THE WAYS OF ART

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 3 April 1926, Page 9

THE WAYS OF ART

REALTY IX SIMPLICITY LA MOL" Si t LBTOR'S ADVICE NEED LOR PROA DEI! VI SIGN The li u lll .Mil st-rh i;- s-if.lt/ i'l art in almost all it.- ramificatii ns v.ci'i; discu.v si- - I nvi'i a dinner t;iD L - al A iu-L I:i n* I. when Mr I!. E. \ailc and Mr (I. 11. Wilson wt'i'r ttic lusts at a ilitmi'i' parly arranged in hem nr of Sir Bertram Mar Primal, the Australian si tiljiti.r, who is vir.it in u A lirkla 111 I. A ILL IN | HE Mi'Ll INC I’O'J" Hr I'.rrl rain, in hi;- re |• I \ 'u a least in his lionuur. .-[irk” of iimilrm ail ami e.\pressed the ht'liii lliat nmrli gi'-d would r\-fill iiallv rmiir ir.l of il. Art was a wonderful subjrct rim that x&y irw agreed in. 11-,I 1 -, cn’c gd irl'a 11 y Wire in annnl mi the hig principles, lint dis sen si on aref i.'.'ev the small ones. Art to-day was in the -m king [at. In the end good would come out of il. Lire great tiling you have got to watch in this country is that art is not :• p;e Mentation," Sir Bertram said: "You must create the feeling Unit an ,'ll list is working firm his soul. Art is never done quickly, tievet dune easily—il is dune from the inside.” It was rf beautiticatii'-i that Sir Bertram n \! spoke. “If only y-.-u could onvime . mr.iittrr.-. that k is it i then mid ink 'l from' :. si X !mm t'c y ■id i. ok ,r yn. if yi . said what Uu y .uni i rde-red was not go< I." lie pnlnttd rut th.it .-'.'mething beautiful did not neeessariiy mean something elaborate. There was nothing more beautiful than a plain slab on a building - a slab bee Hi'iily moulded and pcrfecHv lettered. I’lien there was tlie water fountain—- •■ "met h i:ig ilt en hideoits. but si ■in - Doug tii.it had ail the possibilities of beauty. The pereejificii of beauty was dealt with. "I tiii'il; in a i pantry like this il I wtif to talk to teachers I would say it is no good telling children ‘this i.- lovely' and 'that is beautiful.’ They want C. he told why. 1 well n'U iiiber "Inn my father first mtro.hieei! me to '.line. We were seated in the son. and gieen .'olourr i tables harmonised with the sun minding:-. The waiter poured out the while wine into a glass and I made I" drink il. My fathei told me to stop. He told me that I must behold tlm beauty ol it in order to enjoy it properly.” THE MERIT OK SIMI’LK'TY Sir Bertram spoke of the transformation of Regent Street. Loudon. It would not he architecturally beautiful. He al so referred to Canberra, the new led era I capital of Australia. Canberra would also not lie architecturally great. limy seem to forget.” he said. (ho. beauty of simplicity. What is more beautiful Ilian Hie straight line?” The speaker said !w was mil in favour of I lie creiticu ol statues of men. They should 1,1 'l ere t anything that was net bca'.itiiul. H was quite easy to symljceise. I here were dozens of ways in which men could be symbolised —beautiful park seats or an artistic park kiosk, for instance. "It is up to you men to kick • very time s'-rnetliing is proposed that is not beautiful, be said. "If I can help you in a.nv way I will only be tnj pleas'■‘l t" do so.” (Applause.) Any town, lie added, lent itself to beau t'iliea t ion and Auckland with its surrounding hills was well favoured. Speaking of the Kl-ler.-lie racecourse, lie said that it was a beautitnl place, with a splendid layout, lie also relcrred to the beauty of .Albert