COLEMAN BEQUEST.

Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 229, 27 September 1928, Page 12

COLEMAN BEQUEST.

PJCTORES FOR AUCKLAND.

SEVEK Ollr PAINTINGS.

VARIETY OF SUBJECTS

Seven oil paintings, two water colours and one etching are included in the collection for the -Auckland Art Gallery under the will of the late Mr. J. H. Cbleman, of Hawke's Bay, whose death was announced yesterday.

The- pictures were selected some time ago by Mr. J. Barr when on a, visit to Hawke's Bay, whose notes on the collection are as follows:..

"Memories," by J. W. Godward. A large picture representing % Grecian woman standing in a contemplative mood before a marble wall. The drawing and painting are both good, the draping in classical costume of the figure, and the marble wall, being nicely done. "

"Roman Interior," by Luiga Barrain. Apparently - the work of an Italian artist. Its* Litereat is largely antiquarian, the kouse being of the classic period.

"Burnham Beeches," by W. Luker. A large canvas showing a part of the Buckinghamshire Forest with green trees and moss-covered ground.

"Russian Scene," by Josef Simorrovitz Monachaiof. A small picture of a Kussian scene in winter which gives the impression of faithfully representing the character of that country.

"The Tiger," by R. Friese. A very fin« animal study of a tiger which has just brought down its quarry.

"Puppies," by W. H. Todd. A small and charming picture of dogs, painted by a well-known animal painter who exhibited regularly at the ltoyal Academy, London.

"Wallingford on the Thames," by A. de Breanski. A pleasing landscape.

Included in the water colours are "The OM and the New Broadhenburv," by John White, and "Auckland in 1873," by J. C. Hbyte.

The etching is by tTul<?3 Jacquet, entitled "1807,"' a Frencli engraving. It is signed by both painter and etcher.