AN ART SHOW.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 734, 5 February 1910, Page 3

AN ART SHOW.

PICTURES BY : PERRETT ANB' 'r ' '■•■.-,■::.,... •':..-jOTHERS. .;'■'■.,. : ,;;.., _*V' .";-..- (By "Sylvius.")'. '-;■/. Art lovers,will be'afforded;!anexcellent opportunity of adding to "collections; through the medium • of, the sale of paintings, pastels, and sketches to beheld.ljr •Messrs. T.'' K.. ,Macdonald' and .C 0.,.: on Tuesday afternoon>■ next,; at 2.30 o'clock";. The pictures which now brighten .the walls of;the firm's big anction mart,on'Lambton Quay, are a fine lot. The predominating feature of. the show—is is really an'art exhibition in miniature—is the finecollec-: tiou of paslels by Mr. J. Douglas. Perrett, of, Auckland,-whoso work is well and favourably known in. Wellington. ■ Mr. Perrett has recently returned, from a sketching lour of the Cold Lakes'.' "and '•■ West Coast. Sounds, and his, tour can almost' be"-traced in the, scenic pastels thai bedeck the walls of the mart.: He was; a passenger" on "the ill-fated Waikare,, whenske.,was.wrecked at Dusky,Sound,.arid had the misfortune to lose a number of his sketches.'but such'is the-scope for the artist iri western arid upland Otago .that Mr. ! Perrett could, not fail to secure many delightful bits, of lake, mountain, and fiord, scenery,' which have been transferred .to the, canvas (idealised, perhaps, a' little). "by 'Hi'.' Perrett,- but nicely reminiscent .'of .nature, in her. .tenderest moods.'- '.:;,

One. of the most, likeable canvases (49) is ."Reflections,. Dart' Valley," which is a fine broad conception of a river-washed valley:narrowing into a range.'of isharppeaked mountains still eapped-'with winter's glory'.' The light conies'.from behind tUo" kills and throws woiidrous opalescent shadows, athwart the''water.;' The pastel is in;.Perretfs best style,-and should,easily find a'buyer';' Another'fine.'pastel is (36) '.'-Tit'. Coofc:from iL'ake' Pukaki," a -study' ; ■n varying violet shades, with the soaring ridge of Mount Cook throwing an .encompassing .shadow, across, the lake.. -A: picture into which.the artist has thrown; much* delicate feeling., is "The'- Roseate' Hues of Early Morn"—a hushed.countryside. 1 with the clean-winged dawn stealling, .rosily: from:: behind. ■ '. One; ( ,ofn..tha. most-'desirable'of the. smaller/pastels:., is (37) "Gearing After -Rain,/;Wet'Jackef Arm," ia well-balanced picture .with'the flaming-flowered rata on the one side, and across..the sound, the eternal, mountains veiled in clinging; mists; .-'Evening, Mil-, ford Sound," is another gem—a placid' lake-like scene,, all * ■ violets .and purples with the:atmospheric charm of eventide. In quite, another vein are a couple wbf, sketches in, oils' : of ■■ Island, : ; Bay—lively blue sea,"breaking.into.white over jagged; rocks, that snarl, in; the "ocean's smother. There is life and;movement .in /-these - sketches indicate "a "pleasing 1 diversity.of style. ' "The Red.Roofs: of'Wei-/ lington" :is-d'rio.ther' little sketch of:a. bit/ of our harbour, showing .beyond ;roofs'->a little, too/glowing: -in. their: redness. "Evening, Lake Te -Anau,".' "Lake. -Ada," and : "Ohinemutu,. Rotorua,".. and•' ...the famous "Drop Scene, Wangaiiui RiverV are all. pastels. with the. same>"'delightful feeling individualises, all-Mr. .-Per-: rett's clever work; V ■•-.-;. y :->;'/'■■■,-;■;;.-.-.

. There are other -artists: 'represented ..in the little /show, at; Macdonald: and. Co.'.s: "rooms.' It'was yrith ! pleased .surprise that'' I noticed,'a. sketch,by Nerli,, the-Italian artist, :who .was in-Sydney for;some time,: and - paid a. visit to'. New Zealand^ ■■..-- The sketch is, that of 'a.-girl 'in pink, "taking"', her', dolce ' far.' niente ; . >vith : delightful abandon. By a happy inspiration-,Mr. ■ •Perrett. hasi placed, beside: the -sketch:-.a.- ' photograph of Nerli's"painting -of -Robert Louis' Stevenson,' painted' during a'visit: the artist .paid..to -.'Apia' (Samoa).; The Dairiting.v. was .exhibited - for:' sale by.Nerli'.'in.'.Wellington, and:was'.bought, for about 40 guineas by Mrs:, Turnbull/ of/Edinburgh. '.Accompanying', the' : pbr-. trait is a-photographed copy of the lines Stevenson", wrote' about",Nerli "during 'the latter's:,visit : to- the; ":rio'velisfs :.island.honie. :The lines read—". - --;.:.-.:..:.:...:.;.

Did: ever ..mortal, man; hear' tell-'.of." sae .< singular a' ferlie'.::,: .',"r\.1:r:.1,.:,\ ' , As. the coming -to-Apia'here of-the'painter. :•' Mr.".Nerli?.-:...;'■:-..''• '•:-/;.:■.- -"

He 'Cam;' and.o. .far.-a nunner- pound,--of •>:<';&' he -Wis thepearlic, .; .;.■••'?■«." p The . pearl of ' a',. !th6>'.!pairifcr .folk 1 , was "-.surely.- Mr. .- NerlirT. • ■•■ -.■?:-•• —™' He..took;'■ .'a-i'.thraw-vAoa paint >mysel'.iAs .••-painted: Hate and early:- '.'•'.' ■■• "■■•■ ■■, 0 wowl the mony a yawn I've yawned in ',s>:.tte beard of Mr. .Ncrli! ':'j-'i :7y '•''.{;. Whiles -I-/would' sleep- : 'an'l'whiles Vvronld ..wake, an'- whiles' was- niair than surly. I- wondered sair. as.l- sat '.there,. f ornenst ".j'.-,.thc v cyeS'!'of Nerli: •.-'-. ;..'--•' :■•■■■:■. :. ■{• ■ '0, will he paint me the wayM'-want as --•■bonny ; as a; girlie, • . .... Or wi'.bhd' piint an' uEly tyke, and'b» ■■■:-> damned to: Jli-. : Kerlil", .-.■.'> ■.'--. i:' But still and-on and-whichever it,is, hcia ■ ■ a, canty Kcrlie! : ! ■-.'.. -'.- ; i :'■■*. ■,'., ,■ .-. The "Lord- protwk. the back and-neck !of ' ... honest; Mr. -Jferlia', ..,.'.. ■ !.- :.t.Among:other paintings -for.'sale"is!, a -very, fine one in'. oils-by:S! %: J;! Hicks, 'as English,'artist, entitled "Cloud, and. Stmplane' - and 'misty- mountain scene .in Wales or. Scotland. ■ There is a: delightful . sketch—a /corner.. of .Nerli's.vstudib— by. E.- .Atkinson/,, an -English : '.artist iatj great talent, who died in Dunedin some twenty years,ago.'. ,His bold mastery:of colour,- :and, the grouping of trifles - for' effect,., is evident -even in ; this".-trifling sketch:- -There are a- number of. sketches of bright promise by Mullen, an Ans-: itralian artist, and two paintings by an .Enßlishmai > ..r.-Vale.'..-'. -';;■: ■>■'?. - •-

..-.There will .he a gaslight; display of the pictures ,on Monday evening.' They .will .'.-' also .be.,oir show during the day-'time', up" till sale time" on Tuesday.- -; -..' -.!