The first painting acquired by the QAG in 1896 was Evicted, by the British painter Blandford Fletcher.[2] Although it was the gallery's most popular picture, it was controversially retired from public display in 1949 by Campbell, who was the newly-appointed director, and who declared that it was only popular "because it had a sentimental touch".[3][4]
In May 1955, while director of the AGSA, he considered it was important to establish an Aboriginal art collection, which extended beyond the anthropological objects held by the museum. He also wrote a book on Tom Roberts.
His wife Elizabeth wrote on art as "Elizabeth Young" for newspapers for New South Wales and Queensland, and in 1952 succeeded H. E. Fuller as art critic for Adelaide's Advertiser.[5]
^"QAGOMA Learning: Evicted". Retrieved 3 May 2022.
^"AT RESHUFFLE". The Courier-mail. No. 4068. Queensland, Australia. 9 December 1949. p. 3. Retrieved 4 May 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
^"Eviction is urged". The Courier-mail. No. 4066. Queensland, Australia. 7 December 1949. p. 6. Retrieved 4 May 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
^"Art Critic To Retire". The Advertiser (Adelaide). Vol. 95, no. 29, 313. South Australia. 23 September 1952. p. 2. Retrieved 16 September 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
External linksedit
Art Gallery of South Australia
Short history of the Queensland Art Gallery
Art of Arnhem Land exhibition
Tom Roberts - Bibliography
J S Battye Library of West Australian History Private Archives – Collection Listing (pdf)
October 31, 2023
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