PRIVATE VIEW

Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 90, 12 October 1940, Page 16

PRIVATE VIEW

BEAUTIFUL GOWNS WORN

LARGE CROWD AT ACADEMY EXHIBITION

The private^view of the fifty-first annual exhibition of the New Zealand Academy.of Fine Arts, which took place at the National Art Gallery last night, was a notable social occasion and over 500 members and visitors were present.

■ The stately entrance and handsome" galleries made an impressive setting for the beautiful gowns and furs worn by many women, who, with their escorts, happily viewed the pictures, discussed modern art with friends, or renewed many acquaintances amongst the large throng. A savoury supper was served in the blue cafeteria, where Iceland poppies were arranged on the suppeir tables.

The exhibition .was opened by Sir Harry Batterbee, High Commissioner for the United Kingdom, and the president, Mr. G. G. Gibbes Watson, who presided, also gave an address. Others in the official party included Lady Batterbee, Mrs. G. G. Gibbes Watson, Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Hunt, Mr. and Mrs. W. Fergusson Hogg, and Mr. Eru Gore. Among others present were Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Ewen, Lady Shirtcliffe, Dr. Carbery, Mr. and Mrs. Luckie, Mrs. J. A. Doctor, Mr. and Mrs. H. Linley, Richardson (Palmerston North), Mrs. Sprott, Mr. and Mrs. E. W. T. Coleridge, Major and Mrs. Bird, Mr. and Mrs. Marcus King, Mr. and Mrs. Sydney Higgs, Mr. Nugent Welch, Dr. Robert Stout, Mrs. T. E. Y. Seddon, Mrs. Murray Fuller, Lady Roberts, Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Isaac, Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Meek, Mr. and Mrs. H. Vickerman, Mr. and Mrs. Barry Blundell, Mrs. Louis Cohen, Mrs. H. C. G. Holthouse, Mrs. A. L. Hempton, Mr. and Mrs. Charles White, Mr. and Mrs. CD. Morpeth, Mrs. G. Bassant, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Atkinson, Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Vosseler, Mrs. G. King, Mrs. J. Bennie, Mr. and Mrs. G. H. A. Swan, Mr. and Mrs. G. F. H. Harrison, Mrs. W. L. Newnham, Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Gray, Mr. and Mrs. J. Malcolm Bennie, Mr. and Mrs. R. Arlow, Mrs. C. Haines, Mrs. A. E. Boyes, Dr. G. W. Harty, Mrs. McDonald (Blenheim), Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Ellis, Mrs. Duff Daysh, Mrs. James Cable, Mrs. J. R. Smith, Mr. and ,Mrs. E. Lawson, Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Wiren, Mr. and Mrs. D. S. N. McCartney, Mrs. P. B. Benham, Mr. and Mrs. Basil Honour, Mrs. J. McIndoe (Dunedin), Mrs. J. J. Bourke, Mrs. T. Bourke, Mrs. E. Morley, Mr. and Mrs. P. B. Cooke, Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Sievwright, Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Malfroy, Mrs. E. E. Gillon, Mrs. T. W. Instone, Mr. N. Instone, Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Sladden, Mr. and Mrs. S. Higgs, Mr. and Mrs. C. Birch, Mr. and Mrs. S. Fearn, Mrs. Hanham, Mrs. Corliss, Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Curtis, Mr. and Mrs. M. W. Duff, Misses Nelle Scanlan, Fannie Richardson, W. Simpson, Mary Seaton, Amy Kane, E. Ward, Andri Bevin, Marion Tylee (Pahiatua), Avis Higgs, Valeric Corliss, Jane Whitcombe, V. Dawson, O. Barron, Noel Dowling, P. and M. Gledhill, P. Benham, J. Watson, J. Neil, A. L. Maudsley, Avis and Marie Higgs, Barbara Ewen, M. Sladden, Billie Haslett, Maureen and Paddy Bourke, Margery Wilcox, Brenda Boyes, P. Alexander, L. Williamson, Lorna Williamson, Clemency and Diana King, Florence Hislop, Mollie Brown, Nonie Glendinning, Joyce and Nola Ockenden, Joyce Watson, Berenice Hogg, Audrey Davis, Isla Bristow, Betty Rhind, June Luckie, Archibald, V. Dawson, J. Forsyth, Frances Harty, and Messrs. C. Duigan (Wanganui), A. Grey, F. E. Greenish, J. T. Salman, J. Gillon, Anderson, and K. w/ Hassell.