CHINESE ART

Timaru Herald, Volume CXL, Issue 20284, 6 December 1935, Page 11

CHINESE ART

AMAZING COLLECTION IN LONDON ELOQUENT TRIBUTES TO ORIENTAL SKILL British Official Wireless (Received December 5, 5.5 p.m.) RUGBY, December 4. At the Government dinner in honour of the International Exhibition of Chinese Art, Captain W. G. A. OrmsbyGore, First Commissioner of Works, acknowledged the indebtedness to many lenders. The biggest contribution, he said, had been made by the Government of the Chinese Republic, which had sent paintings, porcelain, bronzes, sculptures, silk, tapestries and jades from the national collection, including many objects hitherto seen by few, even in China. After referring to the loans made by the King and Queen from their Royal and personal collections, the Minister remarked that the Emperor of Japan had also sent a contribution to the exhibition, and several notable exhibits had been lent by Japanese collectors. The zeal of the Crown Prince of Sweden for the exhibition, and his knowledge and interest in Chinese art were well known, and he expressed special gratitude for what he had done and lent. The Governments of France, Germany, Soviet Russia, Turkey, Austria, Holland and Denmark had also participated, and he thanked them for sending the finest specimens in their possession. Loans from private collectors in the United States, and from the Metropolitan Museum in New York and the Philadelphia Museum were also acknowledged, and a special tribute was paid to the assistance given by Mr George Eumorfopoulos and other private collectors in London. Captain Ormsby-Gore said that more about the soul of China could be learned from this exhibition than from many books. He hoped that China’s artistic heritage would be preserved and that China would continue to produce great masters in the generations get unborn.