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“The year’s at the spring,
And day’s at the morn,
Mornings at seven,
The hill-side’s dew-pearled,
The lark’s on the wing.
The snail’s on the thorn,
God’s in His heaven,
All’s right with the world”
(Robert Browning)
Celebrations, Inspirations, Interpretations
and Poetic Reflections
by
Leon de Bliquy
Opening 22 May and Closing on 20 June 2012 | |
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| | | ENJOY! The Ron Belling Art Gallery is a private gallery belonging to the Gutsche Family of Port Elizabeth |
| | | We hope to encourage an enjoyment and an appreciation of art, especially in the youth. | |
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| | | | | Artists Statement How I see, what I see, adds what I read to what is reflected in what I paint. Images, words and thought mingle to settle on canvas, wood and paper through the magic of pigment and |
| | the mystery of the creative spirit.
Leon de Bliquy | |
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| | | | | ARCHITECTURE Designed by Gertruida Brinckman, the first woman to qualify as an architect in South Africa |
| | | A converted Art Deco house situated in the centre of parkland Port Elizabeth. | |
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| | | | | A PORTRAIT OF MILITARY AVIATION IN SOUTH AFRICA, published in 1989, illustrated by more than 150 paintings which are now held in the permanent collection of the gallery |
| | Many of the paintings are set against the backdrop of early, and now much changed, urban
landscapes of Port Elizabeth. | |
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 "Phone no. 041 586 3973")
 "In 1988 the house was purchased by local businessman Philipp Rowland Gutsche, whose family own the Ron Belling Military Aviation Collection of paintings, and in 1998 they converted the house into an art gallery.")
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 "Artists Statement How I see, what I see, adds what I read to what is reflected in what I paint. Images, words and thought mingle to settle on canvas, wood and paper through the magic of pigment and th")
 "ARCHITECTURE Designed by Gertruida Brinckman, first woman to qualify as an architect in South Africa")
 "A PORTRAIT OF MILITARY AVIATION IN SOUTH AFRICA, published in 1989, illustrated by more than 150 paintings which are now held in the permanent collection of the gallery")
