Studio: international art (57.1913)

Studio-Talk

G. Thomson and Sir Alfred East were chosen by the
Council, and a selection was also made from a fine
collection of etchings by Frank Brangwyn.

It will be seen by the above that the Council
has displayed that spirit of eclecticism which is ne-
cessary to some extent when pictures for a public
gallery are being chosen. The permanent collec-
tion of pictures belonging to the Academy, which
will be handed over later on to the trustees of the
National Gallery when a suitable building is avail-
able, include several pictures of outstanding merit,
notably a fine Brangwyn, Santa Maria della Salute ;
a Moffat Lindner (a nocturne, Amsterdam); an ex-
cellent example of David Murray, also pictures by
G. C. Haite, Laura Knight,

Bertram Priestman,

Wilson Steer, Fred Hall,

Lamorna Birch, and Mrs.

Stanhope Forbes, besides
some good examples of
New Zealand and Aus-
tralian art. When the
National Gallery is
erected, as we hope it will
be within the next two
years, it will contain the
nucleus of what should,
in course of time, become
an institution worthy of
the Dominion, one which
will not only do good
service to the community
by instilling a taste for
the beautiful in the minds
of the people, but will
also provide a stimulus
to better work on the
part of our local art
students.

Frank Brangwyn’s Card Players (purchased by a
special commissioner sent over by the Melbourne
Public Gallery authorities) was, in particular, the
subject of much discussion. A vote as to “ the
most popular picture ” being taken, this distinction
was awarded to Mr. G. Young Hunter’s portrait of
his wife.

Since the Wellington Exhibiton, Mr. Baillie has
taken portions of his collection to other centres—-
Christchurch, Auckland, and Dunedin—where
sales have been very satisfactory. -In December
1913, a Dominion Exhibition of Industries and
Fine Arts is to be opened at Auckland. A special
feature will be made of the Art Gallery, of which

The exhibition re-
mained open for several
weeks and was very largely
attended by the public.
As might have been ex-
pected, many of the pic-
tures, not being of the
once conventional, mid-
Victorian, anecdotal, or
purely pictorial type, ex-
cited a variety of criticism,
some of which was not a
little amusing. Mr.

CLAIR DE LUNE

(Philadelphia Water-Color Club)

BY GASTON LE MAINS

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