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

t exhibition ariety The c~hih1111111 n 11111111h nwrc th:r11 '111 " 11rk, Jrawn trom puhlu.: and p11,-.111: l'nlk·cl ilm, thrnu ,:.h· o ut r\1htrn li11. :,/c11 Zcul:rnd and the nr tcd Kingd 1111. The cx hihi11011 ,, the re,ult 111 fn ur \·car, n., ~c.rn ·h h) 'i,·dncv art :r111h11rrt1, I leathe r C-11 rr111" The cxf1ih11i1111 ,1111 ti1i11,·, :11 the Ouce n,la nd Art Gallery 1111111 l\prii 2(1. * * * ALSO tlll display ar~ till' twn Ill' \\' an: - quisitions by tit..: Ot1l'<.:nsla11d Art Ga llt:ry. They arc the 17th ,·cntury p11rtr:11t. thl' M:rrd1c•,c Fi lippo Spi1111fa h) \'an ll)l'k ar11l th,· lk,urn:ctinn hv 1/,tlr r,·1111111·1c•11cti:r11 pai11t,·1. Ti111»rctt u I J.,c11po lfohu, ti). , The.: p11rl.'ha,l.', ,11 hulh pain1111g, ,H·n.: 1h.:g,11i:ttl..'d by th,· dir,·ct111 111 th,· Ouc,·11,1.,ntl ,\ rt Ci:rlkn . l\tr l{au11I ~kllish , 11 hen he " ' ""d l.nr1d1111 1:r,t Dc– ccmhcr . The 1·:r1 Dyck ,rnd the Tilllt1ll'll11 arc two 111:rj11r ;1t'q uisititu1, hllll}!ht \\ith 1'11111_1, d,1natL.•d to !hl.' ga llc n th1 1111gh th,• ()11cc11, la11d :\rt G :.ilkrv Fou11<b tio11, Thl· foundu1inn . 1111,,, in ih ..,1.:nrnd year . ha!\ u target of SJ milli1111 111 rai,c l11r ihc 1;':rllcry. Th(• Marchc,c Filippo Spim,la portrait measures 218.., cm x 1.W.'1 cm. It wa, painted in ahout 1622- 1627 during van Dyck's early Italian period . Marchese Filippo S\iinnlu wa, the . on nf Amhrn– gio Spinola. cnnrnrnm er at the ,urrcmler o f Breda . The p;rintin~ i, :m cx,·cllcnt example o f va n Dyck's Gcnocsc portraiturc . · THE executive director of the Queensland Art Gallery Foundation, Sir David Langland, and M··s Penny Kerrlson, wile of the deputy director, adm're the new Queensland Art Gallery Acquisition The Resurrection by Venetian painter, Tlntoretto (Ja co- po Robusti). The Re,urrcction mca,ures 201 cm x 139 c·n. It wus painted in the carlv 15511s. Dominating the painting is the figure of 1-:hrist rising almn,t as an illu,ion nut of the tomb t<,wards the viewer and turning backwards tuwaTds an uwakcncll g~nrd with a gesture of blcssi111, . while another ,old1cr conlrnucs to sleep. 21 MAR 1981 CHRONICLE History comes alive at Strutt show An e·,hibition of works by William S1ru11 (1825 -1915) brings aspects :Jf Australian history 10 life for the viewer. Strull is one of few nine1rcnth century Europ1:an artists who travelled 10 Austr!ilia for ins11iration. Even after his return to England in 1862 he continued to us~ Australian subject matter. lr, 1859 "seized with the urge 10 seek nov1fields" Strutt paid his passa~c in the fr i1Jate Culloden which adverused for "persons of respectibility desiriou, of c111igrating to Port Phillip and Sydney " and on February 26 scl sail for Auwalia. !\fter a voyage of 119 days, he arrives at lfobson's Bay on July 5, 1850. Strutt made sketches of Aborigines and of the llallarat diggings, but he is e, ~ecially remembered for his historical 1<urks con– cerning the Burke and Wills expedition which left Melbourne in 1960 to cross the Australian continent frorn south to north. This provided Strutt with a heroic and dramatic theme for his paintings. The idea of a onrty of men pitting tlrernselves against the unknown interior of Australia, is akin of the romanllc theme of man versus nature. Strutt found the qualitie · of courage and patriotic self-sacrifice in Robert O'Hara llurkc's character which reflect the neo– classical hero. The artist made several sketches at the beginning of the expedition from Royal Park, Melbourne. These capture the ex• ci1cment of the moment of departure when the Mayor and an immense gather– ing of people were present. The tragic fate of the explorers provided Strutt with two fu rther subjects: the death and burial of the hero. The first is portrai·ed in a watercolour drawing: King, head in hands, leans over Burke's body in an at• tiludc of despair. The pistol in Burke's hand, the tattered clothes of King, add to un effect of pathos. A matching water– colour shows the burial of Burke. Pictured is Strutt's oil ponrair of Burke, 1862. Strutt was trained by such important Freuchmen a Paul Dclacroche and Horace Vernet at the Ecole des Ucau.< Arts in Paris and , during the late 1830s and 40 . was exposed to a wide range of artistic influences in 1hat city including the work of Glcyrc, Dclacroix Gerkault and Girodet. However, Strutt ·s own paintin~ steers a middle course in the classic-romantic conflict of I830-48. This exhibition cont inues at the Queensland Art Ga llery, M.l.M . Building, Ann Street , Brisbane, until April 26. Town Hall has the ast lav tf,,, 1•oj,ntrv ;.1 thfl • 111v tb• ltnlun '"•rt h uc1 P "' 1\\_,,u " r .. 111.:. C •!\\".l.\l011 !,l.l' \• ·n nr \'f..,.. 't'v- Opt'l' 1n '!I 'e '-Ji .~ fr, l•,1r no .. ~,· rrcN, t 'Ii"... 1 \'1 ,111..j d rm C 101.hl CJ'l,H-1