EXHIBITION PICTURES.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 13857, 21 March 1907, Page 8

EXHIBITION PICTURES.

■TO SECURE SOME FOR DUXEDIX. Other centres in the colony have taken liberal advantage of tbo opportunity oi purchasing pictures from Iho Exhibition Art Gallery for their permanent collections, but su far Dunedin has made no definite move in this direction. There is now, however, a prospect that a. picture or two from the Exhibition gallery may yet find its way into ihe now Public Art Gallery boing erected iu this city, und a. movement lias been set on foot to' collect funds to this end which should have speedily a definite result. At. a meeting hold oil Monday evening the Otago Art Society discussed the desirability oi raisin" a fund for tlio purposo indicated, and resolved to vote i' 23 towards • such a fund, and to invito subscriptions thereto from the citizens. We trust that a ready response will be forthcoming, and shall bo glad to acknowledge in our columns subscriptions that are sent to us. The fund makes n beginning with the following donations:— Otago Art Society ..-• .. ..125 0 0 Dr Colquhoim 5 0 0 Jlr Watson Sliennan .. .. 5 0 0 Dr Scott r. 0 o Dr L. 11. Ferguson .... u0 0