WELLINGTON ART CLUB.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 793, 16 April 1910, Page 10

WELLINGTON ART CLUB.

A'genorarmeeting of the Wellington Art Ulub was held at the offico of the president on Thursday night, tho main question beforo tho meotmg being the taking of permanent premises for the club,- -.'.:■ . . - ■ -. ■..'.■,.■■■.■■.■■•■.; '■

Members of the Liedertafol, Shakespoaro Socioty. and kindred art associations'had been approached with a view to their joining; and so making the membership strong enough to warrant the club taking comfortable' premises in a central situation, and tho result was sufficiently encouraging, for. tho meeting : to : pass ia resolution authorising ' the committee to take club rooms. The committee,,,therefore have, taken: a 10-roompa'house at the top of Bowon Street, aiid will enter into immediate possession. -.A, snb-cqmmitteo was appointed to visit the 'premises and ar- ~ according to '.the needs' of 'the cliib.' It is hoped to, pro? vide a large studio, with smoking, reading, and. sittings rooms, and a largo room on the- ground floor will be Bet apart-'as ; a visitors' aiid tea room, .where members can' entertain' , their friends'. Thereis sufficient room at the back to enlargo the premises,' which doubtless will soon be necessary.' The little club, which is only a few montha old, is to be congratulated upon' the p'rogress it has made. -. Such', progress' would have been impossible but for the splendid co-operation and generosity of its niombers,' as very little' Kelp hasbeen received from outside. ' '.. " •' ":' "':

A visit to' Beadnell's"' Gallery, : the whole of ono : side, of which is'filled with the pictures subscribed to the art' union, is proof of this. With few exceptions the pictures ■ are much above tho average in quality, and many are of considerable value, all of them being gifts of the artist members. Barely £100 worth .of tickets have been sold, and as the drawing takes place very shortly, it, is evidont, unless a great many more tickets are disposed of, that the face value of the pictures will not be realised. An extra prize in the shape of a large o'anvas by Mr. Norman Welch is now exhibited in Mr.. BeadnoH's window, and serves as an advertisement of what may be seen in the gallery upstairs. As the gallery is open during the day, without any cnargo for admission, a great number of people are .availing themselves of the opportunity of seeing the and it is 1 hoped that this will result in more tickets lieing sold. ■'■'■ ' •■'■■'' •-. . ■'•■■

It-is hoped to make the .library of the club one of its principal features, and to provido the post literature obtainable on art, music, the drama, and kindred subjects. Here,- again, the proverbial generosity of tho artistic fraternity has evinced itself,- thoro boing a great many promises of valuable works, oither as gifts or loans to tho library, and also of pictures to adorn tho walls.