Wieneke Archive Book 3 : Moreton Galleries 1960-61 Presscuttings

.1.1m k ellee the natives Will be I new addicts. -p? Display. of prize,_ winning pictures ,T MELVILLE IIAVSONI NI A selection of pictures including the t. prize winners of the Archibald and Wynne competitions ore at the Moreton Galleries, A.M.P. Building, Edward Street. The portrait section is much more vital than the , landscape and must have (3 set a problem for the Judges. The Archibald Prize for a portrait is k worth about't500 and the n Wynne Prize for a land- scape about £40. W. E. Pidgeon's win- ning portrait of Ray Walker is a lively, vibrant presentation carried out in a loosely - handled manner with consummate skill. Commanding and life -like Ivor Hele's E. W. Hay- ward also is beautifully painted and produced to a commanding and life- like representation. Reaching the heights of traditional academic endeavour, W. A. Dargie exhibits a dignified and reserved study of Sir Francis Rolland. Modera- tor - General of the Pres- byterian Church of Aus- tralia. Joshua Smith shows a finely finished but stiff ing. John Tuck by rendering of R. A. Gold- Graeme Inson also seems to lack the vital spark. Bruce Fletcher's Sell' Portrait, although fol- lowing well the prin- ciples of Meldrum. is somewhat marred by errors in draughtsman- ship. Mother and Child, by C. B. Elliott. is de- signed pleasingly and effective, Remarkable dexterity In The Cliff. the prize - 4 winning landscape, Ron - aid Steuart shows a re- markable dexterity in the delineation oV color- ful and tortuous rock strata. It is a fascinat- ing and satisfactory paint ing. John Santry's Houses. McMahon's Point. Ar- thur Evan Read's The Little Jetty. Endeavour and Sall Herman's ' Spring Cleaning are typ- ical works of the Paint- ers, but in no case is there athing exciting. Francnisy de Silva, Ken- neth Green. Alan R. Grieve and Garrett Kingsley round oft' tin interesting exhibition. Cr 51 1.1 wit me ;ri a A 3 MO ART REVIEW by DR. GERTRUDE LANGER Archibald & Wynne paintings FEN selected entries from the last Archibald and Wynne competitions are on view at the Moreton Galleries. That is. as much as one could select, perhaps, from a show (seen by the reviewer In Sydney,. in which the major names were missing and which critics agreed was the worst in years. On the whole the exhibited paintings are about as stimulating as a lukewarm bath. Not that competence in the reproduction of facts Ia missing. HELE'S WORK If this were aim, Ivor Hele's "E, W. Hayward" would be quite stupendous. The illusion of the suede jacket is as complete as the one of the sitter's presence. Graeme Inson, Bruce Fletcher, and W. E. Dargie all paint "competent" portraits in a tonal photographic manner. W. D. Pidgeon's "Ray Walker," which won the prize against weak com- petition, has greater Inter- est in the handling of col- our. Some areas such as the right upper background are quite delicious, but one is really not very fascinated by what is expressed in the painting as a whole. C. B. Elliot's bright "Mother and child," with faint hints of Matisse, has a charm chiefly decorative. LANDSCAPES Of the landscapes, the Sali Herman's Is the only one which has poetry. The winning "Cliff" by Ron- ald Steuart only half achieves this. The ener- getic thrust has something animistic, but the surreal effect remains that of an onlyhsi.ightly surreal photo - A. E. Read and Francis de Silva have identity with their signatures, while Grieve paints like Robert Johnson and G. Kingsley 'ike Meldrum. Jc n Santry's "Houses, cMnhon's Point" could be ci into a lower and upper hn f without either losing ---e;sallaill10111111111111101111BWINNIM 283