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

Honor for Rod O'Loan The career or Brisbane 1 businessman, Mr Rod O'Loan, peaked last week when he was made a ilCe member or the Queens– Jund Retallers' Assocl• atlon. He received the honer less than a. week before ret.Jrlng. Mr O'Lonn ls n Conner president or the a.ssocl– atlon, whose members w o r k o n behalf or Q u e e n s 1 a n d 's major chain and reLnll stores. He ls managing direc– tor or Da,•ld Jones. Bl'is• bane, nnd a director or David Jones LLd. Mr O'Lonn Is a Lrustee of the Queensland An Gallery. He w,cs chnlr– man of the Queensln nd ABC advisory committee ror slx ycnrs. He Is an ucw 1,ive member of the BrUi• bane Rotary Club. l·le wns awarded the CUE In the New Year's honors ol 1978. Mr O'Loan*s success story was not conClned to the business field. He re• celved nn MBE !or ser· vice tn World Wnr II and represented Australia Cor two rugby league tours or New Zealand ln 1937 and 1938. Mr O'Loun sald yester– day he would 11nnouncc hiS retirement from n 47~ year career at Da,•ld Jones nt Lhe company's nnnuAl genernl mcf't im: In s,·dnel' on December 4 thls· year. " l am retiring so thnt I cnn retain good health and enjoy l!Ce with my wiCe,'' he said. The Sunday Mall NOVEMBER 30, 1980 : ~ .. ,_' . ··.•. ... A Brisbane wants to swao o painting he believes is a Rembrandt original tor a Rolls Royce. The businessman sald he boucht It at a llrls– bane antique store, The p11l11Unr - l.n " hand- cnrvtd, tlmher Imme - could be 1rorth 11 fortune. Queenslund's Royce deniers U.K . Motors nt Herston nrt t11klng the offer scr• lously. Salesman Tom Mit• chell s11ld tho business• mun answered uu ntl~ 1· er t ls em en t for a 550,000 Rolls Jloyce. II the palntlnir uuthentlr 1 the mun could have his Ito! s und n bi,: cash hnnus "lie suhl he wuntrd tu trade-In 11 1111lnt111g and buy u llolls/' Mr Mllchell snld. "I got In touch wlth London nrt. uuctloneers Chrlslles nnd they snid the painting could be authentk. Students "II could be I\ Jtcm– brnndt or painted h one of his students. "Chrlstles \\lint photograph of It. "They said It could be worlh nothing or It could bo worth 8500,000," The pulntlng ls stored In the owner's b1111l1 vault. The timber Imme bordering the can\'as hns the 11nmc WUlem de Pourier bun1t lnto It. A Queenslund Art Gallery spokesmun snld de roorter wns n or Rembrandt. "llo pulntcd \Rem h r n n d t," spok smnn said. "It Is possible the palullng was done by a student of Remhrundt . The pntnUn,:-'s nwnrr = Rent a telegrnm to u llutch art expert, Horsl ~ Gcr.mn, chnlrmnn or = the Institute of /\rt Ills- ~ tury at the Unlvcrs!ly of GronlnJen. 1'hc mnn who refusr d to he nnmed, nsl,cd I.he e<pcrl ll he would Iden– Illy the enm·ns. SUNDAY SUN. ovm R 30 980/ New gallery a present to all :;. :(. .y. 1,l!e membership ol Councll or the llet.allen Association of Ouccns--– lanrl b1•cn 11wnrdcd tn longtlmc D11vld Junes star nod O'l... oun, now ubout to rt:tlre nrtcr n llletlme ln the rdull In– dustry. "' DECEMBER. 14, 198 THE nicest Christ.mas present up to now has been the new Queensland Art Gallery. It wns a thrill to he In the ~•ll~ry 011 WcdncsdRYnl the unveil ing or t he gn l– lcry·s newest ncqulsltlon. the Foi;glnl bronze, and the prose111.a Uon of cer11Cl– cntes by the Art 01tllery Foundation to the gn llcr)"'s newest dono"· It was nlso nice to sf'~ 11,. pn•~ 1 dC'nf 11.nd dlrcc or or th,. . 111ndnt1NL ·1r George Fisher and Sir Dil\'ld Lon~lnn<I. receiving their Christmu.s pre eni,; from the Cio\·ernor - :,;per 11tlly ~ 1 ti.wk gold medallions ns a than ·-you 0 11 be hair or Queenstnndoro. The blgge t thrill of all was to se~ ll nll hnppenh,~ 111 t,he g/1.llcry Qucen•– lnnders have been drea.mln~ or Jnr ~•r nrs, end f\l'e now nbl~ to r e almost. completed. A Christmas prcEent-P nd-it-h11 Lf tn facL, wllh the root', \\'Riis nn,1 c normou., on·a• or gJu,.s all there J st w 1Lln to 1,~ dressed up Into "'hnL •·• ~omg to he 111" of the m t tn,portnnt. ~o Jlu ·lcs 111 the tiouLh rn hc1 1lhphcrr.. Ji WAS nrnr\'cllr,115 be nblc i..1 !'llt. 11r•ou11rlcrl b · the 111r1 n·e11011s feclm~ i , ,mn, nrrhltec·t Hobin C! ih-.tm Ju~ \Jrr n n.hic w rt.ntr. rl lir rr \hrC' fl'••lln .:. ,1" l'\ \\ l' nl 1hr ,·~ 11m1'·1 ri ;•ncl 11 Ltt':- ,11n 1r~· \· r h r p.url! nncl ,11rr thflL 1w1·r w 11~ n :lllt )1tcl11om llly folksy nbollL IL. I ,·r 1- 1111 n lot '" ,1 1, ~11d t:v .,.. •1 1.~ i\ lo ol wnlkl11a: 111 ~1tnd ffltd :-iWP· 11111~ H\'t r 1111rt l\rn111HI hJlldlnu 111u1p- 11c11· hit. 11·.½ 1t ll Lilcrc -- ;.1ul nil ou rs. 1-~~ l1ope \\~ 11 1, iL \lo "'il.