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

The visionary world rea,. 18041 "I KNOW or 110 01 hrr cl c~ign whirl! ro111111u nicnLes so mu ·h lntcllrrt un i fear nncl fr ig htful S)'lllj)Hl h y as t he t;ni ncllo~P vl.,n~e". Thu.~ wrn1r IJ1t? ,.:rt•Rt J-, renrh ~, 111boli~l IHH'l :i.t111lnr111c to Odl· Ion Hedon nprnpo, the phllc, 11· tire! " In ~1,v Orf'Am I saw a F'ai·c or M y.... 1rn ," inl'!udrrl 1n Hednn's pnn folln, Jfnmnt:,• ro Go~·a, wh1rh thr ArLlst hnd sent to the prwt. Th is rmly unrnrµcun ble lith· 01:rnph JS pr1n nf I he suprrb ex· l11b1t 1m1 One ~I nn's v 1s1n11, rhe Grnph1c Works 01 Od1lon Hccton, frnm the EdWlll Blnn,·1· Coll!' • tion. · The trn,·r l11n~ csh1lrn ln11 lms br,•11 nnw nl~rd h,· 1llP 81111th,-,n• mnn ln. tlt1Hln11 111 he .· , nnrt ls 0 11 ,·icw RI I t,1\ OUCl'll"'lanci An Gallery until I-' hr11nr1· lfi, Od llon lh.•ri•tn , 11H0- 1!1Jfi 1, hnllcd by hymholl.,1. 11urt ,"111n,•n l• 1:sts a like, Joinrcl no mm crnem. He wns n lonrr nnd unique. Nr,·l'rthPlf'~!(, he musL be ro11 • siclrred n., 011P or the 1110"1 con . ,·in .ln L: 1111'1 profound .\'.'lllhnliHs 111 L11c , lsunl n1 ts. ll('don nrntcrl a lll\'Slrrilllh, , t• .o;lonur.,· wnrld. PN111(•11cd h:· in· llnllC SRdllC~'i. Ht> ~nut or Iii!( n" n ,, n1·k : "l\·I\' 0l"IHin11l1Ly COI\Shl:; Ill JIU\ ·.ng lil 4 'Phone: 17-5111 Aust. Prass Cuttings Agancr Melbourne, Victoria From "MIRROR" Sydney, N.S.W. 2 7 JA ! \ ,31 Art gallery's $307,000 for painting 1"he Quernsln nd A rt Gnlltr)' ha, pnld $307,11110 ror lhe IGth-rrntur,• pnh1tl11g- ThC" Rc~urr<-c– lhm b,\' the ltallun nrll\t 'J'inlorello. The R c s Ur re r 11 n 11, pn illlCd 111 I 11c es\rly l!i50s ,111d 111rasuring 201 cm x 130cm, I,._ tl1c mo!-1! C:\Pt'!l· :,l,•c yet ncqulrcd by Iho gallery. T he sallrry's d irector. Mr Rno11 l ~lelli. h. 11<'~0- tlntcd the p11rcl:nse 011 . l'C<'Cnl visit to London. On the .nmc lrlp h•• beugh I for $120.000 Ru - bcns' Portrait or n Yount; Lady Stand ing Pa rtially •ttr Cout. of Redon rrcchhlr hr11n:s 11,·e n,•1•nrd1m: In crccilhl1· IHW!i. 111 plHrln.: 1tw IO\\ ;\ nl thr \'iMhle al he.• wn 1rr nf 1he 11w1~Jble." HC'dnn nl,;o ~hn 111!011rrl con\'cntlnnR 1 rnnstn1r t1nn M nd often U!-;Cc1 A \A 11f11l. 111\ . lNIO\IS, sf' rpenuno 111n\'{•111rn1 to unify h1.s work. llcrlnn "''ns horn nt Ilorc1ea ux hUL. \\'OS hrnu~ht up by Rn nld uncle on a fnm11.,· e~tntr In the flRt country ouu,1rtc thr c·lty, Hr \\'RS m uch 1n11L1rm·ert by 1he rlrnnu·1rr nf this ln11c1,.ru11e and mos 01 his llfP "'"" ~prnt 1hrrr. 1t1s great tn\-•111 tor drn\\ 1m: showed r•ur ly. Thr 111111uul n.h1b1• 11011.s nt Borc11•n11x exposed h1111 10 ll'ork, b · Millet, Corot, the earl)" Moreau. and DPln<:ro1x. It wns Uellwroix whom he wnrnhlppf'd ~lm·ln,:: 10 Po rl~ tor Slllc1), he ll':1rnct1 1111wh hy ropylng 111 the Lo11 nc hut lnnt hrc1 his trnrlwr, lltH'0lllC, and l'Ollirl,l,fd to Uor– c1rn11x. Thr,rr. h is sl\lrllrs \\'II h 8rf':,,c1Jn, n pr1n111rnkcr w11h a \\'f'lr<i, cnm– plr x inrn ginnllnn. h,•came lmpnr• 1a11t. Rcclon rlct·ldrc1 In cnnflne h1m~elf Ln blRrk and white - thn l Is. to churcnu l ,trn wlnr:s, !11hnt?Tkphs nnd ctch \:,J:s. lir wa~ well pa~t m lcyilc·A l!e whr11 he returner! nga111 to pnlnt• 1111: without. howevrr, c,·cr 11ha11• rlnnin~ h!." i;rnphtc work. Schnlars nutln tnln thnl If nmhing hart been prr!'lcrrcrt but. Hrc1on·s ltt hournphs. th is wnulc1 wrll s11 f fire t n ~h·r a c·omplr•te In· sle;ln 1:,to the r1uR li1y and ra11~e or n enon·• genius. R.cdn11 hlmsell nsscrlccl lhal hr. usert II Lh0RrttPhr ·•with tl1r. ~nle aim of producing In the , peclutor 1hr ~on nf c11rfu r nnri r1nm11HU· UH! :111 r:H· uin 111 1t1e rlnrk wnrld ut l ilt' 1nrlrt{!nnanutr " Approprinlrh· 1•n1111gh, his flr.,t lllhnJ?ntphir nlbum hnrn 1he title In rtle Orrn m. 'l'v." .,11pnb print.s nf 111 I~ f'XI l'f'llll'lf I Arr M' f°lrS t t he ,•ct1t10 0 \' k( , rn· 1-m;1 ll 1 l\fP b – c·l11rlrrl 111 1h1 rxh1b111011, \\'htch 1s .n lan:P rn1e. 'I herr are Illr h1t1111tlng platei. frnm 1 hr ,dhum, Trmp! Rllon n! Saint An thon \', h1H;ec1 nn Flau– hrrl '!- vmrk nr 1hr ... ame 1-11le. Rut. Jlrrtnn·~ 1nrngr.s must. not he tnken ,,. fn 1t hr111 Illustration•: ra ther JllllH lhrr be \'aluM Ill prnrtuet.<, or n rdon's ow:, imagi– na11nn. n r , 1011 \\ kS murh lmiplred by v. ork~ 01 l'f'llt lilCrRl\lff'. Here we hal'e also his graphic respnn!ics lo BeaudelRlrt>'s Fle11rs Du Mai, to the Apocal)•pse of St. ,lohn., nnrl some mngniftcent 1ep– ara1,c, plu tes. 11,; well a:; the br1111- tlf11l lnte portral1s he mnde ot fel lnw Rrt l,ts. Ulnck. tor Redon. 11·•• the mo,t lmportanl cnlor. HI,; tech:1lc11l n rt11nslt)' In ,,,·nn11ch1R hlnck• In Ill hogrnph)' mode De~•• esrlolm : ··oh. his hlncks I Jmnos.ible tn pull an.,· or equal htMut y." Hnwevcr, ,;cn~uou:t beauty wa~ nnt t he prime • Im or Redon, but sn1rlt11al nepth. \\'horrrr hns srt eye,,. on Re– rinn·,; 1111nJ.?:e. 511c:h Ali, lo gt,·e snme exnmple!ii. Or11th : " M~• lrn.. n~· surpft. SPS all othrrs", or the Chimera : "which µ111,id Rt •II Ihing!-1", or Lost. Ani?rl, 1111(old ln~ his blnck wings, or The Druldr.s•. ""h I c h emerµes, rorblddl:,gly, rmm the deepest night or block, will flnrl lhnt the)" hRve en~r•vrd lhemsel\'es on !he heholder's mind