Hospital Porter To Study Art In Paris
(P.A.) WELLINGTON, This Day. A former street photographer, Mr Sam Cairncross, who is now employed as a porter at the Wellington Hospital, expects to leave shortly for France, where he will undertake a year’s study in the art schools of Paris.
This is made possible by the award to New Zealand for the first time this year of two bursaries by the French Government. The other oursar will be a secondary school teacher of French. Nominations were forwarded to France earlier this year by the French Minister to New Zealand (M. Armand Gazel), who is awaiting formal con-, firmation of them from his Government. As an artist, Mr Cairncross has established a reputation for his exuberant use of colour. He is not an academic painter, but his work greatly impressed Madame Gazel, who has commissioned him to do a portrait of her son Joel, now studying in an American university.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NA19470705.2.53
Bibliographic details
Northern Advocate, 5 July 1947, Page 6
Word Count
157Hospital Porter To Study Art In Paris Northern Advocate, 5 July 1947, Page 6
Using This Item
NZME is the copyright owner for the Northern Advocate. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons New Zealand BY-NC-SA licence . This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of NZME. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in