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

&mu~ fil[ill) ~rrnmrnuffi~~ruJ~mu Tim romance of a French landscape, strikingly con– trasted with the surrealitsic style of l\lux Ernst. illillTI More than 8200 people liave now visited the ex– hibition In Brisbane. The vastly different palnt– lne torms are demonstrated in Ii•~ Queensland Art Gal– lery's "Century of Modern Masters" exhibition from the fabulous Thyssen-Bornemlsza Collection. Sunday's crowd or more than 990 wns capacity ror the gallery. People waited up to an hour In Ann Street to view the exhibition. • MAX ERNST "Arbre Solitaire et Arbres Conjugoux 1940 St :.,REALIST artist Max Ernst (1891-1976) used the technique known as decalcomanla. With is he produced textures resembling the contours or the brain, or the surface or vol• canic rock. Th I n pa i n t was spren o\ 1 er can, 1 as with a smooth Implement like a pane or glass. Hidden rorm• or fig• , ures, faces and animals can be found In these 1940- WORLD WAR II hH Its beglnni,ig In Europe , . . Churchill becomn Britain's PrllDfl Min• lster • , In America, FranllUn Roosevell 11 re-elected to an un• preeedenlff third term as Pretdd,nt • • • In Australia, petrol ralln• nln« begins .. , the Sto• ry Brld«e I• opened in Brisbane. CHURCHILL in 1940. The Thyssen-Bornemiszo Collection r .. ~ - The exhibition continues at the gallery, rtfth floor of the MIM building In Ann Street, until March 30. t.o 5 p.m. Monday to SatuUlllY, extending to 9 p.m. Friday and 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Sun– day. rt Is sponsored In Brlsbnnr by The Courier-Mall and BTQ Channel 7. Admission charges. to cover costs, are sa for adults, and SI for children , studenl · Gallery hours are 10 a.m. and pensioners. - - e EUGENE BOUDIN · The Canel 01 Soin1 Volery,sur-Somrne" 1891 He painted sea and shore along the French coast with direct, on Lhe spot brilliance. Boudin'• 9.'0rk in• spired Monet and, through Monet, the w h o l e impressionist movement. This painting gives us a peacelul view of a qut~t backwater, with the pre•ence of a boat wit It fltrlcd sails adding to i!,e romance. 1891- In America, Came«le Muolc Hall opened In New York .•. Gausuln lert Paris rar Tahiti • .. Lautrec bepn lll111tra– tln1 posten ror the Moulin Rou«e • , . In Queenaland~ a •ix mouth •hearen•, • trike wu held • , , foundation • tone laid for the Brio· bane Trades llali.