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Exhibitions The following is a list of exhibitions held in the Gallery during the year : — (1) A selection from the works by British, French, and Belgian artists in the Centennial International Art Collection. (2) The autumn exhibition of the New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts. (3) Collection from the British Council, London, of paintings and drawings by British children. (4) Collection of reproductions of Old Masters and modern paintings. (5) A selection of National Collection works by New Zealand and overseas artists. (6) Annual exhibition of the New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts. (7) " Art in the Pacific War Zone." A collection of paintings, drawings, and craft work by members of the Forces of the U.S.A. and New Zealand. (8) " Kiwis in the Pacific." An exhibition of paintings and drawings by Lieut. A. B. Barns-Graham, official New Zealand war artist in the Pacific. (9) A collection of reproductions of paintings and drawings of the Schools of Venice, Rome, and Lombardy. (10) A selection of recently acquired paintings for the National Collection. National Collection Reference has been made in previous annual reports to the storage arrangements for the National Collection pictures during the war period. Most of the collection was sent away from Wellington for safer storage, and a small collection was kept in Wellington for exhibition purposes. It has been decided to keep the pictures in their present storage location in the meantime. Educational Work Last year's annual report referred to the appointment of a part-time Education Officer to the staff of the Art Gallery for a period of twelve months. This year, after the expiry of this appointment, the position was advertised. Mrs. M. Murray Fuller was reappointed to the position, and took up the work again towards the end of the year. An active educational programme is being continued. Comprehensive exhibitions of reproductions of the Masters of the various schools of art are held in the Gallery under the direction of the Education Officer. Written talks dealing with these collections are sent out to the Principals of the secondary schools for perusal before sending their pupils to the Gallery. The written talks are available also for use by schools when the collections are sent to other centres on loan. These talks cover the history of art and art appreciation. This method has proved very successful, more schools applying this year than previously. Acquisitions In future the Gallery will benefit from the Sir Harold Beauchamp Trust Fund of £15,000, which last year reached a stage where the annual income becomes available for the purchase of pictures. Under the late Sir Harold Beauchamp's will the income from a further sum of £5,000 will also be available in a year's time. The Ellen Eames Collection Fund, estimated to realize £20,000, and the Thomas Lindsay Buick Bequest, estimated to realize over £10,000, will later become available. Annual grants made by the Board of Governors of the Thomas George Macarthy Trust in recent years have enabled the Board to add to its collection of pictures. Some notable works were added to the Collection during the year. The following is a list of the pictures acquired. Purchases :— " Quinta and Clare " (drawing), by Robert Austin, A.R.A., R.W.S. " Takaka River " (water-colour), by Cedric Savage. " Blossom in a London Garden " (oil painting), by R. Kirkland Jamieson, R. 0.1., R.B.A. " The Fisherman's Daughter " (oil painting), by the late Harry Morley. " Portrait of Aubyn Glyn " (oil painting), by W. J. Leech, R.H.A. " Through the Window " (oil painting), by Dame Laura Knight, R.A., R.W.S. " Still Life " (oil painting), by the late S. J. Peploe, R.S.A. " Countess of Strathcona " (oil painting), by Dame Ethel Walker, N.E.A.C. " Whiston " (oil painting), by Sir Alfred J. Munnings, P.R.A. R.W.S. " Ponte Rotto " and " Notre Dame de Paris " (oil paintings), by Sir Frank Brangwyn, R.A, " Interior " (oil painting), by Margaret Fisher Prout, N.E.A.C., R.W.S. " La Frette Seine " (oil painting), by Albert Marquet. Gifts : — " The White Frost" (oil painting), by Sir Arnesby Brown, R.A. Presented by Mrs. M. Murray Fuller. " The Friendly Call" and " Desert Road " (water-colours), by James Boswell. Presented by the Right Honourable the Prime Minister for deposit in the Art Gallery for subsequent exhibition in the War Museum. The thanks of the Trustees are due to the donors for their generous and public spirited gifts. War Museum The Committee has put forward recommendations to the Government and to the Returned Services' Association that a war museum to house the records, &c., of the 1914-18 and the present war should be established in Wellington. There is a large quantity of materials from the last warworks of official artists, records, and other materials —and these have been very extensively added to since the beginning of the present war. They belong to a special category, many of them being of historic rather than aesthetic value, and it will be necessary to house them in some special building where they can be available to the public. The National Art Gallery has not sufficient space to house even a small portion of the pictures from the last war. It will be seen, therefore, that with the large number of additional pictures from

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