Wieneke Archive Book 3 : Moreton Galleries 1960-61 Presscuttings

ART REVIEW by Dr. Gertrude Langer John Santry,s show JOHN SANTRY Is holding a one-man show of paintings and drawings at the Moreton Gal- leries. They are of figure studies, landscape, and cityscape. In his figure studies and portraits, Santry shows a human interest in under- privileged people such as slum children and aborigi- nals. Frequently he places one or more figures close lathe foreground and lin- ing the spectator (often In awkward poses) against a backdrop usually archi- tectural. The drawing Is conven- tional, the colours stepped up and arbitrary. The com- osition as such Is rather Packing. The point is that realism, too, must have style. However, there Is a small painting "Young Boy," quite solidly painted and more subtle and evocative in colour. There is a larger painting of a fat woman and a lean man with their dogs. With shortcomings in the composition, parts are well realised, particularly the woman's head, which has the most "presence." The landscapes, in spite of colour intensity, are not vis- ually exciting. They appear more labored than struc- tured and do not transcend the pedestrian vision. "Farm House" is quoted as best. Among the drawings are able and sympathetic objec- tive portrait studies and architectural motifs. a0,44444444440WW+4W44 4.11'',.4444Vo'i Collecting clay as hobby l'otterq show A suitcase full of clay in.tead of ...)10. clothing will be the souvenir that potter's wife, Mrs. Allan Lowe, of Fern Tree Gully, Victoria, hopes to bring back from her North Queensland holiday. Mr. and Mrs. Lowe are In Brisbane for Mr. Lowe's exhibition of more titan 200 pieces of pottery at the Moreton Galleries. Mrs. Lowe said the t she has learnt pottery. but is much more inter- e.ted in collecting clay "Everywhere I visit I find myself keeping my eyes on the ground. I like to collect a wide variety of clays so that my husband can test them in his kilns," she said. Mr. Lowe likes to use different colored clays for his work. Collecting reef shells Tonight Mrs. Lowe and her husband will leave Brisbane for a fortnight s holiday in Cairns, Cook town and Port Douglas "I hope to find plenty of reef shells to add Co ' =oo given serious thought New artists in showing MELVILLE 1111A1'SOMI 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 adds interest. Sir Hans H e y s e n : line of paint but never- theless they arc telling Wanaka Bluff. Flincler. Range, John Rowell's D^v In their realism. Creek Bed Flintier Range Of the two Australian and Shimmering Ugh'. somi, Landscape stands out for Robert Johnson's it: remarkable recessional nualitirs. Coast Beach. James Jack soil's Boats rit Newnort E Jim Wigley. a Melbourne Buckmaster's May Mort,- : nainter of promise whose H. arsten's Sheltie work is new to Brisbane. Beach and Joshua Smith . chows two pieces that re - Mates and Flowei Flee- veal him as possessing tire up to the standard we lyrical and sympathic ottani les a percept ion. His expect of the ;taint ers concerned Paintings area Children In John loxton's fns- a Dry Creek ed and rted minion Coastline and landscape. WA. snow at Mt. Buffalo are Sam Fulbrook. anothet well handled. the tette!' minter of the wilder being an excellent the, aspect of the wilder saying mud' with little. Scene. is richly colorful in a quoins not to be found Kimberley Landscape and in J. Carrington - Smitti , The voting Cattleman. Trees near Water in which Cieorge Lawrence pre the statement has been 40 SW:, an interesting im- simplified that it 'Tally mession of Coolangatta The late Kenneth We- lt. Crook; two works mitten and Namatilra me milted by represented. together with conveys nothing. having a flavor of Take Side FaIll sy by primitivism in the hand- Otter Tonne. my collection," she said. Many lugs and beak ers in Mr. Lowe's collec- tion are bound with cane. "This is a feature of my husband's work, but I usually do this for him." she said. Much of Mrs. Lowe'( time is taken up with the Fern Tree Gully Art Society. y secretary and tlie I her husband is president. There are 455 members. Mr. and Mrs. Lowe have two sons. Jon, who is married and Peter':8 who is an art student In Melbourne. tt11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 ART REVIEW by Dr. Gertrude Langer Radcliffe contest NEARLY 100 paintings (from many more submitted) have been selected for hanging in the Fifth Redeliffe Contest for Landscape. The general standard is the best so far seen of more than disappointing. Robinson's. and names that added George WIlllanison's to last, ear's show "Network by the Sea;' which, for reasons not obvious, shared the oils award with "Downs Train," hardly woh Williams mention, by Brian Pottery Robin Jago's "Stricken Landscape" (seen and com- mented upon last year in another contest), which gained the award for water colours. tin have kept aloof t is time. Among the vast number of dull andfor unskilled paintings, which are to be found among both repre- sentational and pretentroas "contemporary" manners. a scant half -dozen which could not stand really strong competition draw attention: Arthur cunthorpe's ab- stract "Low Tide. Henry Bell'" "Bush s Phantasy," which relies more on suggestion than Also exhibited are non - representation. William Robinson's competitive pottery pieces. "North of Cedar Creek," a among which a group by rhythmically arrangedte and Fran mended ces Brennan is corn - freshly pain picture,. 287