled comments, will appear In The Courter-Mall during the display, until March 30. Already, m.:.re than 2090 people have seen the exhibition, sponsored ln Brisbane by The Courter-Mall and BTQ Channel 'T , The paintings are In the gallery on the fifth floor of the MIM building In Ann Street.. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to Saturdny, extending to 9 p.m Friday and 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday. Admission charges. to covrr costs, are $2 for adult~ and $1 for children, student, and pensioners. JOHN SINGER SARGENT "Venetian Onion Seller" 1880-82 ,,...,'l. SARGENT, who died In London in 1925 aged 69, painted the "Venetian Onion Beller" as an oil on canvas in 1880-82. The "Onion Seller" cont.ruta dark Interiors with the brilliant ex– urlor ll&ht of Venice. Thll and other Venlce– lMplred paintings drew poor reviews when lhown first In Paris In 1883, but a decade laur, were pro– perly recogn!Aed In London for their mat.eh of wonderful ll1ht and tine touch, 1880 In America, Thomas A. Edl•on Invented the first electric llrh, , • • Ttballlonll1 com– poled the 1811 o,er– wre, • , In Australia Uie fin, telephone exeha111e wa1 o pen e d In Mel• llourne , , , postal eard1 were first 1"· aued In Queensland, ........................................... , ( I '" 2053 see collection A total of 2053 poapl• vlsitod the Quconsland Art Gallery to view the Thyucn•Borncmisaa col• lcctlan yc,torday - th• best day so far. Of lhnt l.olnl. 767 people look ndrnntnge of tho lnlc P p.m. Friday night closing, The ,gAllery'.s dc1111ty dlreclor, Mr Rus.,cll Ker– ri. on. said he was de– lighted by ycs1crday·s at– tendance. The cxhlblllon, spon– so1·ed !11 Quccnsla nd b)' Thr CourlN•Mnll And BTQ Chnnnr l 7, \\'Ill con• tin c t1nLI I ~1 111' ·h 30, THOMAS EDISON M0H0LOY-NAOY (1895-1946) began painting while valesclng from wounds received In World War I. "L a r g e Railway Painting" la an early \\'Ork (1920) which combines cublat and constructlvlat dnleee to abstract an ex– pressive content from mechanical lnventlona. Jn thl• oil on can• ,·as he revealed thoae elements which were to dominate hla work for the rest of hla career - ll1ht, apace and motion. 1920 In .\mertea, prohl– llltlon came Into ef– f.,.,L . • Slnelalr Lewi• wrote Main 8 tree t. portra,1n1 the hl1otr1 nl ,mall town Ameriea ••• Mary Pickford mar• rlllll Dourlas Falr– bankL • • In Au•• tralla, the Prince ol Wales laid the foun– dation atone ol Brl1- ll an e' 1 new Cltt Hall, A·CENTURYOF 'MOPERN MASTERS A century of modern masters from the .internationally acclaimed Thyssen,Bornemisza collection of American and European paintings, a hundred years of stunning originality. The lyrical Impressionism of Renoir, Monet and Degas as well as the brooding genius of . Van'Gogh, Picasso, Braque, Klee, Mondrian, Bacon. The Freudian nightmares of the Surrealists and a superb selection of the masters of Cubism, Expressionism.Abstraction,Pop and Super Realism. It's an art experience you shouldn't miss. Gallery Hours Adults s2.00 Monday to Saturday Fullt,me students. · 0 00 5 00 Chlid1en, 1 , a.m. to • p.m. Pensioners s1 .00 Sunday 2.00 p.m. to 5.00 p.lil. Family ticket S6.00 Open Friday Evening 5.00 p.m. to 9.00 p.m. An Australian Gallery Directors Council Exhibition 1979180 in association with