Wieneke Archive Book 3 : Moreton Galleries 1960-61 Presscuttings

SUNDAY MAIL 4. . . . . ART CONSULTANTS. His. 9 A.M. - 5 P.M. Phone 2 9192 MORETON GALLERIES Ri-.0PSNS THE SUMMER EXHIBITION A 1-.Un.111 . CF / ' :.GS. YOU ADE CORDIAL! Y :AMTED Ti' VISIT TIE ..1.:ILLERIES AT PM( t.tir. , A 6_0 i(^,trI. , '0 0 I-. AMP 3--1111-DING EDWARD ST., riRIS3ANE ART REVIEW by Dr. Gertrude Langer ' Fullbrook's paintings outstanding in show... IN the Moreton Galleries' summer exhibition I ' two paintings by SaM Fullhrook stand out. Compare his "Kimberley dren in Dry Creekbed" Is Landscape" with the treat- more individual in treat- ment et the sarne, and simi- ment than his "Red Land- lar, subjects also in this ex- scope." but does not add in hibition, by Hans Heysen, a significant way. Albert Namatjira, John Among paintings of Aus- Rowell, and James Wigiey trallan landscape other and you will know why, then the interior, those by Ray Crooke are painted with a fresher vision. Fullbrook's painting has the power to move, so has his "Cattleman". The combination of excitement and repose is quite com- pelling. The Kimberley landscape broods In glowing flame colours of utmost intensity (which is brought to a pitch by contrast with a. few chilly colours) and the excitement of small jagged units is silenced by the great horl- zontal masses, which contain them. Wigley's "Aboriginal Chll- Great skill in George Lawrence's "Coolangatta." too many col- ours create an effect of in- coherence rather than the intended richness. John Loxton's great skill and attractive brushwork are directed towards the el -Pattern of a perfect illusion of fact. There is no transcendence. A flower piece by Joshua Smith is an objective study, rhythmically controlled. MORETON GALLERIES = E. = REOPEN 5'H Fla., 1962 THE SUMV,ER EXHIBITION A SUPERB CO.LiCTION Of AUSTRALIAN PAINTINGS. ICdU ARE CC "'WALLY INVITED TO VISIT THE GALLERIES AT ANY TIME in SELECTED '.IORKS BY DISTINGUISHED ARTISTS = A 'ID THL FINEST PRINTS ALWAYS AVAILABLE. = F1'APAING AND RESTORATION OF OLD WORKS = EXPERTLY CARRIED OUT = I! AMP BUILDING EDWARD ST., BRISBANE issmsweir New artists in showing SOU The Moreton Galleries, AMP Building, Edward Street, opens.its 1962 season with a summer exhibition of paintings by well- known artists leavened with works by painters not so familiar. This leavening certainly odds interest. Sir Hans Heysen Wanaka Blurt. Flinder, Range. John Rowell's D),.. Creek Bed Flinders Range and Shimmering Lich' Robert Johnson's South Coast Beach James Jack son's Boats at Newport F. Buckmastees May Morn- ing. H Carsten's Shellie Beach Ind Joshua Smith Mates and Flowei Pieci art, up to the standard we expect of he minters concerned John Loxton Tas- manian Coastline and Snow at Mt Buffalo are well handled the latte- being an -xcellent example of snyine much with little. u quality not to he found in J Carrington - Trees near Water in whir)) the statement has been so sinmIlfied that It -cane con ',vs nothing R. Crooke is 'cure- sented ')v two works having a flavor of primitivism in the hand - ART REVIEW by Dr. Gertrude Langer PRINTS ON SIIOW OFFERING at the Moreton Galleries are repro- ductions, chiefly by reliable printmakers. Among the few not -so - reliable prints is El Greco's "View of Toledo." Small prints, priced at 10/6. include Van Gogh, Matisse, ChagnII, Statue, Picasso (Rose period end Vlaminck. French impressionists are mostly Included In the larger prints. The student mny compute the change of Motet's front his "River" of 1Ra8 to his "Summer" of 10 years later, when he had fully de- veloped the pointillist tech- nique. Or he may compare with this paintings relying solely on the vibrant surface, with Renoir's hidden structure based on rhythrnically swinging masses. The frieze -like "Dancers Adjusting their Shoes," by Degas, and "Roses." by Raoul Duty. are among some of the prints of recent issue, "Venetian Scene," by Turner, Is a particularly fine print, bringing out ,uhtleties of tone and tex- ture. Also available for 22/0 is "The Northern Territory," by Daryl Lindsay. This set of nine small prints repro- duces paintings done in an anachronistic 10th century factual manner. ling of paint but never- theless they are telling in their realism. 01 the two Australian Landscape stands out for Its remarkable recessional Jim Whaley. a Melbourne nainter of promise whose work tr. new to Brisbane shows two nieces That re- veal him as oossesstne lyrical and srvmpathic qualities of perception His paintings are Children in a Dry Creek Bed and "ed landscape. W.A. Stint Ftilbrook Inutra Painter of the wilder aspect of the Ati,trallar Scene. is richly colorful to Kimberley Landscape rut The Young Cattleman George Lawrence pre wilts an interesting im- pression of Coolongattn The late Kenneth Mac. (amen and Nomatlira ale represented together with Lake Side Fantasy M Otter Tonne a.