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

Cuttings Agency Melbourne, Victoria From "SUN" Melbourne, Vic. 2 6 JAN 1981 $307,000 for B II I S ll ,\ ~ I•: The 01h:t•n,l:11111 .. , ,~rl (::.,lh•ry an old h n~ 11:1 tl ~.,II, .nun Ior a 11;ilnli11t: Ii,· llil h t•rntlll'\' Ita lian uril,t 'flntort•llc·,. t "T Iit· Re:-:u rrc•,·l1011." '' " ""'''' 111 '"'' 1·:i rl)' t5:,o, mas er ll~ltl ltlt•UMlrll t~ :w t t in h r 1:lfl ,·111. 1~ tht• m n:-:1 ,,:.:·– p4..•~1si\ 1' 111 tilt' 1,!:tlll'n·. (i1\ll1'f\' fl\n•el411' Mr R n11t1\ ;\\l'llbll 1w •11th1ll'd I Ill.' pu rchut,l' on u rt•n·nl tn p lo Ln 11rl111 t. O n lhf" ~amt.• l rl P hf' U1 n1~ht Sir Pf' l 1•r Poul nu1>,•11s·:-: " l 1 111·1 n1il t1f 11 Ylllllllt l.,:Hl_\' Sl!\l\d\lll,! P11 r 11:ll\y Cli1rl in tt f'\l r (.'1111 t" for S \'.!0,1100 o~,lkn· l\'ll~ll•1•!,' J)l'C'!--1- dt•lll l\l r ,Jl\Sl ll'(' c,,111u1lh• s~ilct Ill,• Tin tnrl'tl 1l was • .•dunlflcnnt f!rlrl \t\on to 1111..• ll!llh-o··~ F.t1 rope n11 t•ti ll't.'t lon . Tl w Qurcnslaml /\rt G:111,•ry F'o11111la tiu11 1111t1•• l11 r al:,1• s:l 111llli1111 bdore tlll· Ill'\\' J.Hlllcl'.\' C1t1 tl l\.' ~u11t h 1.mnk of 1hc Drn,– bunc ll.in• r is rumpll't cc! Inter· this \T llr. Fnr P\'C'I'.\' $2 t:1 lM'<I hy till' rn u n du I l II I\, 1llr Q11t•r11slu111t Ctl1v1·nun 1•1\l nrnvidcs Sl up to n mnxl- 11111111 s11~slclv or SI mll · 1111n. · 7 Art at a pnce BRISBANE. - The Que~skn!! Art Galle_ry has paid alm051 $750,000lorlftnc paintings. · The three paintings arc a Van Dyck $345,000, a Tintoretto, $307,000, and ~ Rcubens, $120,000. The Queensland Arts Minister, Mr Elliott, said yesterday the purchase of the 17th century Van Dyck wns of "national 1ignili• cancc." / I hll\'f' somo hru11tlf11I plllntlni:• I would llkr mhU'd 11s I 11h111 to •eU them . Cun you he lp'.' - •\lrs R, Southport. Cont a c t Q11 e c n s lo 11 ,1 Arl Gnller·~·. 160 Ann SI. City. or phone 22n 21 ~8 and i;Jv 1 ,lctnlls nbo11l the paintings. I nm sure lhc gnlli, ry will be nblo tn help. Press Cuttings Melbourne, Victoria "AGE" Melbourne, ' ,: '.)Q1 BRJSBANE. - The Queensland Art Gallery has paid $.l07,000 for a painting by the 16th cenlul'Y l tali.tn artist Tin1oreltO, 'The Resurrection', painted In the 1550s and measuring 201 x 1:39 cen1ime1res. is the most ex• pensive work acquired by the i:nllr ry. The gnllerv•~ director. Mr Raoul Mellish."negotiated the pur• chase during a recent trip to Lon– don. On 1he same trip he bought Sir Pe1er Paul Rubens's 'Portrait of a yOL1ng lad)' standing partially clad in a fur coal for $120,000.