ART EXHIBITION.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 11565, 23 April 1903, Page 6

ART EXHIBITION.

Tiie Art Gallery was well filled last nighf, on the oeo-on "of t-h? closing of trw Art Socieu-'s Exhibition and the presentation of the medals nnd prbrs won by the tucctiffut competitors. Tlie Piveident (Mr E. D. Thomas), in prtHTtius tbe prizes, referred to the micce*s of the Exhibition. In predentin;: Miss Elinor Wayraouth with a ntlver nirdal and two guim-ns for a l.iiidfrca pe. study—;i fine study of pines in Haprley Park, the President" s;iid it vras the highest prize awarded so far by the Society, and on thai ocration all who 'had se»?n the work would agrao thiit tho award was well deservod. The study showed distinctly god work, a;:d gave promise of better in the futuic. Of -ill the original work eevu at these exhibitions, particularly by a young student, ha was bour.d to say Miws Wayinouth's study was the best. (Appbiue.) In hanciiip; Mi-vs Waynioulh tlw silver medal tho President expressed, the hops that her Miccrfs.s wuu'.J be an incentive to her to fuit'u-r work in the futuic H<; then pnsi-nfci-d Miw Ad« Howi-il with a bronze in-dnl ar.d out , • guinea for modelling in clay from lifo. lie said, that wa-s olfi> a. meritorious work, and all hoped that Canterbury ntuduits would attain to higher honours, possibly in other Foeistiea. (Applause.) In innding Miss E. T>. Luxton wii-h thnw difiVr<-nt priz-is--scjidy of h-:;:d from life in colour (bronz? nu'd;<l and one guinea), black and 1 while drawing of human fijtire, or bend, from life (two guinea.;), and an original am de.?ipn (two guineas)—tho Prceident s?id it was not o-ftrn tint- a student sucocedfd in tlnvc oiflViTni linss of study. H« had nnich plra.surc in prfsentinj: tho prizi-e to Mi:_s Luxloii. ?nd intimnted that th-e bronze mf>d;il, ordered from Kr.claiid, h. - "! cot yet. ,-ir-

rivfd. He Trexb presented Mr Herb?rt Hall with a prizsof two guineas for nrchiu-ctural iketches, and said that Mr Hill's work iiad given E-atis»fi;ctioii to the Society and to the public who had eeen it, and h:- sir.ceieiy hcrj)-rl they would M>e more of his work in the future. Tho stated that the ririzos won by Mr F. Cumbenvorth (first for -catalogue cow-r design), ar.d Miss A. ]•'.. Abbott (second in tho fame iT/inpctitinn) ircr-2 in tho trsasurer'e hand;?, and would be iorwarded to the. succef.Mul competitor?, who were not pret'Oiit. Concluding, he thanked those present for tl;c f upport given to the Kocittv flurin? the Exhibition.

During Uio. evening vocal items were, given by Messrs Keiunnr. and Blcnkinsop. and wero tvell received. Mr E- Empson played the accompaniments.

In connection with the Society's Exhibition this year, Mr James Jameson, who. a.'i on previous occasions lent a number of interest ir.jj works, has d&r.e much to make the Inhibition a success, not only from the Socifty'-s standpoint, but also from that of the exhibiting artirts.