Wieneke Archive Book 3 : Moreton Galleries 1960-61 Presscuttings

Appeal in art works A N ide should he sande by the .elected works in Ilse Sat tttttt *V Es. hibil sy Is i e Is ks she re-sopen- ins; of she lloseissie Galleries. Sall Herman's The - Little Street, George Lawrence's Houses on the I Seine. James Jackson's on the Harbor. and Boats at Polperro. Cornwall. and an inkline and wash drawing by Len Annois are very fair and typical - examples of the artists' - works, Robert Johnson's large painting, Diamond Head. Camden Haven. NSW. is a very fine piece depict- ing a beautiful coastline. His small Nundle. NSW, Is also worth while. Semi -abstract rural elements John Rowell eatclie., the hot glare of a ate - tropical sun in NamboJr Farm. Rubery Bennett otters his usual color scheme in a capably painted Summer Showers. Wilson Cooper's After the Shower is a tranquil study in reserved color. Herbert Kemble is an exception in that he breaks away from the common approach and use ; rural elements in a sen.1-abstract way to pro- duce The Farm. an effec- tive arrangement of color and shapes. Nora Heysen is not at her best in Mixed Flow- ers. The drawing of the table -top and the lower portion of the vase does not give satisfaction.- MELVILLE HAYSOM. Galleries' ifirst show for 1960 ThL, Moreton Go heriet, drishur :'s inner-city basement art centre, crc showing their first selec- tion of pictures for the year. Most of the works 011 view are oils by Sydney and Melbourne artists, with landscapes. seascapes. and street scenes pre- C. dominating. e Salt Herman has another I of his distinctive scenes from Sydney slumland, simple In outline, rich in Colour; a thoroughly ro- mantic painting. Lance Solomon's "Black- berry Pickers", in sun - warmed browns with light bursting from behind white clouds, responds at- tractively to a long look. t, -Growth", by Herber' Kemble. is the sole al, stract; shields of strong colour, perhaps arranged ; vaguely after the shape of tree, on a white back- ground. "Undigested" 1,1, Kemble's other painting. -Old MM. England". uses similar colours more subtly ii' ad has clearly recognis- able outlines. Lloyd Rees' "The Wave": ri impressive in convey-, tion, but the wave itself ,eems more like an un- 14- digested lump of green r and yellow. John Rowell's "Sapling, cams and Ti Trees" re -I deems a hackneyed sub - ;get with a genuine vision, and a sweeping) ease of distance. .11)1111 Eldershaw, on the ,,t her hand. seems to me to aye spoiled the whin- mdly charm of his "Fish Terrigal", With a 1,101y -handled shoreline I Arthur March has ;, . "Mother and 1, in restless yellows. ; r Johnson, in caparter Valley". a MI her ; cont mat. he ; Isecem Ird hash Urark and ; purple ''C -At Y icrr.0 11,) tiCk 44:011 JlG