N.Z. ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 306, 14 September 1918, Page 8

N.Z. ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS

ANNUAL EXHIBITION. Artists gud members of the Academy are notified that tho annual exhibition i;i postponed for one week. The dates now fixed for fjhe. exhibition are October o to 19 (inclusive). Ikceiving days for artists' Works are put forward to 'September 24 and 25. (subscribing and artist members and their friends will be accorded a private view on the evening of Friday, October 4. There are many indications that the exhibition of 1918 will be a memorable one. Achieve- 1 ment and victory have acted as a tonio and spur to action, both psychological and physiological, and the quickening impulses have permeated tho studios. In no former year of the Academy's activities lias there been promised so much largo and important work for an annual.show. From Australian studios thirty-nine paintings and etchings have come to.hand. AM to crown achievement several magnificent paintings by artists of world renown are being specially loaned to the Academy Council for the .coming exhibition. Sir Henry liaeburn, Ji.A., the famous Scottish academician, whose splendid portrait, of Ca'ptoin' Crawford, 8.N., was shown in the exhibition of 1916, will this year be represented by a fiuelywroHght canvas iu the possession. of Mr. James Holmes, of tliis city. Art lovers and artists also will be;afforded an opportunity of seeing a fine example of the work of, J. M. W. Turner, R.A., the famous English artist, in whose defence lluskin silenced forever the unjust criticism levelled at tho painter. Not until Turner's day was wateroolonr handled so effectively or so fluently, and it is questionable whether any work in this medium since baa touched tho achievements of this master. The picturo is being loaned from the private collection of Colonel Purdy, Director of Medical Services. The well-known Dutch artist, Van dor Velden, who spent the closing years of his life in interpreting the subtleties or flight an 3 atmosphere in New Zealand, will be represented by three paintings from tho collection ' of Mr. Herbert Barr, of tho Department of Tourist and Health Eesorts. The generous action of the geutlemeirwlio are loaning their art possessions will have, the appreciation of all. Tho distribution of prizes in the members' art union will be made as usual on the opening dato. Those desirous of joining tho Academy are invited to communicate with tho secretary (Mr. J. M'Donald), c/o tho Dominion Museum, Wellington.