SCHOOL OF ART.

Press, Volume XLVIII, Issue 7778, 4 February 1891, Page 6

SCHOOL OF ART.

ANNUAL EXHIBITION

First Notice.

There is perhaps none of the many departments under the control of the Board of Governors of Canterbury College which possesses so much Interest to the general public, and iv which they evince so much personal gratification as the School of Art. Nor is thac to be wondered ac inasmuch as to a large extent it is the birthplace of our future artists. Teat it is gradually increasing the number of students in attendance is one of the most satisfactory features connected, with the School. There are now eighty students attending the morning aud evening classes, the former being the best attended. A new feature in connection with the classes this year is tne formation of a Saturday class, which has an attendance of seventy. The {annual exhibition of the work of the students in the different branches of arc which is desigued in order to allow the public to jud«e of the progress made during the year, opeued yesterday, and was largely attended by visitors. There is about the same number of works exhibited as last year, aud it is pleasauc to be able co note that in the great majority of cases genuine improveuieuc is uoticsable iv tne work. Tuis is particularly so in the higher grades of hower pieces and landscapes, many of which evince much artistic merit.

in the present notice it is intended to deal wiin tne worKs exhibited on the ground floor of the School, and the first department to which relereuce may be made is that of freehand drawing. Here there are satislaciory evidence* of good solid progress. A number ot new students came forward to supply the place of those who have passed on to the more advanced classes. Of the work of the students in thii class favorable mention may be made of that exhibited by Miss Clark, E. Rutherford, B. Gawen, and A. Smith, in order to interest the students in free hand drawing geometry is comoiued with, it; oi thU there are several examples, in one, for instance, the primrose U taken as the model. There are live pentagons, aud each pentagon contains v conventional rendering of the flower. The student, lv addition to the drawing made at the school, is asked to make v drawing of hie own idea, thus cultivating iaculty of the student. Tiiu one under notice has been done by J. liynes, aud is a very excellent bit of work, iv another M. DeaKiu iiAn lalceu a crocus tot a model, the design a Ine Huwer is treated conventionally in tree liana, and als < geometrically, iv the department tor uiodei drawiug uiU year there is v good display, the druwmgs ueiug ou a l.rgcr scale than in itrevioud ihe siuueuts have been encouraged to dy more home studies iv ihts class, and the result has been tnut Uiere is mure eluboration and linish. SeL* o( drawings uy each pupil are exhibited, aud a wide range yi models ha.-> Oeen taken, including mi kiuus of .'familiar uojecis, so as to iutttrest the students by giving them a variety, amongst, uoiicuaolo were the drawings of *'. Strong, St. George ALkiuaon, T. Kiues, aud Al. Luiub. Xcxc iv order come drawings from models in iinul and suade, whica is cue next grade iv progression. Thcie are either iv monochioiuc or sepia, aud oi those exhiuiteJ tne work of — liuineitord, E. M. cLu-k and M. A. A. Turner are very well executed. In the golor eXiinpies Lint students have the choice uituer of oil or water colors, and of thenc tnose exhibited by i£. A. JDavie aud — VVo.ofcins are noticeable. Flower pieces and landscapes come next, and here it may be noted that tuauy of the works ,f the stddents iv this department, huve boon considered worthy of hanging in the exhibition of the Arc Society. There «re here some of the best thai hare ever ueen exhibited in connection with ihe school, the work being marked with a good deal, oi! freedom aud breudtii of treatment. Miss tH. Al. IKtvie who, judging from ihe number of vvurks of liigu merit exhibited hearing her name is tt most industrious as well as p.uusta&im/ artisi, has some excellent examples Ootn iv flower pieces and landscape. Of the former a bunch of Christmus Hoses is well worthy of commendation, being as good a piece of flower painting , as hvia ueeu exuibited here. Tue same artist tuui also*some very g-»odlandscapes. Of tue Other works special mention may oe made of fruit and flower pieces by Miss Cuiiiford, au iris oy — •> atkius, ami other worKs Dy Mrs Turner, Miss M. Gee, Miss E. Turner, and a very nice little landscape uy MisH Helmure. All the works iv tins department are exceedingly creditable, and evince careful study, coupled wicu artistic ability. The models iv clay this year are larger in uuinoer than last, aud exhibit a good deal of merit. The works of — Mtnzies and an excellent model of an Early Euglish Capital by A. E. Uradley are specially deserving ot notice. In tilt) other departments of the exhibition, lo which more extended reference will be made iv another notice, it may be said that there is noticeable the same amount of steady ■ progress which lias been referred ■to in tuuse departments which have already oeen reviewed. Appended is the Use of free studentship prizes aud scholarships gained by the Htudents during the year :—

List of Freis Studentships for 1890. Morning Students—For the best set of landscapes from nature, Miss M. Gee; for the best set of head 3 or figures from life, Miss XI. O. Stoddart; for the besc set. of paintings from still life, Miss E. G. Uulliford.

Evening Students—For the best set of drawings from life, G. O. Ohapliu; for the best sec of light aud shade drawings, Miss E. Deakin; architectural, A. W. Fielder. List of Phizes and Scholarships fob 1890. Freehand—First prize, Miss E. M. Clark and Miss L. Rutherford; second prize. Miss E. M. Deakin and J. Hynes ; honorable mention, Miss B. Gawen aud Miss A. Lusk.

Model — First prize, Thomas Rides: second prize, St. G. Atkinson; honorable mention. Miss E. M. Clark and H. Whatman. .

Light and shade from the antiquePrize, C. JtC. Brunsden; honorable mention, D. Dickenson.

Decorative design (Mr A. J. White's prize)— Prize, C. fiickercon: honorable mention, Miss E. M. Clark and G. W. Bradley. Head or figure from life, in colourPrize, W. K. Sprott. Modelling in clay (Mr A. J. White's prize)— First prize, A. E. Bradley ; (Whitcombe and Tombs' prize) second prize, St. G. Atkinson.

Students receiving prizes are specially requested to attend on Thursday evening.