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

THE COURIER-MAIL Masters beat the gold rush attendances The Thyssen-Born emiszo Collect-ion THE Thyssen-Bornemisza "Century of Modern Masters" exhibition at Queensland Art Gallery has broken records set in 1978 by the El Dorado Colombian gold display. The Thyssen -Bornemisza exhibition ended Its 10th day yesterday with 13,502 people having seen It. In the same period, the Colombian Gold exhibition drew 11,772 people. The "Cen tury ot Modern Masters" exhibition will bf' on view until March 30, giving art-lovers another five weeks In which to see the 108 paint– ings In the $20 million ex– . hlbltlon. More than 1000 people a day are visiting the exhibition, fenLUrln,:: American and European mns ers of many pain Ling styles. Sunday hot.rs at the ~n llery have be n extended by two hours to cater for the weekend populari ty of this extra– ordinary collection. The exhibition is being sponsorert In Brisba ne by The Courier-Mall and BTQ Chan– nel 7. The ga llery, on the fifth floor, MIM building, /, , n Street, will be open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to Sat– urday, extending to 9 p.m. to– night, and from noon to 5 p.m. Sunday. Adm lsslon charges, to cover costs. arc $2 for nrt ni ts. and $1 for children, students and pensioners. DEGAS' "Two Doncers," one of hi1 waa completed in Pori1 in 1890. lie treated ballet •ub– Jccts !or nearly lour dccndes, not only In pa111t.111ss but also In pastels. c1rawlngs 1 prints and sculpture. De~as (1834-1917l be– lle,·cd art was essential• l)• arWflec. not a spon• t.aneous action but • series or steps designed to look natural. lie WM as much •t • trncled by the beauty • 11d Illusion or b•llet B! by the agony and stra in which the dancers un- 1890 D. Eisenhower born Ibsen writes Hedda Gabler .•• l\lonet paints the Haystack series ... Gold discovered at l\lt Morgan In Queensland Ilea vy floods Brisbane. THOUSANDS VIEWING $20m ART DISPLAY by GRAEME HAMMOND THI worll • of lenolr, Pica-, Ven Gogh and t5 other - • ten heve • tt,.cted more than 12,IN people to the Qu-n • l • nd Art Gallery In llrl • Nne In lu1t el9ht d • ya. Included in the ex– hibition "America and Europe: A Century of Modern Masters," arc 107 works which chronicle the developments in American and European art since the I 870s. The paintings were personally chosen by Baron Hans Heinrich Thyssen-llornemisza from his own private collection housed in Swilzrrland. For most Aus1rnlin<1,, it will be a unique opportunity to view the ac1ual works 1hemsclv~s. Each year The exhibition i11d11dcs at leasr onr work from each year or 1hc cc111ury. from Rct1nh's '' \Vomun with a Pura I" 1t 87J) 10 ·•~in1hnm, - fhrown Drnpe<y" (19 79) by A111c1 ,can David LigarL', Sl)'lcs rn ngin~ Irom Cuhi~m 10 Realism !>land nl n~° 'ic.lc Ille wurl, uf F1cni.:h lmprcs.\ioniSh nnd ermnn Exprcs,io11is1~ in n $20 million cxhihuion which 1hr nnron bcli~\'C'.'1 •,hould "live nncl grow and be made uvuilnblc 10 nil people." The ex hibi1 iun con1inuc nt 1hc gnllc.•ry ''ORCHID Hummingbird near o Mounloln Water– fall" (1902) by Mortin J. Eade