An exhibition highlighting the exquisite skill of master wood engraver Sir Lionel Lindsay will be on display at Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery from Saturday, February 22 to Sunday, May 18, 2025.
The exhibition, Alchemy: Works by Sir Lionel Lindsay, distils the artist's life, work and legacy through the lens of what Sir Lionel called 'the strange alchemy of Fate'.
Alchemy means, among other things, transforming base elements into gold.
Born in 1874 at Creswick, a small Australian gold-mining town in Victoria, young Lionel explored old mineshafts and tailings.
In the early 1900s, Lindsay gained national attention for his etching practice which, as printmaker James McNeill Whistler rejoiced, involved converting 'copper into gold' (money).
Between the World Wars, Lindsay earned an international reputation as a master wood engraver.
