THE CANTERBURY ART SOCIETY.

Press, Volume LVII, Issue 10616, 28 March 1900, Page 5

THE CANTERBURY ART SOCIETY.

,»l The Canterbury Society of Arts' annual exhibition is now looked "forward to as one of the eventa of tho year, and the twentieth annual exhibition, which opened last night with a conversazione, ia well up to the ttandard which tiie Society has sought to uphold. There is an undiminished number of pictures, an excel]*—*, loon collection, tome fine- specrnvens of old and modern china, and fast but by no mean« least a most valuable and intcrotiiur collection of illustrations of tho different scl—ols of painting, sculpture and architecture, arranged in chronological order, which haa been lent and arranged by Mr S. Hurst Seager. This is tho best feature of tlie exhibition. The President (tbe Hon. E. 0. J. Stevens) In opening the exhibition referred to the prw-ptrrity cf the Society an satisfactory. Members could congratulato themselves on tbe fact that the buildings anaT'pennanent collection wero free of debt, with the exception of £350, wliich waa being reduced. Oat of their annual, revenue they would soon lie abl« to resume purchase of worts of art of high, quality, which would «aye a ••Teat educational value. Their excellent financial position was no doubt largely due to the amount that they had obtained for tha use of tha building, and the foreasht of Captain G«rsia had been jottified. He referret! to the advantages -gained by ordinary members of the Society, and "naid thai seventy-three ordinary and twenty-nine working members had been received. He •fonclnded by referring to the excellent exhibition (already referrtd to) lent by Mr I—ir*t Seaeer. During the evening songs were ming by Miss Maud Graham, and Messrs March and Millar, and Mr Lewin played selections. Tlm» following are the rewilts of the competitions:— 1. Mfldei;ir.jf in o?*y—Silver medal, atiM Annie „, Ford. 1. Study of a head from life in colour—Siirpr mrrla.l. R. F. Mclntyr*; oijch'y cc—mended, R. Pjnctor. 3. Landscape or f?ea»c»p«—Xot awarded. 4. Architectural •jon»p»titHon for a bui'dine —Bronse m*dal, J»»«I>h K. Muininpi. 5. Still life—Xo consp«♦riion. C. Dtccrstern cfacign—No competition. *• B*«t »f<t of monochrome-—"Not awarded. *. Cow for c»ta.osrt— —•Mini Ro«a Ooodsall. **>• BI«jj1c «.nd yrhito drawing of hums* figure— i». H. Booth."