Vol 5 No 2 Dec 2008-Mar 2009 - Bundaberg Regional Libraries

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Art, and theToowoomba Regional Art Gallery has afocus on Wearable Arts.After exploring the sub-collectionsof Queensland’s regional art galleries,the Bundaberg Regional Art Gallerynoticed some voids in the collectionfocuses of the galleries. With someopportunities to collect a genre that wascurrently not a focus of any QueenslandRegional Gallery, in line with the contentof the artworks currently held in theGallery’s collection, and similarly inresponse to what has been noted as anoverarching passion of the Bundabergarts community, the Bundaberg RegionalArt Gallery has recognised its collectionfocus of landscape. This sub-collectionenables the collection to embrace theregion’s diversity, in which it is a fabric ofrural, city and costal communities.Dr Egmont Schmidt CollectionThe sub-collection focus of landscapeswas a natural progression for theGallery, as since its inception, theBundaberg Arts Centre was gifted thephilanthropic collection of Dr EgmontSchmidt, a sub-collection that forms thenucleus of the Art Centre’s collection.He had a unique eye for talent and apassion for the Arts, and through thedonation of this collection from theBundaberg Arts Society, the BundabergArts Centre has become the caretakerof works of art from the early 20thcentury. This collection holds artworksby significant Australian artists such asWilliam Bustard, Lloyd Rees and ErnestBuckmaster, and many more Australianartists who were involved with theHeidelberg School. The School was arenowned Australian plein air paintingmovement that stemmed from the late19th Century, a movement that has beenacknowledged as the significant point ofdeparture for post-colonial Australian Art.arts bundabergPercival Charles Lindsay, nd, Bundaberg RegionalCouncil Collection, Dr Egmont Schmidt MemorialCollectionErnest Buckmaster, Murray Valley, nd, BundabergRegional Council Collection, Dr Egmont SchmidtMemorial CollectionLloyd Rees, Country Scene, nd, Bundaberg RegionalCouncil Collection, Dr Egmont Schmidt MemorialCollectionART 27