ART EXHIBITION.

Press, Volume LVIII, Issue 11103, 23 October 1901, Page 4

ART EXHIBITION.

PRE-RAPHAELITE STUDENTS

The first annual exhibition of the PreRaphaelite students of Mr S. H. Moreton is now open in the Chancery Lane Hall. When it is stated that there are 178 students, in addition to nine pictures painted by Mr Moreton specially for Sir Frederick Abel> • X.C.8., of the Royal Colonial Institute-, it will be seen that the exhibition is one of considerable size. The work done by th-s *ludents is also, taken as a whole,, of high merit. It would take far too much space to j refer io each exhibit eem-dtely and therefore, though, as has been said, all the pictures sent in by the students represent a high standard of excellence, tliase specially referred to are the pictures which stand cut most prominently. Of these, mention may be made of an artistic sketch by Master A. Baxter, "St. Quinton Falls, Clinton Valley, Te Au'aa" ;N;> '.',. Miss Adeline Couzins senJ3 a number of meritorious pictures. Of these, • , Sk*'rn.or!ie Worsley River, Te Anaiu" (No. 58), and "Darren Mountains, Hollyford Valley" 'No. 64) deserve commendation. Miss Conzins sends a good pencil sketch of "Governor's Bay" (69). Miss Cameron's "Mount Anau" (84), "Pinnacle Peaks" (85), and "Lion Moun- 1 tain and Pembroke Glacier" (87)., are all deserving of praise, exhibiting much artistic power. Mrs Snell has the best of th© students' pictures iri-the exhibition, "Head of Te ■ ; Anau" (No. §8), which is a really fine •••spvoduction of the typical New Zealand scenery 'of the spot chosen. Mrs Oswald's "Cosmos , Peaks" (No. 100), and Miss Tape's "Mount • McDougoll, Te Anau" (No. 104), are both j praiseworthy examples of patient and artis- 1 tic work. Miss Curlett has on view a goodly collection of well-painted pictures, prominent amongst which is an excellent one, ".Mount McDougall" (No. 166). Mr Percy WhiteParsons has also a picture of the same scene ' as the last-mentioned (No. 173), which evince* a good deal of talent. The flower pictures ex- ■, hibited are far beyond the average of ama- J teur artistic merit, those of Miss Woolley . especially so. Sh-e sends seven, all of which ' are excellently painted. Special mention may be made of "Daisies and Damsons?' (N«. 145), "Magnolia" (145), "Poppies" (No. 144), and "Swallowa «nd Virginia Creeper.'' Miss Bain exhibits three good flower pieces,. "Convolvulus" (No. 156), "Yellow Iris" (157), .and "Sunflowers" (No. 159), all of which are deserving of commendation. Miss . F. Cameron has three, and of these "Poppies ,, (No. 162), "Anemones and Mimosa" j (No. 160), are excellently painted. % . j Mr Moreton exhibits nine water colours, specially painted for the Royal Colonial Institute. In "Otira Gorge" (No. 187) the foliage in the foreground is finely done, the rocks are boldly painted, and the mountains in the distance are very good. "Pinnacle. Peaks" (No. 186) shows- tha misty effects well done., and the foreground is. also painted with vigour and effect. In "Black;-Cone and Mount Anau" (No. 179) the water is capitally done, and the same may be said of tbe mountains in the background and tbe foliage. Mr Moreton has been exceedingly successful in pourtraying the enow-clad peaks towering away in the distance in "Mount Earnslaw, Wakatipu" (No. 180), and in his ''Lake Manawaipouri" (No. 183) he gives a. splendid view of this much-painted lake. Mr MoretQn, ifc may be noted,, discards the name Alanapouri. which he renders in English "Lake of Dark Bird," in favour of the more poetical title* Mana-wai-pouri, or "Water of Solitude," Tba monarch Mount Cook is well pourtrayed 1 in "Mount Cook froni Cook Bluff" (No. 184), and tba two. most striking, pictures of the number are "Lion Mountain and Pembroke Glacier" (No. 181) and "Cook, , Tasman, and . Franz Josef Glacier from Okarito (185). Al- ! together this collection of pictures, added to the two which Mr Moreton has already sent Home to the Colonial Institute, will form a very representative gallery of the finest of New Zealand- scenery. , j The exhibition will opsn to-day. 1 1 _ ? . . I