Raprize talk

The Rockdale Art Award 1955 - 1977 People and Places connected

June 2016 St George Art Society

Vibrant 50-s • • • • •

170 000 migrants Change of life style Bodgie-Wodgie TV Cars

Australian culture • • • •

Patrick White in liAerature Dame Joan Sutherland Barry Hamphries Jedda

Art scene • Only 2 professionally run galleries • Art Gallery of NSW had mostly overseas arLsts of show • No places for local and Australian arLsts • Art school started to appear

First ideas of the local Art Prizes • • • • • •

1924 James Ranalph Jackson Manly 1947 the Library LegislaLon changes 1947 Mosman Art Prize Over 30 councils followed Just a few survived over a year Up to 5 exist unLl now

Rockdale council • The need for the Art Award was supported “Considering current changes in the area” • Displaced people allocated in Keeymagh, Tempe and Mascot • ConsultaLons with Allan Gamble, Mosman councillor, arLst and the academic of the Architectural Department of the University of Sydney • ConsultaLons with the Department of educaLon of the Youth Prize • ConnecLon with the art socieLes

Allan Gamble • Allan Gamble served as a Councillor on Mosman Council for 24 years. Nov. 1944 - Dec. 1968 • An academic post in the School of Architecture at University of Sydney

AdjudicaLon was placed in the hands of the arLsts “represenLng the various schools of thought and feelings in the acLvity • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Mr Douglas Dundas, FRSA, President of the Society of the ArLsts Mr Eric Langker, President of the Royal Art Society Mr Hal Missingham, Director of the NaLonal Art Gallery Mr H. F. Weaver Hawkins, President of Contemporary Art Society Mr James T. Gleeson, Art CriLc of the 'Sun‘ Mr Walter Bennet, President, St George Art Society Weaver Hawkins, President, Contemporary Art Society Mr Harold Abbot, Principal of the NaLonal Art School Mr Wallace Thornton, teacher of the NaLonal Art School Mr David Strachan, President of ArLsts, Mr John Colburn, NaLonal Art School, East Sydney, Mr Bim Hilder (Sculpture) Mr Donald Brook Sir Eric Langker OBE Mr Kevin Hambly etc

The exhibiLons were opened by: • • • • • • • • • • •

Mr T. Duckmanton, C. B. E., General manager of ABC since 1965 Mr Hal Missingham, F.R. S. A. Mr William Dobell, O. B. E. Mr Lyndon Dadswell, scilptor, Senior lecture of the NaLonal Art School since 1955 Hon. E. A. Willis, MLA, Minister for Labour and Industry, Mr Emile Mercier Dr. J. R. Darling, Chairman of the Australian BroadcasLng Commission Mr Philip Greeves, R . A. Y. S., Rockdale official Historian Lady Hallstrom, wife of the Fellow and Hon. Director of the Taronga Zoological Park Trust Secretary and Minister for Tourism Mrs H. V. EvaA, wife of the Chief JusLce of NSW from 196, Labor party oan opposiLon leader in 1951-1960 And many other well know and important people

CoronaLon Hall, Arncliffe, 1950-s

Viewers with the painLng Suburbia by Ian Dodd, 1955 The illustraLon from the Sydney Morning Herald

“It is definitely unfair to permit huge areas of meaningless paint to monopolise valuable wall space at the expense of the sincere orthodox painter.” Member of the St George Art Society

The Leader, 1962

Controversy 1962 on Reinis Zuster’s winning abstruct painLng

• Mr Bennet, the President of the St George Art Society, picked the painLng as a winner in TradiLonal category • The Ald Jones could not “conceive” such a descision • The Council had to state clearly that “the opinion of Ald. Jones in enLtle to an opinion, but should not be thought that is the opinion of the council” • Leader 8 Aug page 5

OAo Kuster, arLst and teacher,

CoronaLon Hall, Rockdale Art Award display , 1969

Eurche Game at Mt Gipps Sta4on, Pro Hart, 1962

Geebung Polo Club, Pro Hart, 1971

Margo Lewers , late 1960s

Carl Plate Up, outwards 1962, Art Gallery of NSW

Australian arLst George GiAoes at his studio in 2007.

GiAoes has been announced as the winner of the 2015 Sydney peace prize

1955

The winners of the First Prize in water colour RAA

Botanical Garden, T. J. Santry

Minnamurra Falls, C. F. Linaker,

Early Spring4me, Hillend by J C Stedman, oil on board

The Lobster Shed - by J C Stedman, oil on canvas on board

ACer Fire, Bundeena, Robert Greer, 1965 Oil on canvas

Stoney Watercourse ,by John Upton, 1966 One of the ďŹ ve founding members of the St. George Art Society

Spring, Macleay Street, Frederic Bates, 1963, First Prize Oils TradiLonal in 1964, Oil on board

Golden Ranges - by Norman Brooks

The Quarry, by Frank Spears, 1965, Oil on board

Kevin LiAle sold stained glass business and reLred in Robertson, South coast

Mimi Jacksic Berger sLll pracLsing. The prize of 1977 was her art prize number 100 she won since eeing mother land. She introduced a lyrical abstracLon to the Australian art

Bruce Sharp

Guy Warren delivers speech at the opening of the annual exhibiLon of the Australian Watercolour insLtute, June 2016

The mystery remains

Warmth of a Winter by Terry Gleeson, 1967, oil on board

Who was Terry Gleeson?

QuesLon for today

Where is painLng "The ArLst CoAage, Sunny Corner"

by Brian StraAon?

QuesLon for tomorrow What will happen to the Rockdale Art CollecLon aper amalgamaLon?

People and Places • • • • • • • • • •

Allan Gamble-Moman St George Art Society and its members Art Gallery of NSW – the Royal Art Society James Ranalph Jackson-St George Art Society – The Royal Art Society- Manly-Dora Toovey Dora Toovey – DaLllo Rubbo Art School Students of several art schools, ex Easter Technical College Local ArLsts (e.g Pamela Griffith, winner in kids compeLLon) and the St George Art Society Rockdale Art Award-Lloyd Rees – Hunter’s Hill Annual art exhibiLon Migrant arLsts: OAo Kuster, Imants Tillers, Mimi Jecksic Berger and others And many others