WOMEN AND ART

Evening Post, Volume CII, Issue 32, 6 August 1921, Page 9

WOMEN AND ART

EXHIBITION OF PAINTINGS.

It was a happy idea to gather together a grout) of paintings by many of the leading women painters of the Dominion, and this has been done »t Mr. Murray Fuller's gallery. The result has justified the experiment, for the visitors have been numerous and well pleased. The paintings certainly make a charming show, and they prove that our womon artists have a freshness of outlook and a technical accomplishment that are deserving of high praise. '

Among: the landscapes, particularly attraotive are those from the brush of Misg M; 0. Stoddart. Here are piotures tha^ have caught the sspeot of Nature in all its various moods —pictures full of atmosphere and subtle effects. of light and Bhado. Perhaps one of the most pleasing is "Spring, Redcliffs"—a glimpse ot a blue bay with a cluster of pink-roofed houses, as seen from a hillside which has a pink-blossomed tree in the foreground. The whole composition and colour scheme make a charming subjeot. In another key is the " Riverbed, North Canterbury," a study in brown and gold and grey. Striking cloud effects are shown in several of tnese water-colours, notably in "By the River? New Brighton," and " The Hills Road." The latter is a distinctly successful painting, the moving clouds and their shadows upon the green shoulders of the hills being splendidly rendered. Miss Stoddart also exhibits several fine water-colours of snowy mountains and of seascapes.;.l. „■'" .' Besides 6onie delightful landscapes in water-colour, Miss D. K. Richmond shows four " still life" studies that cannot but make a- favourable impression. Two of these paintings are of roses, one of tulips, and one of a'bowl of golden chrysanthemums. All lovers of flowers will appreciate the truth and beauty with which these colourful flower studies have been carried out

Other women artists represented at the exhibition include' Miss Flora Scales (with landscape and animal sketches), Miss Beatrice Wood, Miss Betty Rhind, Miss Esther Barker, arid Miss Ina Lee. A very attractive feature of the exhibition are half a dozon paintings by Miss Frances Hodgkins, the distinguished New Zealand artist. These are kindly loaned by Mies Richmond. There are three Eastern subjects—" Children, Tetuan," " Market, Tetuan," and " Market, Tangier"—a "Street Scene, Paris;" a skotoh of a maid of Holland, " A Dutch Idyll;" and " Babetto," a irirl's head. These paintings are admirably representative of the genius of one of New Zealand's foremost artists.

This picture exhibition is open daily from 9 a.m. to 5.30 p.m., and on Friday evenings, and no charge is made for admission. Mr. Fuller's gallery is in Vickers House (formerly Banks College), corner of Woodward-street' and The Terrace, opposite Wellington Club.