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| LLOYD
REES: coming home ROCKHAMPTON ART GALLERY CENTRAL QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA Australian Tour 28 May 1999 to12 November 2000 |
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of Australia’s best-loved and acclaimed artists is featured in
this solo exhibition of more than 40 favourite paintings, drawings and
prints lent by the Rees family LLOYD REES: coming home was on view at the Rockhampton Art Gallery, from 28 May to 1 July 1999 before touring to Townsville, Logan City, Toowoomba, Moree Plains, Bathurst, Geelong, Burnie and Hobart. |
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The Premier of Queensland, Mr Peter Beattie officially opened the exhibition at the Rockhampton Art Gallery on 31 May,1999. |
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Lloyd Rees (1895-1988) occupied a unique position in Australian art: he was critically accepted by traditionalists and modernists alike, and respected for both the great serenity of his light-filled paintings and his sensitive handling of a wide range of drawing and print media. |
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