Wieneke Archive Book 4c : Queensland Art Gallery Presscuttings

CONTINUED FROM PAGE 7 Above: "Trois Donseuses a la Classe de Danse by Edgar Degas is the choice made by Mr. Arthur Evan Read, artist, whose landscapes hang in most of the important galleries in Australia and among whose many awards ore the Wynne Prize and the H. C. Richards Memorial Prize. He says: "It is always difficult to select one favourite pointing in o large collection such as that of the Queensland Art Gallery. Many works ore liked for many different reasons, both figurative and abstract. However to select Degas. 'Iroise Donseuses o la Classe de Dans& was comparatively easy. Seeing at least one other version of this theme overseas, as well as many of the great Degas works, mode me realise this one is indeed a fine example. It is a work that con be responded to by art expert and casual viewer alike, and we in Queensland are very fortunate to own it. Degas, surely among the great in expressing the human figure, brought sensitivity, and what is most important, a wonderful sense of humanity into all his work. This work will always remain a joy to anyone taking the time to study it closely." Arthur Even Rood The Sunday Mail Color Magazine, September IS, 1974 ..Z.ZIRSOMMIIPXMIZIOMMINIM1111111111111MIIIMMIMMINIO"..."1".."6.