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

railed with the man1 landscapes. With the help ot Bet• na MaeAulay, acting Assistant Director, I was introduced to the man behind thlK exhibition, John McPhee, Curator or Fine Art BL the Queen Victoria Muneum and AJ"t Oailury in Launceston. This exhibition took J1>hn three i·ear,i to col– late, and ls the flnt ma• jor one ot ,John Glover, who settled In Van Die– men's Land In 1831 at &I, palnlffl Auotrallan land– scapes 111ccesdully and hitherto was an almost neslected arllst. Alter browsing through the exhibition w•lth Glyn May, et the Australian Information Service, I •poke with 60me or the people Involved, Pamela Brand or Melbourne, John Gam5ey - the Queensland sponsor, RJ'ld Raoul Melllsh, Director or the Queenslt.nd Art Gal– lery. * That day at e p.m.. dropped Into the Gallery again ror the exhibition's orrlclal opening by Brian Sweeney, Lhe only Queensland member or the Australia Council, who w11s introduced by Mr, Ju.tlce Connolly, Prrs1dcn t of Trustees or the Queensland Art Gal– lery. H e re T Ille t Ille l 1' u s L" es , nmo11g Lhem llrnry llartlett ll'llh his wife Amanrl•, nnd Rod O'l,oan and his ll'ife Mol– ly, I o\so r11111lrd ll'lth trlrnd, or mine. Cl,.rlr> un,'. a. , Ma il J un . 1 '5 , 1 78 Had the pleasure or meeting BIU Hamilton, chairman or the Queer,.. land Cultural Advisory Council, and his wife II•• ..,. and Pat Melllek, tm– medlate past president or the Queensland Art Oal• le1·y Society. Admired a beautiful Italian landscape, and met Chris Deutsher, dl– rect,or or & Melbourne Gallery, who klndly lent the palntlni, Chrls was accompanled by Ills wlfe, Dlsle, A 111 o 11 g the many guests were lnirrtd and Robert Holden (Robert Is with the State Llbrnry 1 and Lesley Gotto, long time associated wlth Rrt, both visual and per– forming. * Ploce or action on Wednesday was the 111- hl•cus Room on the ~Oth floor or l.ennon• Plata Hotel, where I joined a eh e err u I I u n c h-tlme crowd for an a ppetlslnJI' meal, lnterestlnfl' rhatter 11nd a glorious , ,cw ot Brl•ban•. Arter ~rr , ,mgs wlth Dl, nne T llompson (host· css l, enjoyed llln<'h acd a chat with MarJl'RfCI Gun– snn, Rbou her beaut l1oilduy in ·yctney • nd Mclbournr with hm, y .llm, rlnu~hter Sue nnrl sons Tony :ind On,·ld. And In pRssir.g, .lohn .\td>onnlrl ,,·nved to l\tnr• ~Arr.t nnrl me. --- ------- scene