Mr. Fraser Praises The Painting “On The Hooks”
WELLINGTON, Last Night (PA).— The Prime Minister (Mr. Fraser) confessed that when he opened an art cxhibtiion by Sam Cairncross today, that when he saw a picture “On The Hooks,” the painter’s most controversial canvas to date, it was so realistic that he felt he could carry it away.
“On The Hfifeks,” a .slaughterhouse impression, is under offer to the trustees of the National Gallery.
Mr. Fraser su’d that while a sheep carcase did not appeal to him particularly as a subject, no one could gainsay Mr. Cairncross’ realistic approach. He regretted that while on the East Coast recently Mr. Cairncross had not painted George Nepia, to whom he referred as an international figure in football and “just as much an artist on the field” as Mr. Cairncross was with his palette.
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Wanganui Chronicle, 4 October 1949, Page 5
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