DUNLOP ART SOCIETY

Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 1, 2 January 1937, Page 12

DUNLOP ART SOCIETY

, —* EXHIBITION IN LONDON (From "The Post's" Representative.) LONDON. December 9. The work of four New Zealanders was included at the Dunlop Art Society's international exhibition of art and handicraft at the New Burlington Galleries this week. Miss L. Foster, Miss E. Lidston, Miss P. O'Sullivan, and the late Mr. A. K. Meade (all of Wellington) sent their contributions in common with employees of the Associated Dunlop Companies in eighteen different countries.

The late Mr. Meade's collection of ten photographs caused particular interest, and was, indeed, an excellent advertisement for New Zealand, It included three»studies of Maori children, two "bush" scenes, views of a lake and a river, a country church, and a lighted harbour at night. One of the most attractive was that of an "old salt," bearded and full of years, reclining against an apology of a seaside shack. With his pipe in his mouth he was enjoying the sun and his memories. All the photographs were presented to the society b.y the late Mr. Meade. Miss Foster's entry was a painted wooden fruit stand (valued in the catalogue at 255). Autumn-tinted leaves were painted on a dark background. A similar design was used by Miss Lidston for a painted wooden vase. These exhibits were placed on the same table. Within a few yards of them was Miss O'Sullivan's pewter book rests, decorated with a floral design in blue, white, red, and brown. A second exhibit by Miss O'Sullivan. placed in another room, was a brass placquc on which was stamped the head of a Maori warrior. The New Zealanders' work was of a good standard, and compared more than favourably with many of the exhibits. The exhibition marked the first occasion upon which amateur work from eighteen countries has ever been assembled under one roof. Painting, engraving, photography, modelling, carving, and handicrafts of every kind were included, and exhibits shown from Cuba, China, Japan, India, Brazil, France! Germany, Holland, Canada, and other places where Dunlop branches or associated companies are situated. Two Japanese workmen, one a watchman and the other a truck driver, sent scrolls beautifully painted in the traditional style, and two little Japanese girls asked that their work submitted for the show be given to a children's art society in England. A fine set of photographs of Mont Blanc, taken by Mrs. A. de Paula from a private aeroplane at a height of 18,700 feel, was shown at the exhibition, which will be moved to Bimangftam^-kteauaigEt