BLACK-AND-WHITE ARTS

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21247, 29 July 1932, Page 6

BLACK-AND-WHITE ARTS

MR. GULLIVER'S EXHIBITION ADDRESS BY DR. GUNSON The exhibition of pencil drawings, etchings, wood-cuts and colour block prints by Mr. T. V. Gulliver was opened in the club room of the Auckland Society of Arts, Victoria Arcade, at the society's fortnightly luncheon yesterday. The president, Dr.. E. 8.., Gunson, in declaring the exhibition open, said Mr. Gulliver had been a forking member of the society for many years and. had exhibited on various occasions. It was gratifying that. a : complete representation of his work in black-and-white was now for the first time available. The society was glad to" have the opportunity of assisting, because its policy was to encourage the holding of "one-man shows. Mr, Gulliver's, pencil drawings not only had merit of their own, but also showed the draftsmanship that "was the basis of his etchings. It was clear from the recent loan exhibition, in the City ArtGallery that Mr. Gulliver held a- high place as a contemporary New Zealand etcher, and the society was proud to have him as a- working member. In the course of his address, Dr. GunBon gave a historical sketch of the various' processes ' broadly described as "engraving," namely, wood-cutting, lineengraving on metal, mezzo-tint and etching. The oldest of these, he said, was undoubtedly wood-cutting, which had originated in China about the sixth century.' Line-engraving had developed independently from the art of the engraver on gold and silver. Mezzo-tint had been used from the 17th century onward for the reproduction of paintings, but had never attained t'he status of an independent art. Etching was totally different from engraving, in that the indentations in the metal plate were made entirely by acid. It was being very widely practised at the present time, and gpve ample ■cope for individuality in style.