Wieneke Archive Book 3 : Moreton Galleries 1960-61 Presscuttings

es es st NEW APPRECIATION OF COLOR the current rxhihilion of paintings Vs ibex Battiess lit this Moreton Galleries, AMP Building, discloses a new appreein Bon of color by the artist. Gone are the strong blue skies and mountains. the harsh bronzes of eucalypt vegetation and ths glaring tree trunks and roads. In their places are delicate nuances and subtle movements In harmony which are ever so much more pleasing. Max Ragless has always been known for his bold designs and variation in the application of paint. ,There is no change In these directions. The major works. Low .Tide. Stanley. Tasmania. 'Morning in the Hills. and South Coast Landscape, satisfying. Three Sisters of Moon.' and Shale Mills, Ammo, give pleasure which is also found in the watercolors Road Between the Trees. Spring Landscape, Wil- !ochre Creek and Pew- sey Vale. Kettering Bay. a finely -handled watercolor, shows a slight omission by the artist in defining the waterlevel. Richmond is another good piece of painting with a small defect. The drawing of the figure Is not satisfactory. The oil, The Creek, is a sound and truthful statement in the greens of rain refreshed country- side.-Melville Harlem. .4Jfeegaii OILS AND WATER COLORS Oils and water colors by John Eldershaw form a Centenary Year exhibition of paintings at the Moreton Gal- lerise, A.M.P. Building, Edward Street, John Elder -haw is one of Australia's lead- ing water colorists. Epring Landscape, Tumbledown Bridge, The Fishermen's Jetty, The Little Beach, Bay - shed in the Mountains. On the Tweed River, and The Fishing Vil- lage stand out in the water color section. The Ross Bridge. Old Barn and Sunlight and Trees are the best of the oils. - MEL- VILLE HAYSOM, - ART REVIEW by DR GERTRUDE (ANGER George Lawrence's One -Man Show . . . GEORGE LAWRENCE'S paintings at the More- ton Galleries reveal his growing search into colour and shape relations. Instead of staying con- in some. Among convincing rs and successful paintings are y tent with a once -found "Page River at Ellerston," y formula to ".'ender" nature "Evening Landscape." "Ap7, v (as so many academically- preaching Storm, Ellerston, trained painters are), Law- 'Angry Sea." d rence is constantly searching. Among paintings which and also seems to feel the im- show the unresolved conflict, pact o. a strong abstract and therefore. lack unity, are movement in Sydney. Kiama'In s Not that Lawrence is dis- strong urge to create with shapes" has been thwarted regarding yet "representa- by unnecessary concerns with Lion'; but his handling of the "atmosphere"). n shape and colour Is becoming In "Red Sails. Berry's Bay," more expressive in Itself. local colour and tonal treat- ment clash, and the eye re - Convincing turns to sonic deliridus bits of I The conflict in his mind painting instead of taking in between tile requirements of the whole. "renitsm" and conventional In "Silos," the same weak - composition sn the one hand. nets appears. in addition to and, on the other. the rrea- tint -well -related main masses. the urge. is quite obvious in However, as a whole, this is his paintings and remains too in exhibition which is well obvious because unresolved worth 'zP(.111'!.. 01044.4~G~M~#0 ::Q"-AMJET - -al a -.- Novel sale method 101' 'Iliereolors Watrii °tors by John C. Goodehild are littered to the public in a novel manner at the Moreton Gallerles A.M.P. Building, Edward Street. These paltitmes by one of Australia's leading traditional artists are to be sold by delayed ac- tion auction. A white card will be Placed on the wall below each picture and the amount of any offer re- ceived will be placed on the card; subsequent pro- gressive offers will be clearly marked, thus showing on the card the amount of the latest offer received. The final offer .- celved at the conclu- sion of the exhibition at 5 p.m. on April 24, will buy the painting. NEW YORK, Sun. ing Berlin's The quality varies (AAP): Iry from the heights to the daughter Linda Louise indifferent. The Wye, was married yesterday to Near Blaken.ey, Norfolk; Edouard Emmet. a New Blakeney Harbor, Nor- York stock broker. 1111111111kaa..... folk; Essex W a te rutin; Circus Day at Slakeney, Norfolk; Peistead High Street, Essex; Eventide, Kangaroo Island; and Venice. are good average works. Well to the fore In merit are: In the Kia- kouras, New Zealand Penland, England: Creek Bed, Flinders Ranges; Waterfall, Leura; Carmel, California; and Near Boo- berowie Group. Flinders Range s. - biELVILLE P AYSOM. DAUGHTER WED ART REVIEW by DR GERTRUDE (ANGER NUDES BY THE SEA A COLLECTION of recent small paintings and drawings by Arthur Mureh at the Moreton Galleries is quite typical of the work by which we know him. The intention Is quite clear. It Is to create (rid especi- ally In his favou ite subject "nudes by the sea") a kind of Renoir -like Arcadia full of the sweetness of life. Young mothers and chil- dren, couples, or the single figure in innocent natural- ness, at ease in nature-a great subject in art from Giorgione to Renoir. As to Much, the attitude is there, but the enchant- ment, will not arise. The charm is too alight. These flesh tints, cool or warm, and melting with the same hues In the surround- ings, do not vibrate with warm life, the lines of the bodies are not echoed in the general design, soft harmon- ies are not created from in- dividual strong colours. In which respect the French Im- pressionists were masters. Actually, Murch Is much more a tonal painter than a colourist. His work is much more pleasant where he creates a soft from a small range of hues such as in "By the Sea" with an all- over warm flesh tone. Even quality in spring art show Paintings by form the spring Galleries, Edward in quality. G. Crossley's Brisbane River is good. G. Law- rence's Country Road, John Rowell's Nambour Farm Land, Kenneth Macqueen's Seashore De- sign, H. Carsten's Downs Landscape and Robert Johnstone's Cottage River Cottage please. The watercolors, Landscape and Sum- mer, Upper Murray by Max Ragless arc at- tractive. The works of Prank Norton (director of the West Australian National Art Gallery), Joshua Smith, Carrington Smith, E. Dangerfield. J. Der- rin, A. Baker, Hayward Veal and Gargle are typical examples, The Blue Star Line has acquired a painting by Harry Cotterell, a com- parative newcomer to the ranks of Brisbane's exhibit1a7 artists. The work is for one ,,f AY a noted show Street. Moretonartistse even the line's shirks and should give passengers a foretaste of the Queen, - land scene. Cotterell has beon. painting for years Stlli this distinction should give further impetus to his art activity. - MEL- VILLE HAYSOM. Modern art Sir Matthew Smith, Patrick Hennessy. sail Herman. Picasso, Utrillo, Gauguin, Sisley, Menet. ' Pissaro and Renoir are I represented in a showing i at the Moreton Galleries of 24 new prints from the works of masters In Int- nressionism and eontem- r porary imlotho!. I,r, 284 PAINTINGS ItY BAGLESS