ART IN NEW ZEALAND
.;:.The iworki-of ;tl)o.young<New,Zoal.ind' -painter -Oweu/Mertoni 'X.8.A., % fs : the plat: de:. jour; of /.the; .June number, of ? t ( Art- in ..New ■.Zealand.:" ■/: Carefully sblected: examplesVof. that work; iii\Colour iand./monochrome■', are reproduced. As ; these were painted" at different per : ibds ;and /under.:: .'widely different ■'cirr cumstanees ,o£ , .Merton's, o.areer, the reader, of .'Prof e'ssor'l,Shelley;'s. criticism' and. his, biographical notes oiiMer.ton will -no : doubt share, the. .feeling of 'the'PrSfessor's'.-itiiat'.^'it; hurts'.to.haxe, taken fjoin' : iis';men*'of the; artistic.sen aitivity..; pf.-. Owen. .Merfon,'' .. Raymond M'rlntyre,; a-n'd.';, Sydney,; Thompson—^all of tHe same generation: of Christchurch men."i Owpji ,Merton:,did: much' ..work jinv.'Kewl:Zealand;-itself,:'.but;1 the exjaJiiples"'illustra'ted./in,.'this number;, of I 'f Art/Jn/K"c}y:'. Zealand" , aio "mainly things done/in prance '.or Sussex. ,: A pathetic' interest .^ttaches1 ,to the. subjeet':.be'eause'. i Owen Mertoii" lips seriously 'ill'injLondon. /'. Tor all the 'apparent: easp with ;>yhieh, Morton , handled/water colours 'and the wonderful effects ho. produced.in that .mediuin,'he was a competent.: arid/: conscientious draughtsman;' as his pejj> and ink sketch of Chartrcs Cathedral*: included in the article, will 'show. Other' artistic subjects dealt'with.by, the. tditorstlna month are"Weayhig.in - the Home," by. Jessica Andrae,. with illustrations of.'some of. her. handiworks-lengths and pieces and '• scarves.;/ She/makes out a strong casQ^for -the/itakingi up : of this f aseinat\ig, "useful, and* artistic accomplishment.;: K. M. vßaliantyije's work, with: an, illustrative wobdeut, is ■ sympathetically dealt with by/"Pohutukawa.'.' .'ln:"yerse,'■'•''Art. in^ .New; Zea^ land' '.for. this..month has. examples of EileenDuggan,.Alison Grant,.and Helena Heuderspn. /{Modern .theatrical dancing:ia!trpate'd>by Madeiin, Vyner; and ■■ F...' E.V Greenish "writes hopef ulljof jthp .endeavour. disueinLble in architecttirei';'as ii^.- pther '■ arts,, towards truthful expressioiu'. Alan '."■:;Mulgaii .contributes , a .-bright. little sketch ,of travel/on.,' a < trans^aciiic'; liner compared coming" out?.',in n sailing: ship. \'' Art in Ifcw, Zealand.' ' continues keeping 'up .witli the High' standard its originatdrs';iet 'for' themselves; iii the beginning. / ■■'■/../ ,'.. •'"". .'.■•"■
ART IN NEW ZEALAND
Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 144, 21 June 1930, Page 21
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