Wieneke Archive Book 3 : Moreton Galleries 1960-61 Presscuttings

This *.Ft,3 Pit;P9114 1-fr CA _11.211, uIl 1111 ) Artist iii oil scenes 1111:13/11.1.11S MAI'S0111 Alan linker. noted flower painter, is holding( an exhib- ition of his oil paintings at the ' Morelos Galleries. ' He draws well and is thoroughly in command of his medium. His amaz- r ing technique and clean! s color produce popular t works that are appreci- s aced by those who like to I see in their pictures sonic n resemblance to the sub- ject matter. a, To maintain interest e the artist has wisely h interspersed with the a., flower pieces works of 11 varying subject content. t.I He handles alt themes ,t well and has given this show a remarkable even- ness of quality. Fine study of child's head st id 5- 0 Iv e h st Stuart is a fine study of a child's head. The Artist's Wife also rates high as a likeness. Brown's Wharf, Sydney, The Creek. Pyrmont, Blyth Street, Wsolloo- mooloo. Loftus Street and Winter form a panel of small pictures vying with one another in charm and interest. The Letter, By the River and Morning Light are attractive items, the last-named being a particularly fine specimen of representa- tional landscape paint- ing carried out in the simplest of terms. Historic Home calls for attention, but Sunlit Road and Winter near Camden are not so con- vincing. The flower paintings are up to the standard upon which the artist's reputation has been buill2s, WINTER '! DISPLAY OF ART MELVILLE HAYSOM A number of well-known Austra- lian artists are represented in the winter exhibition of paintings at the Moreton Galleries. The works are small. but up to the standard expected of the painters. Robert Johnston's Sea Piece and Coastal Bush please, as does Morning Newport and Townsville by James Jackson. Vida Lahey presents a veil painted Larkspur and Daisies, and John Rowell a happy Children at Play. Landscape by Alfred c7i.tok, has good reces- .-.onal qualities, and Roland Waklin shows sound work in Across the Harbor and Farm. Kenneth Macqueen and Rubery Bennett offer typical works. Graerne Inson, Hay- ward Veal, Sir Lionel Lindsay also exhibit. Art Review by Or Gertrude Langer GARRETT'S WATER COLOURS THE Moreton Galleries feature once more water colours and nionotypes by the late Tom Garrett. In both techniques Garrett ideas of conventional - shed a absorbing interest romantic nature represents.- Inow whatn one can do with tion, he only rarely broke running, clotting, crumbling through to expressing some- paint thing of the spirit of nature. In the light of some con- His so skilfully manipulated temporary trends, tt is inter- hazes and textures, combined eating to reflect what could with a weak structural and have happened if Garrett colouristle imagination, re - had been able to use this in- suited more often than not in terest plus his considerable rather unsubstantial and technical skill in manipulat- weakly sentimental paintings. frig paint with complete free- But here and there, obser- dom of expression, vation, manual skill, and He might have been able to feeling for the poetry of space. stimulate directly our imag- light, and atmosphere, give illation of density and flux, or results such as "Grey and of the mystery of matter. Brown." "Picnic Match' and But enslaved as he was by "Picnie." EVEN QUALITY IN WORK OF ARTIST Scenes palsied in oils by James R. tt Jaeksen are en view at the Moreton Gal- leries. The artist is considered into the sweetly pretty in one of the leading paint- his appreciation of the ers of Australian land -1 lingen. - MELVILLE scene in the traditional, HAYSOM. manner. In his present show Is a fairly general even- s ess of quality. His color.sense is good and his feeling for the subject sincere, but he is occasionally likely to fall Easter exhibition THE Easter exhibition at the Moreton Gallen. les comprises mainly this gallery's usual group. T A 2A T Sc fit J S 4. SI St se ni in 0 Representational paintings range from the banal to the more lyrically inspired. There will he found also more than one faint echo of greater ones than their imitators. To be nn Australian Rdll. olr, Utrillo or Pissarro could he only ot interest if one were able to addstri some significant way to the orig- inal creators of a style. SAW THE LIGHT So, if we ask what March has discovered that Renoir did not do better, we are ft with the realisation seeded in making us see Paris streets through his eyes, whereas I am not con- vinced that Lawrence has distilled such an essence of the things lie paints, what- ever the eye appeal of some of his work. Rather more convincing is a small seascape by Ray Crooke, who achieves more with an almost naive simplicity and quiet col- our. Roland iVakelin tin stiles - wise conventional coniposl none) glorifies rather tir merely represents the 11 t, and the moment wheS le that It was his notion that distinguishes him from sot the Australian light is of the more prosaic stbt whiter than the French. and atmosphere patntes While some like to think here. of G. Lawrence as a sort of What we said nboUt Vier Australian Utrillo, one must lin applies also to 'e point nut that. Milli° sue- Reflections" by K. .Nd?' Art Review by Or. Gertrude Langer Small paintings on show ANthe exhibition of SMALL PAINTINGS at Moreton Galleries holds no surprise. About half of them were shown before, while others look as If one had seen them. About two dozen painteros are represented. most f whom are so of ten under re view, that it is almost im- passible to make new com- ments, especially as they have nothing new to add. Unfortunately. most of them speak a language that has no longer any vital meaning, and are hardened in techniques that have become routine. HOWeVer, one responds to the sir.,ale, "feeling" lines and r, '11y -handled warm in say at best Water colours by Sir Lionel Lindsay offering at the More- ton Galleries require little added FalCi nothing can br added to what has been dial about than before. s With meticulous craftman- :1-m tey depict the sunny .,-( citesh of Medi I erranean and ,,,iern countries. Pictur- e,one s, buildinligg It plays s rise under blo skie old walls, little figures and c donkeys illustrate local char - twit's Charm rests in the subject elf and after having en- joyed this and adinired the ,kill in rentodbeerindisg covered. ltle else remains The paintings haarding sly speeen ak individually and hv eme, one feels one knows them all. One may specially mention he Town Hall, Bacza," "Al- T,,,zge,r, ,Segovin," "Alhambra 'rove,.... ' OON colours of two landscapes. "South Coast Landscape" and "Afternoon, North Ryde," by George Lawrence, who often is at his best in Small size. A. E. Read's more pedan- tically finished "Shell Boat Wharf" has. a decorative ap- peal. John Santry's "Trees" has some "sap." Herbert Carstens' "Mar- burg Landscape" has spon- taneity of touch, Norne Gude's tmospheric seascape in watercolours nas fluidity and breadth, and one might derive some small pasure from Herbert Veal's deleft, but quite superficial flicks of the palette knife in "Wet_ Day." Tranquility in paintings 'rhe exhibition of small water colors and mono- ; types by Tom Garrett at the Moreton Galleries will, to some people, seem a haven of peace. Painnting in the taste of a past generation, Tom Garrett, a lyrical painter of no mean Vehnical ability. has produced many appealing tone ;poems in various media. ;In this show Is a heeling of long lost tranquility. Works for attention are Rock Pool, Quai ry. DaY- wane. The Gorge, Unused Door and House by the Lake.-MELVILLE HAV - I SOM. I 28Z