PAINTINGS OF FRANCES HODGKINS
Sir, —It does happen that every now and again in this country some independent spirit dares to create something new, and in doing so, disturbs the peace of the dead. Once it was so with Frances Hodgkins, and it is so even now. The dead are still, and always, with us; expect no more from them than decay and fear of life, not appreciation and not thankfulness. The dead are unaware of the flower growing above them, so can we expect more from the Canterbury Art Society than we receive, the smell of death. Can we expect the dead to be alive to the worth of Frances Hodgkins’s paintings. We ask too much.—Yours, etc., COLIN McCAHON. November 22, 1948.
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Press, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 25660, 24 November 1948, Page 2
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