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

cocks • Ill glass F W who enter the Railway Hotel In Roma StrceL would be awa re of Al'L l\ou veau. But 1!10 6L~lnec.- .ln.s \\llld- 0\\:, 0l pca10.k, •. l llit;Clll1a..1t:e nrr I), tor au l "<i thlt lon ot Art. n11 , t.u1 a L th,. ~ 1f•('11:-.l,11 d ArL ~tllcry fO! 1 ;\lay ~ Unlit JUI!(; \\"inflow.:, l,rc only n ~mull pn:-L 1 ll~r l':,J11ll:1 Inn though - ILron l.1tns co1r\' c f11rmH1re, m e la l \\ O 1 . tilt1Mnlt1on ,, r~:.'~.lng pot trry U!ld :-.culp• It r,rst came Into style ln Eu~lnnd near the end of lhe Jilth Grnu 1ry but took longer to rtcrcl111> In Au t rnha. The stvle, lun\';ly lnfluencert by nnt!On· 1111, 1.c ntl!Ludes at the turn of this renwrr cncournscrt the 11sr of nullre !lora nnd fauna moufs. Au trnlinn p!Rnts and w1!d-!lowcrs were styllzed Into Art Nourcau rlest~ns. the core of the Brisbane exhl• b11Jon, nnd include painter and e1 cher Sydne)' Long, metal worker Ellznbe1 h Soderberg, sculptor C. Oougln.s nlchnrdson and 11lust rator O.H. Souter. F.xnmples of Art Nou\'eau cnn be seen in rlccornt ions on Queen Anne st1·1r houses par– ticularly In ~1clbourne and northern T asmanin. Decoratlrn stained-glnss win• ctows nre common as is IOlttce work on \'ernndnh , in hall– ways, on bny wmrlows and arches. Art NOU\ R' 16 dcscrlb rt ns "n scJf. conscimL-; ec:or;1t 1\'C stylo bn~cd on I no : sensuous flowing l1m.•, orgrmic µro \\"ms llne, or res !cos ,1 hip! h I nc." Th(' rlnc•tn1l possum cau~hL !he in1ng11111Llo11 or 1he Art No11~·c:rn ctcs1gncrs R.S Its long curling tn1! Jeni itself to •rchl– trc111ral de oration.~. jcwcllery, ceramics nnct furnit.ure can·tng. Th e e x h I b I t Ion Includes l\'Orks from t hroughout AustrR· !in and Is organised through the A1tslrnlinn Gallery Direc– tors' Council. - JUDITH HUGHEY Six profcs, Ional nrllsls •re .2 - THE COURIER-MAIL THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 1980 It's art nouveau: koalas, possums and gumnut babies THOSE who feel they know little about the decorative style or art nouveau may have some surprises tn store. A ,•lslt lo the Queensland Art Gallery's current exhlbl\lon "Art Nouveau ln Australia" will reveal Intriguing works l'eatu1'1ng such lmnges ns Au.strallan flora, the ring-tailed possum, the koala and evei,•one's childhood nursery fa– ,.or I t c s, May Gibbs' gumnut babies. The exhibition Is the first full suney of the style and its effects on the arts In this country during the IRSL part of the 10th century and the first decades of this cen– tury. Cur•tor for the exhibition. Ron Rndford. director of the Ballarat Fine Art Gallery In Victoria, WllS In Brisbane this week for the ex• hlbltlon·s opening. Mr Radford h IS spent L\\'O years rescnrching the mo\'ement. and collecllng e:.amples of the style from nll o,·cr Australla. The diverse collectlon Includes ceramics, stained gh1ss \l'lndows, llll'llhurr. de lgns for ad\'ertlse· mcnts. sculpture. painting. prlnls. metal work 1111d leather repousse. A hlghll11ht of the exhibition and perhaps the best kno\\·n ex• ample or ft.rt nou\leRu in Aust.ra– lla Is the Queensland Art O•I• lery·s own oil painting "The Splr· It of the Plains", by Sydney Long. Mr Railford said the artists or– Len used Australlan woods and clays. The use of the Australlan "'lldllfe and fauna n,; subjects grew out of the spirit of natlon- 11lrn1 at the LUrn of the • ,ur)". A revl\·al of Interest ln Austr•· Ilana ls creating a demand for art nouveau. Mr Radford sntd that It was more than llkcly many Australians pos.se~ sed ex– amples of the style In their own homes without reco1111lslng lt. one or the fi rst serlouo collec– tors wu1 Barry Humphrrvs who chrlst.encd the style "Gumnut Nouveau". At least tl\'O of the works In the collection once be• longed to h im. The exhibition continues • Lthe Queensland Art Gallery. 5th Floor. MIM Building, Ann Sl, 1111- t!l June 22. inancial boosts for Queensland ·gallery BRISBANE: Th~ . Queensland Art the Queensland people in what P'omised to be Gallery foundation received two finan• an utitina phase of the State', cul11iral life, cial boosts yesterday - a St00,000 dona• Mr Wauon said at the site of the new cultural tlon from Mount Isa Mina and I subsidy centre on the soathera banks of the Bri5bane pledge from the State Government which River. could be worth SI million. The Queensland Government's 111blidy The MIM donation wu announced by I.bi contribution wu announced at the function by company'• managing di!'fflor, Mr Bnace the Deputy Premier and Liberal Leader, Dr Watson, who said the foundation wu helpinl Edward.,. to develop an angalleryandcollectionwortby The Go¥cmment will provide SI for every ol Qllet111land. S2 railed by the foundation in cash sub~ The foundation wu r11lyin1 the support of tions, ap to a m ..imum of SI millil!I[ · Queensland Art Gallery Slh Floor MIM Bu1!dma 160 Aon Street Braabane 4000 The Trus10 •s of the Queensland Art Gallery are pleased to announce the acquisition of a work of major importance - a 15th century panel painting by a Notherlandish artist known as the Master of Frankfurt. The Gallery has acquired this paintin9 throuoh funds generously donatccl hy the Utah Foundation 1hrouah the recently established Oueenslanrt Art Gallery Foundation. The pmnting enlltled • " Virgin and Child w,th Smnt James the Pilgrim , Sainf Catherine and the Donor w ith Sa111t Peter" is acknowleded as one or 1he artist's finest works. It w ill boon •ii ·play in the Gallery from Sunday, 1st June 1!180. Gallerv Hours Mondav lo Saturday Friday 10.00 em - 5 om 10.00 am - 9.00 om 2.00 pm - 5.00 pm Sunday Queensland art appeal BRISBANE. - A S3 ~ 1 / 1 ~~r:f~1TI ~ r:k:~~ ed next week by the QUeensland Art Gallery Foundation. The foundation, set up last Dccen1her to a ssist the art gallery truste<es maintain. Improve and de\'eloo the State collcc– llon, has already recel\'ed substantial don at lo n s from the mining giants, Utah and Mount Isa Mlncs. The Slate Oovernmen\ will subsidise 1he appeal up lo $1 million on the buls of $1 for every $2 subscribed. Queenslnnd's new I 19 mlillon nrt gallery Is d ue ~~rdd!~ 0 ':i'f1.~~~i' ·e~~- th e