OTAGO ART SOCIETY

Evening Star, Issue 14515, 5 November 1910, Page 6

OTAGO ART SOCIETY

a private view of the 1910 <jallery.

Tho thirty-fourth annua] exhibition promoted by the Otago Art Society is to be opened on Monday evening. The hanging is finished,' and this morning a private view of tho gallery enabled Ihooo who were invited to gather a few fads and form some opinionr, about the exhibition. Numerically it is one of the strongest exhibitions in tho histoiy of the Bociely. Tho oils number 219 and (he water colorr, about 200, (ho photographs are equal in number to former yean-, so are the competition works, and'the exhibit-of carving, topper work, etc., form, an important section, a feature oi which is a fine- display of fctudies of heads in black and white.

The painlimrs include more landscapes than ueual. Figure.*-', portraits, and story pictures are not so numerous. It is noted that, there arc. few largo pioccc this year. Tboro in not a very big canvas in either room. To make up'for this, the smaller works ;-ecm to be specially worthv of attention.

In the oils room one sees a life-like portrait of a well-known "K.C." by Mks Baldwin Wame, who also exhibits a somewhat striking interior, the prominent object in which, is a lady reading. CI F. G'eklio has another collection of those marvellous Maori heads that lie paink; ro well. F. liiookesinith's skill is fairly shown in a marine moonlight piece. W. Hounson Byles, 1t.8.A.. draws the eye with hie mafsed coloring. J. Elder Moult ray's conscientious fitylo is apparent in his view of tho Otira (.Jorge. J.' 0. Voitch's 'Ca»;tle of San Angelo' and 'Venice' arc strong and vigorous works, and .1. Lawson Balfour's pieces are mc.stlv and sunny. 'The Parting Gleam' is a fair .'pecimen of W. Allen Bojlard's producit-;, and we think that the study of forert trees hung near tho entrance is one of the host thingr. that A. 11. O'KcciTo haft turned out. Other prominent exhibitors of nii paintings, arc C. 11. Howorth. ■'.(. M. Gladden, G. E. Btitler. K. I;. Thompson. W. fircone, and 11. Linloy Richardson., 8.8.A. The loan pictures number eight.

Amongst the. water colon, we notice as prominent features a portrait of the society's worthy t-cerelary by Miss P. M. Wirnperis, a Surrey farm r>ceno by A. J. Hansen, several interesting works by Mabel Hill, a most vigorors representation, of Malay bonis, racing by J. M. Madden, a capital bush land-cape by A. W. Walch, (■■cine spnrklrng color effects by C. N. Wors]ev, and manv other meritorious exhibits bv'Mb:-s Dorothea- Durrani, Misf. D. K. Richmond, E. W. Pavion. B. Hordmnn Smith. M. O. Stoddarf. and 0. E. Butler, fiic last-mentioned artist's* view of a, bit of Bruges being particularly inlciostinc. A oludv of a head in black and white by Mi-.s Hill Jack ic. also deserving of special men! ion.

Altogether, if not ;i great- gallery in the sense of introducing big and important works, it. is a trailer;.- (hat. one may pleasantly Jinfjer in IVr an hour or two.