AUCKLAND -SOCIETY OF ARTISTS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XII, Issue 4373, 18 November 1875, Page 3

AUCKLAND -SOCIETY OF ARTISTS.

Yesterday we ;*drew attention to the oU. > paintings by local artists. To-day-, we notice the water-colour drawings by local . and foreign pencils. They are in great number and variety. Some o£ them possess con- - . spicuous merit, others will suggest the range over which the degrees of merit extend. It was yesterday expected that an openingaddress -would have been delivered by Dr. Ellis. This, however, did not take place. The weather was very inclement, and the . attendance was so small that it was not coii- : sidered advisable the address should be de-: livered. As the Society had been disappointed in its opening ceremony, it was Suggested, and is likely to be carried out, that . at the close of the exhibition a conversazione . shall he held. >This will afford a favourable ■ opportunity for the delivery of any address that may have been prepared upon matters i relating to the Society, ■It will be most convenient to divide the ■water-color drawings into three sections:— •from 1 to; 50, from 50 to 100, and from iIOO to 135, .whioh represents the total iimmber. First section, 1 to 50 : 1 Telargonium, -pencil drawings, A. Sharp .artist, £'2 10a;.2, Loch Tay, by Earp, of •Scotland, D. Cruickshank exhibitor ; 3, View - -oniKentish Coast, W. Eastwood exhibitor; -4,' JTattooedßasin on Te Taratu, Rotomahana, - J.. C. Hoyte - artist, £6; 5, Loch Vennacher, fby Earp, D. Cruickshank exhibitor; 6, Sketch,'by D. Duncan, Dr. Ellis exhibitor; . .7, Muse of Architecture, by J. Howes, A.D. ISOO, W. Eastwood exhibitor ; S, A Lesson, Jby.linnell, A. Martin exhibitor ; 9, Wood Nymph, by W. E. Frost, R.A., Dr. Ellis ■exhibitor; 10, Wairarapa, by Miss Horn; 11, ;Loch.Lubriag,_by Earp, D. Cruickshank •exhibitor ; 12, Sculpture, by J. Howes, W. Eastwood-exlribitor ;:13, Lola Montes, Mrs. ■Gordon artist; .14, Mirth, J. Howes artist, W. :Eastwood exhibitor ; 15, Lake Takapuha, Miss.C. Horn artist; .16, Interior (copy), [by Mrs. Stratford.; 17,.Portrait of Garibaldi, S., Vaile. exhibitor ; IS, Oberon and Titania, J. • Howes artist, -W. Eastwood exhibitor ; 19, Morwell jJocks (copy), after Mitchell, Mrs. Gordon artist; 20, River Gods, J. Brown artist, £1; 21, Flowers, Miss Morris artist; 22, Piety, J. Howes artist, W. Eastwood exhihitor.; 23, On the River Ticinto, Lombardy -.(copy), Miss Eames artist; 24, Flowers, Miss Morris artist; 25, On the Kauwaeranga Creek, C. H. Watkins artist, £3; 26, Castle Hill, W. C. Road,-J. C. Hoyte artist, £6; 17, Melrose Abbey (copy), J. Clark artist; -28, crayon drawing, Flora, Mrs. Gordon artist; 29, Waiwera Lagoon, J. Symons Mrs. Brown exhibitor; 30, Flowers, Miss Morris artist; 31, Cromlech, Louth, Ireland, Miss Symons artist; 32, crayon drawing, Dogs,. after Landseer, Mr. Gordon artist-; 33, Coromandel Harbour from Tokatea Ranges, J. C. Hoyte artist, £8 ; 34, 35, 36, Flowers, by Miss Morris; 37, Napier,. W. Eastwood artist, £4; SS, Horahora, or extremity of Thames Ranges, J. C. Hoyte ' artist, £S; 39, Coast of Norfolk, Miss Symons artist; 40, Cliffs at Waiwera, W. Eastwood artist, £1; 41, Mount Egmont, Miss C. Horn artist; 42. Auckland Harbour, Sunrise, J. C. Hoyte artist, £S; 43, Kennedy's Bay from 1 oka tea, T. "Warner artist, £6 ; 44, pencil drawing, Miss Alorris artist; 45, Evensong, pencil drawing (copy), ■ A. Sharpe artist, £5 ss-; 46, View from Mount Eden, T. Warner artist, £5; 47, Erith Church, W. Eastwood artist, £2 ; 48, Mount Egmont, Miss C. Horn artist; 49, My Wife's Birthplace, J. Waymouth artist; 50, Mount Williams, West Coast Road, J. C. Hoyte artist, £8 Bs. Mr. Hoyte's pictures are conspicuous for their color. The merit of these pictures is their fidelity to accurate representation of local topography and configuration. Mr. Sharpe's view on .the Waikato River strikes us to be one of the be3t pictures in the exhibition. We do not appreciate his view from Afaungatawhiri Bridge bo highly, but it is an excellent picture. Messrs. Warner, Bartley, Symons and Palmer all contribute works of •.various degrees of merit. The works of Mr. . Alhin Martin deserve special notice. They tstand foremost, as beyond anything of their • particular size and class which the exhibi<tion can shew. Sonne of the effects are pro- • dnced by the simple touch of the pencil. _ The subjective composition is full of sugges.tiveneas, and the natural representation of ■cloud and marine effects, especially in ''Coast Scenery" is exquisite. These are studies for ■young aspirants. We notice them in this /plac?, because they are all ranged together -' sipon <the southern side of the halL We anust the remaining sections to fur•tlier .detailed notices. We may in this place inotice a very large number of pencil and -qrfiyon drawings by juvenile hands ; especially noticeable are the drawings by Mica R. M. Vaile (aged fifteen), Masters A. Y. Vaile : flad F. A. Vaile. The portrait of Garibaldi, fay S. Vaile, is excellent in respect of eolor and expression. We can testify to truthfulness of the likeness.