THE MODERNS - Queensland Art Gallery
THE MODERNS - Queensland Art Gallery
THE MODERNS - Queensland Art Gallery
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Tour venues<br />
Cairns Regional <strong>Gallery</strong> | 23 June – 5 August 2012<br />
Outback Regional <strong>Gallery</strong>, Winton | 11 August – 7 September 2012<br />
Rockhampton <strong>Art</strong> <strong>Gallery</strong> | 5 October – 18 November 2012<br />
CAPTIONS<br />
CoveR IMAGE: Nora Heysen / Australia 1911–2003 /<br />
Self portrait (detail) 1938 / Oil on canvas laid on board /<br />
39.5 x 29.5cm / Purchased 2011 with funds from Philip Bacon, AM,<br />
through the <strong>Queensland</strong> <strong>Art</strong> <strong>Gallery</strong> Foundation /<br />
Collection: <strong>Queensland</strong> <strong>Art</strong> <strong>Gallery</strong> / © Lou Klepac<br />
James Gleeson / Australia 1915–2008 / Structural emblems<br />
of a friend (self portrait) 1941 / Oil on canvas board / 46 x 35.6cm /<br />
Purchased 1984 with the assistance of the John Darnell Bequest /<br />
Collection: <strong>Queensland</strong> <strong>Art</strong> <strong>Gallery</strong> / © QAG<br />
Grace Crowley / Australia 1890–1979 / Torso, study in volume 1929 / Oil on canvas /<br />
64.9 x 49cm / Bequest of Miss Grace Crowley 1981 / Collection: <strong>Queensland</strong> <strong>Art</strong><br />
<strong>Gallery</strong> / © QAG<br />
Roland Wakelin / New Zealand/Australia 1887–1971 / The Bridge under construction<br />
1928 / Oil on composition board / 96.5 x 118cm / Purchased 1994. <strong>Queensland</strong><br />
<strong>Art</strong> <strong>Gallery</strong> Foundation Grant. Celebrating the <strong>Queensland</strong> <strong>Art</strong> <strong>Gallery</strong>’s Centenary<br />
1895–1995 / Collection: <strong>Queensland</strong> <strong>Art</strong> <strong>Gallery</strong> / © Roland Wakelin Estate<br />
Hilda Rix Nicholas / Australia 1884–1961 / The fair musterer 1935 / Oil on canvas /<br />
102.3 x 160.4cm / Purchased 1971 / Collection: <strong>Queensland</strong> <strong>Art</strong> <strong>Gallery</strong> / © QAG<br />
ENDNOTES<br />
1 Salvador Dali’s L’ homme fleur 1932 was included in ‘Exhibition of French<br />
and British Contemporary <strong>Art</strong>’, Melbourne Town Hall, in October 1939.<br />
See Lou Klepac and Geoffrey Smith, James Gleeson beyond the screen<br />
of sight, http://nga.gov.au/Gleeson/essay.cfm, viewed 25 January 2012.<br />
2 Deborah Edwards, ‘<strong>Art</strong> and mysticism’, in Brought to Light: Australian <strong>Art</strong><br />
1850–1965, Lynne Seear & Julie Ewington (eds), <strong>Queensland</strong> <strong>Art</strong> <strong>Gallery</strong>,<br />
Brisbane, 1998, pp.246–48.<br />
3 Candice Bruce, ‘Built on each other’, in Brought to Light: Australian <strong>Art</strong> 1850–1965,<br />
Lynne Seear & Julie Ewington (eds), <strong>Queensland</strong> <strong>Art</strong> <strong>Gallery</strong>, Brisbane, 1998, p.228.<br />
4 The exhibition was Sidney Nolan, ‘Fraser Island paintings’, Moreton Galleries,<br />
Brisbane, Feb. 1948.<br />
5 ‘Can a Woman be an <strong>Art</strong>ist — and a Wife?’ The Mail (Adelaide), 21 January 1939, p.1.<br />
6 John Pigot, ‘Hilda Rix Nicholas’, in Heritage: The National Women’s <strong>Art</strong> Book: 500<br />
Works by Australian Women <strong>Art</strong>ists from Colonial Times to 1955, Joan Kerr (ed.),<br />
G+B <strong>Art</strong>s International Limited, Sydney, 1995, p.287.<br />
William Dargie / Australia 1912–2003 / Portrait of Albert Namatjira 1956 / Oil on canvas /<br />
102.1 x 76.4 cm / Purchased 1957 / Collection: <strong>Queensland</strong> <strong>Art</strong> <strong>Gallery</strong> / © QAG<br />
Russell Drysdale / Australia 1912–1981 / Man feeding his dogs 1941 / Oil on canvas /<br />
51.2 x 61.4cm / Gift of C.F. Viner-Hall 1961 / Collection: <strong>Queensland</strong> <strong>Art</strong> <strong>Gallery</strong> / © QAG<br />
Project coordinators: Kate Ravenswood and Caitlin Pijpers<br />
Curator: Angela Goddard<br />
Editor: Kirsty Burow<br />
Designer: Alisha van Kimmenade<br />
PUBLISHER<br />
<strong>Queensland</strong> <strong>Art</strong> <strong>Gallery</strong> | <strong>Gallery</strong> of Modern <strong>Art</strong><br />
Stanley Place, South Bank, Brisbane<br />
PO Box 3686, South Brisbane<br />
<strong>Queensland</strong> 4101 Australia<br />
W: qagoma.qld.gov.au<br />
Published in association with the touring exhibition ‘The Moderns: Highlights from<br />
the <strong>Queensland</strong> <strong>Art</strong> <strong>Gallery</strong> Collection’ organised by the <strong>Queensland</strong> <strong>Art</strong> <strong>Gallery</strong> |<br />
<strong>Gallery</strong> of Modern <strong>Art</strong>.<br />
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