FINE ARTS

New Zealand Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 11306, 4 September 1922, Page 6

FINE ARTS

THE NEW ZEALAND ACADEMY. THIRTY-TWO YEARS OF EN-' DEAYOUR. ‘ The artistic iprublio of,. .Wellington rna -well represented -at the annual meeting of thedSlewZealand Academy of Fine Arte' held-m the gallery at Whitmore street last w *® k H^ FrtS-presMenfck absence of ttw* president (Mr Weston), who jq on a visit to \&listralift. annual Report. The annual report stated ta!£ the -rear 72 subscribing members anS 14 artist members were «Me<lto the roll; the year closed with WWh scribing, 121 -artist/-and six life members Orf the' register. The exhibition of 1921 was in all respects a pronounced success. “Not only was the of the work shown'.well up to the standard of r a«y previous year,: hut as. regards sales and attendancethe results Smost encouraging. ’ The,number of works eold was 82, of a total value of £713. The report went on tcvaay: At the dose of the annual exhibition there was shown: in the upper _ galleiy an flntereeting and. representative col•Welch. The examples, of his work assembled proved ithe artist to be well worthy of the honour conferred upon bom. Such exhibitions illustrating** they do the develppfcent of an artist in jdl its stages are of considerable educative value, and the cornual , hope • to hold from time to time further exhibitions of the work of both living and deceased New Zealand artists. As tho- year closes preparations are bang, made for an exhibition of works by the : late Petrus Van der .Velden. „ The fallowing works have-been added to the permanent collection:: — "The Mode), by Maud Sherwood; presented by Miss Maxv Newton. “The Valley of the Spey,*’ by A. F. Nicoll; purchased by tbe Academy. “Zinneas,” bv D. K. Richmond; purchased by the Academy. "Pqrtraitof Mrs Fowlds,” by R. S. Clouston presented by -the HornGeorge Fowlds: A valuable and repre-. eentative collection of paintings and drawings by the late Petrus van der Velden; presented by an anonymous doner. ' , .. The committee also expressed it* thanks to the City Council for the grajjt of a sum equivalent to the city rata, payable on the’ property, to the trustees of "the T. G. Alaearfchy estate for ml grant of £IOO, and to Mrs A: H. Waters for a demotion of £4 4s. A donation of £5 by the president (Mr T. Sbailer Weston), and a gold medal presented by Mr Leslie Brahin for the students’ competition are also grateffcUy acknowledged. During the past eighteen months the council .had .been abb? to let the gallery for various eveningTfunctions, and it had been- resolved that all rents received therefrom should be devoted to the establishment of a building fund. The statement of accounts showed a continued sound financial position. Mi’s J. A. Tripe expressed the hope that"tbe incoming council would do its bestJto help the art club which/ she saidTwaa doing excellent work. (ApplomeT) Tho report and balance-sheet were adopted. . The' election of officers resulted as fallows: —President, Mr T. Shailer Weston; vice-presidents, Messrs J. Elba and E. W. Hunt; council, Dr Fell, MiAs’ - Richmond. Metersf J: McDonald; B. Murray Fuller, Nugent H. WJlc'h; C. Wilson, J. F. Munnmgs, and W, Gray Young; hon. treasurer, Mr H, E. Anderson; hon. auditor, Mr C. D« Jlorpeth.