A NEW ZEALAND ARTIST.

Otago Witness, Issue 3911, 26 February 1929, Page 38

A NEW ZEALAND ARTIST.

LONDON, January 5. Miss Rhona Haszard (Mrs Leslie Greener), who, with her husband, has been in Alexandria for the past year, held an exhibition of her paintings recently at Claridge's Hotel in that city. The exhibition was a great success, both from a financial point of view and on account of the sympathetic attention which her work attracted among the people. At the request of critics from Cairo, she is to repeat the exhibition there at Easter. The catalogue shows a collection of both oil paintings and water colours. The majority are landscapes depicting scenes in New Zealand, Brittany, Sark, France, and Egypt. Among the New Zealand works are: “ Snow at the Foothills,” “ Summer,” “ Frosty Morning,” “ Christchurch Gardens,” “ The Avon. Christchurch,” “ The Turnip Field,” “ Eyeglasses,” and “ Sun Bathing.” The local paper, the Egyptian Gazette, devotes a column to the exhibition. In the course of his notice the critic says that Miss Haszard’s versatility is manifested in her wide range of subjects and variety of treatments. “ The artist seems to be at home in any subject, her treatment of landscape, still life, and portraits being equally successful. The progress made from the impressionistic work on leaving the art school to the more deliberate work of her artistic maturity is clearly shown.” The detailed description and criticism of the paintings are appreciative, not to say flattering. The artist’s husband, Mr H. L. Greener, also an artist, is now a master at the Victoria College. The two met at an arts school in New Zealand. Marrying soon after, the young couple came to Europe to work together at the Academic Julian, in Paris, under the direction of Jean Paul Laurans. Both Mr Mrs Greener held an exhibition in Paris a year ago.