THE SOUL OF CHINA

Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 137, 6 December 1935, Page 9

THE SOUL OF CHINA

EXPRESSION IN ART

THANKS TO EXHIBITORS

(British Official 'Wireless.)

(Received December 6, 9 a,m.) RUGBY, December 5.

At a Government dinner in honour of the international exhibition of Chinese art last night, Mr. Ormsby Gore, First Commissioner of Works, acknowledged indebtedness to manyleaders.

The biggest contribution, he said, had been made by the Government of the Chinese Republic, which had sent paintings, porcelain, bronzes, sculptures, silk tapestries, and jades from their national collection, including many objects hitherto seen by few even in China. After referring to loans made by the King and Queen from their Royal and personal collections, he remarked that the Emperor of Japan had also sent a contribution to the exhibition, and several notable exhibits had been lent by Japanese collectors. The zeal of the Crown Prince of Sweden for the exhibition and his knowledge and interest in Chinese art were well known, and he expressed special gratitude for what he had done and lent. The Governments of France, Germany, Soviet Russia, Turkey, Austria, Holland, and Den-mark-had also participated, and he thanked them for sending the finest specimens in their possession. Loans from private collectors in the United States of America and from the Metropolitan Museum in New York and the Philadelphia Museum were also acknowledged, and a special tribute was paid to the assistance given by Mr. George Eumorfopoulos and other privite collectors in London.

Mr. Ormsby Gore said that more about the soul of China could be learned from this exhibition than from many books. He hoped China's artistic heritage would be preserved and that China would continue to produce great masters in the generations yet unborn. ■