"UP FOR REPAIRS." This is the picture which was purchased last year with the £5O voted by the Christchurch City Council for the encouragement of art. It was painted by Mr B. Wall work, Associate of the Royal College of Artists, London, who has btfen a teacher at the School of Art for several years past. Mr Wall work received most of his art education in Manchester, and is recognised as being a talented artist, in addition to his high capabilities as a teacher. <■ Mr Wallwork, in an interview published below, makes some useful suggestions as to how public authorities could foster latent talent mora effectively than by merely giving grants for the purchase of pictures.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 38, 21 March 1914, Page 6 (Supplement)

"UP FOR REPAIRS." This is the picture which was purchased last year with the £SO voted by the Christchurch City Council for the encouragement of art. It was painted by Mr B. Wall work, Associate of the Royal College of Artists, London, who has btfen a teacher at the School of Art for several years past. Mr Wall work received most of his art education in Manchester, and is recognised as being a talented artist, in addition to his high capabilities as a teacher. <■ Mr Wallwork, in an interview published below, makes some useful suggestions as to how public authorities could foster latent talent mora effectively than by merely giving grants for the purchase of pictures.