ART GALLERY PURCHASES
Three Paintings For Collection
Three pictures were bought for the Robert McDougall Art Gallery by the City Council last evening on the recommendation of
the gallery’s director (Mr W. S. Baverstock).
The paintings were:— “Lotus.” an oil painting by Rata Lovell-Smith, at 30gns: “Snow at Sglington Valley,” by F. G. Shewell. at 18gns; "Passing Showers. Paparanga, Auckland.” by Margot Mountain, of Auckland, at 15gns. The last two paintings are water colours selected from the autumn exhibition of the Canterbury Society of Arts.
The council also accepted three g.ft* from Mr F. A. Shurrock, “Death and the Woodcutter,” a wood engrav. ing by Leo Bensemann. “Winter in Hagley Park” an etching by Alfred H. Cook, and “Black Country, Lake Seife Area,” an oil painting by Rata Lovell-Smith.
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Press, Volume C, Issue 29516, 18 May 1961, Page 4
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