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"The Queensland University of Technology (QUT) has emerged as the buyer of the major William Robinson painting \u201CBlue Pools Springbrook, Springbrook to Beechmont\u201D bought at the 24 March Bonhams auction of the Laverty Collection. The painting sold for AU$ 512,400 inc. premium, the highest price of the sale.Robinson's \u201CBlue Pools Springbrook, Springbrook to Beechmont\u201D is the most significant work of art purchased by QUT and will be added to the university\u2019s William Robinson Art Collection, the largest public collection of the artist\u2019s work. The artist himself describes the painting as among his most important works.\u201CThis acquisition acknowledges that the William Robinson Gallery and Art Collection is an asset of national and international significance,\u201D said QUT Vice-Chancellor Peter Coaldrake. QUT Art Museum senior curator Vanessa Van Ooyen describes the painting as \u201Can exceptional example of Robinson's unique multi-dimensional perspective that has been his greatest stylistic development.\u201DQUT\u2019s William Robinson Gallery is housed in the Old Goverment House on the university\u2019s Gardens Point campus in Brisbane\u2019s CBD. The gallery opened to the public in 2009 and honours the life and work of this distinguished contemporary Australian painter and QUT alumnus."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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