Wieneke Archive Book 3 : Moreton Galleries 1960-61 Presscuttings

In 01. h.r. Mtn CI Y: bye, nall- Tn. igat ht M. TY. S. NS WYNNE HAS BEST WORKS In an exhibition of selected paintings from the recent Archibald, Wynne and Semen competitions now at the Moreton Galleries, A.M.P. Building, Edward Street, the entries for the Wynne landscape priz transcend by far the efforts found in the other sections. Reinis Zusters. win- ner of the Wynne, has conceived and pro- duced a most interest- ing and colorful Har- bor Cruise. It is com- pletlY satisfyig in its transform a Lion of everydoy Sydney Har- bor and Bridge into a romantic dream, Ronald Steuart's Kuringai Hillside is a beautifully painted factual rendering of nature. James Cant shows a delightful In the Bush. It is a poem carried out in silver, grey and green with dancing brush strokes. Max Ragless again captures the feeling of the interior with his Dust. Birdsville. Scott Pendlebury also creates a spaciousness in Street Scene, Mel- bourne. Arnold Shale, H. Put;mire and Inson show coed examples of their work. There Is nothing ex- citing in the portraits. The winning painting by Dairen is repre- sented only by photograph. William Pidgeon's H. B. Newman Esq., is not as brilliant as some of his previous work. W. A. Dargie's Sir Lionel Lindsay is a good likeness and is capably painted. but is not vital. Only two entrt.: cover the Sidman P for a Gendre section. Susan Wrig h t The Circus lacks all the deep elements which go to make show business. John Rigby is strong in color, design and conception in his Street Corner.-MEL- VILLE HAYSOM. ART REVIEW by Dr. Gertrude Langer JOHN ROWELL'S SHOW JOHN Howell's one-man show at the Moreton Galleries Is of Australian landscape and seascape, and includes some Queensland scenery. The paintings are factual and competent and hold no surprises. Everything looks quite familiar, There are no glaring mis- takes in either design or colour harmony, because they follow fairly accepted rules. With few exceptioni, harmony of green, orange, and violet( shades is keyed to a general tone, which undergoes variations in in- tensity and temperatures from painting to painting. If one gets so little ex- citement from these paint- ings, which are handled often quite freshly, it le chiefly because they only depict the world we can see with our eyes without giving it meaning through , the important transforma- tion that takes place in an artist's inner world. "Giant Boulders," "Toss- ing Boats," "From Mt. Buderim," and "Harmony" are among the most interest- ing paintings. SOCIETY'S 50 EXHIBITORS ABOUT 50 exhibitors have contributed to the Royal Queensland Art Society's Show at the Australian Hotel, Albert Street. There is the customary rather large proportion of incompetent work and dull work; so, naturally, the work of professional painters and of people who show a sign ever so alight of per- sonality must stand out. We mention oils by Melville, Haysom ( who.se Winter TV" la quite fun), miry SOIL Arlan WISIM118. Carstens, Margaret McNeil, Winifred Watson, and Robert Lawson. whose portrait of Augusta Hob - day shows promise if guess this is student work), and water colours by the late Kenneth McQueen, by Vida Lahey, and Hilbert Janda, and drawings child studies) by Kathleen Lelehney. Milton Moon's pottery pieces are an attraction here. --7245WMOSPT- at -r Ul wa It NYCu; Fl Ma Un Cu Y. ;&an CarG aun I 4 a. Man Zeal en kilea m en 0 Yrtd lid a P. AU Creel Mack o.n,. 4 . - Queensland for Centen session of the Lund lid sly Yeah, bank. Watercolors by Arunta natives ,Albert Nomatjirs, with several other members of the Arunta tribe of aboriginals. is represented at the Moreton Gallqries, in an exhibition of watercolors depicting the fantastic patterns and colors of Central Australia. Over the whole, the works are revealing in that what appears at first glance to be the following of a recipe for painting has recently been shown to' be something far deeper. The similarity of ap- proach in painting by an aboriginal lately discov- ered in Cape York Penin- sula, Queensland, hun- dreds of miles away, and without any contact, gives food for thought. The similarity of his work suggests an inher- ent impulse in the appre- ciation of design. Variable in quality The paintings of Albert Namatilra. an outstand- ing, tragic, and accusing figure of our time, vary in quality. It is in such items as Owen Springs Country, Ranges near Mt. Gillian. and Waterhouse Range from Jay Creek, that we find him at his best in the rendering of his country through European spec- tacles. The more naive ef- forts in the other half of the show have two things in common-a remarkable apprecia- tion of middle distance and background. and a ttndenoy to disturb balance by the inser- tion of tree Interest out of place in the fore- ground. Numbers 2 (Ewald Namatjira), 4 (Richard Mokatarinja 1. 0 (Lind- say Imbarudarinja) 8 (Cordula Ebatarinja), 10 (Lindsay Itnbarndarinia) and 11 (Otto Pareroultja) deserve attention.-MEL- VILLE HAYSOM. New angle revealed by artist in display Arthur Mureh, winner of the 500 guinea prize for a painting at the Sydney Royal Easter Show, is exhibiting his recent smolt works at the Moreton galleries. He is represented in all , the important art collet- 37,- .., tions in Australia and has an Archibald Prize. Though retaining a considerable amount of his own style. he reveals another angle to his painting in this interest- ing show. Could it be that he is starting to search for something beyond his well-known and suc- cessful renderings of the p ast? In the oils Richmond River Valley is entirely t satisfactory as a land- scape rendering. The Grey Sea and The Headland, together with The Hole, Daphnis and Chloe, Rock Shelter, By The Sea, and Fisherman, also please. Willow, River Bend, Trees Goat ad Spotlight and are expern i- ments in the juxtaposi- tion of color for effect. In the last-named plc - lure the red jumps rather badly. The Sun Warmed and Spray are attractive numbers. The drawings Girl and Goat, Study in Red, and VILLE HAYSOM. The Sister appeal.-MEL- YVA 2E1Z