SCHOOL OF ART.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 16305, 21 December 1920, Page 10

SCHOOL OF ART.

PRESENTATION of prises. The ceremony of presenting prizes won;, it; tire Garistoljurch. School of . Art was con*.' ducted in' the hall at" 'Canterbury.-* College* last night. Mr 11. D. Aclahd (chairman ofthe Board of-Governors of tiro college) presided over a large attendance. Amongst those present were Dr G. M-.' L. Lester and Mr IV. M. Hamilton (members,of the board), Mr-L. A. Stringer (registrar of tbe college;, Mr A. F', Micoll (director of the school) and members of the staff, The chairman congratulated the director, stall and students on the excellent work done. The board, hr- raid, was deeply indebted fu Mr Murnscy lor controlling the school before'Mr ISicoil was'appinled direr-, tor. The number of students, which had been increasing during the past two of three years, had now reached over <-00. The school, in regard to growth; was no exception to the institutions controlled, by the Board of Governors, The board now, was faced with the necessity i>.* providing a new school, and. mor- suitable premises. It was a question of finance. The newspapers bad called him “a sturdy beggar," but that did not deter him from appealing to somebody to provide, a. handsome rum lor a- modern building. Itwould be following a practice that had been established in the United States. The board was fortunate in securing the services ot Mr Aicoll, who was not only an artist, but also an organiser, 1 The director gave s- brief surrey of tho actual work done in the classes and the aim of. that work, and said a few words to students- who are pursuing the calling of art and nope to moke it- their life’s work. Ho said .that excellent work hod been accomplished by the junior -students in their- general tho results of the tuition given as snown in the tests had bceu most gratifying. A ery good work had been produced this rear in the junior modelling section -under Mr tiurnsey. Some excellent work had been done in modelling from the life, and ho noped (hat more, pure art students would sen the wisaom of lurtherine their study by attendance in the modelling classes. In the art craft?, under the sympathetic guidance cl air tiurnsey. much hue work had ' een produced. The working cut. of designs lor embroidery and kindred craft under -Mrs Cicldsmith, continued to In, very popalrr. the painters’ apprentices claim had had a good year of work, and would be of incrttia--ing oendlt to members, as they availed themselves of the opportunities of aHm-.d-mg tho other classes at the . school, Iho years work in the architectural section was most satisfactory, and it must be grati•3 mg to Mr Hart to have had increased num'n lS | ul(l , su V 1 Promising students attending, the. work of the drawing and painting section, under Messrs AWlhvjrk. Booth, Kellv, Webster. Andy the ■ director, had reached an interesting stage, owing to t'ho comparatively largo number of what- might be termed advanced students. The elementary drawing in tho da;/ classes had been carried on according to tho plau inaugurated some two years ago, the aim being to insist, on accuracy of observation and simple recording of the observation of tho student. That would be followed during the coming year, with a tightening of the system where possible. Tire studies of still life in colour showed that students had made good progress iu observation of tonal values, and some excellent landscape. studies were shown, particularly those, in which students had persevered in materialising more completely their subjects. The examples ot antique drawings by advanced classes showed strong work and careful study, wliich would stand the students responsible) for them in good stead iu future work from the life. The attendance in the life classes during the year had been very good. At the Otago Art Society's competitions the following awards were gained by the school: Four firsts and four seemds iu four classes, competed_ in. In the students' competition at the Kew Zealand Academy of Fine Arts at Wellington, in November, students from this school gained four firsts, five seconds'and two highly commanded out, of seven classes competed in; also the gold medal for the best work in all cla-sses. the judges regarding the drawing • as one of the finest, examples of students’' work yet. shown in 'Wellington. Dr Dealer said that the wisest'course for' the board during tho coming-year was to give Mr JCicoll a- free hand. It was important for the national life of the country that the University should be the guardian of pure culture, ami it was fitting, that the School of Art should be controlled by the Board oi Governors of Canterbury' College, which, was the local University. He hoped that from the school there-would develop a faculty of art. ... PRIZE LIST, ■ .The following are the prize-winners.:— Scholarships.—Pure art scholarship, T2s—-—-vn Poison. Pure art ochtdarship (special award), £2o—Corid wen' Thornton. Advanced art scholarship—Alice Poison. Intermediate art scholarship—Leonora Anderson. Elementary art scholarship-—Clarice Hall. Evening life scholarship—Rata Bird. ■ Architectural scholarship—W, H. Trengrove. Signwriting and "decorating—L. A..Davie. Craft scholarship, day—E. Bowron. Craft scholarship. evening—Muriel Hayes. Mr Fieoce’s Prize'(landscape with figure)— £. Poison. Institute of Architects’ Prize (architecture) —W. 11. Trengrovo 1. A. Sleigh'-2, Pi. S. D. FI arm an 3. Mrs Lonsdale's Prize • (junior life study)— J. Cook 1. R, Haggard 2. Mr J, TV. Gibb’o Prize'(landscape sketch) -It. H. Haszard. Colonel Snow's Prize ■ (best landscape sketch!—A. Poison, * Mr W. Soy’s Prize (decorator’s ..wort)—N. Marsh 1, G. Sloaao (attendance in emu-writ-ins class) 2. , Mr Hammond's Prize {decorator’s work)— L. A. Davie, Landscape-H. Campbell and D Williams (equal). Mrs Tripe’s 'Special-Prize—R. Bi-d Time Studies' from Lifs-P. Hutchinson and E. Poison (equal!. Still Luc Studies—A Poison and C.'Thornten (equal). Finished Studies from Life—F’. Hutchinson. - Architectural Drawing (jna'ior)-G-. Bucklull 1, V. H>a. n 2, Modelled Studies from Life—P. H-H-hin son. . vJU Drawing? from Antique (figure)—A 'Poison Design lor Poster for Sohool-J. Cock ' Elementary Design-First year: I. *«, Second year: A. Flanagan Needlework (first year)-L. Sanderson. -wTw w r * (s . e , cond y ear ) — Mabel Meritt White Emoroidery—Hazel Forbes. Drc-ssmaaing— D. Jenkins and 1,. Sander eon (equal). ** ue - Millinery—D. Sanderson. Craft- Work (first, .year)—l, Fvfc. Architectural Drawing, (d'avl—D, M'Leod Drawing (common objects)-Clwice- Hall {eq A ua^? d?nC ° Pnze ~ E - i?cade 3r ‘ d Tilley ' eftfe 8 . Wnwing)-R, Haszard. Flliona Has7,ard UC 105 (fir S t' a “ d Eecond Wh (oe J i r ß?o4 Plant Fwm (fitst Fear)—Kathlism° dE ' led Pla “ l Stlld ‘ e3 W lßl year)—A. Cm- - j Wood-carving-- Janies Dunn. M> I ’ S Thornton. 1 i;D»uS tyn6S C,raft Dtiae—E. Bowron Stent' S.»S , "', r P,i SD f ;!' St »•»' C. er.cn, and a-i'V/l' iDy' I ' 7’ 1 .