CHINESE ART

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22628, 16 January 1937, Page 15

CHINESE ART

LOAN EXHIBITION OPENED TRIBUTE TO ORGANISER A tribute to the work of Captain G. Humphreys-Davies in arranging the overseas loan exhibition of Chinese art was paid.by the president of the Auckland Institute and Museum, Sir Carrick Robertson, when opening the exhibition at the War Memorial Museum yesterday afternoon. He also thanked Captain Humphreys-Davies for presenting the museum with bis collection ot Chinese pottery. There had been no meeting of the council since the gilt was made *at the end of last month, and this .was the first public appreciation of Captain Humphreys-Davies generosity. Sir Carrick also referred to the grant made by the Government to enable the exhibition to be shown throughout the Dominion, and to the Carnegie Corporation's grant toward printing a descriptive catalogue. Owing to the short period for which New Zealand had been settled, the artistic side of our life was relatively Undeveloped, said Dr. C. K. Hercus, of Otago University, and chairman of the committee which administers- the Carnegie funds, in the Dominion. Ibis exhibition would give some idea of the essential character of art and would encourage our young people to express themselves in »sonie form of material find so solve the problem of leisure. tlaptaiu Humphreys-Davies also spoke on various ■ aspects of Chinese art.