At NATIONAL GALLERY

Dominion, Volume 32, Issue 148, 18 March 1939, Page 6

At NATIONAL GALLERY

Art Lovers Attend Opening Of Carnegie Collection

In the spacious and pleasant surroundings i» the National Art Gallery, Buckle Street, last night, lovers of art in Wellington gathered to view the collection of facsimile reproductions of paintings presented by . the Carnegie Corporation of New York. The occasion was the official opening. invitations have been issued by the board of trustees. Professor T. A. Hunter, who was to have given the opening address, was prevented from attending, Professor \\. H. Goulet taking his place. On the stage during the opening ceremony were Professor and Mrs. W. H. Gould, Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Ewen, Mr. and Mrs. T. D. 11. Hall, Mr. A. D. Carbery, Mr. G. Gibbs Watson, Mr. Eru Gore. Among those present were Mrs. P. Fraser, Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Hogg. Mr. W. S. Wauehop and Miss Kirkby, Mrs. A. L. Hempton and Miss Moya Hempton, Mrs. J. Bennie and Mr. Malcolm Bennie, Mr. P. Robertson, Mr. A. J. McCurdie, Mr. J. Glover, Mr. and Mrs. J. Ellis, Mrs. David Aitken, Mr. and Mrs. Humphrey O'Leary, Mr. and Mrs. E. T. Spidy, Dr. and Mrs. C. E. Adams, Mr. and Mrs. A. Cowles, Miss Beere and Miss Joan Beere, Mr. Sydney Thompson (Christchurch), Mrs. K. McDougall and Miss A. McDougall (Dunedin), Miss D. Davis, Mrs. George Bassant, Mrs. P. Benham, Sir James Elliott, Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Sievwrlght, Mr. and Mrs. F H. Bass, Dr. and Mrs. P. Marshall, Mr. and Mrs. T. D. H. Hall, Rev. and Mrs. Newall, Mrs. F. M. Seatoun and Miss Mary Seatoun, Mr. and Mrs. F. Vosseler, Miss Gregg, Mr. M. F. Luckie, Mrs. E. Puttick and Miss Puttick, Dr. and Mrs. Craig, Herr E. Ramm, Miss Elspeth Barton, Mrs. Henry Hall, Dr. and Mrs. John Mercer, Dr. Gordon Anderson, Mrs. T. Young, Mr. Angus Gray, Miss Molly Brewer, Miss Betty Rhlnd, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Atkinson, Miss Elmsie Ward, Mr. T. E. Y. Seddon. Mr. and Mrs. H. Brown, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Ellis, Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Hogg, Dr. Robert Stout, Mr. and Mrs. Roland Hipkins, Mr. and Mrs. E. W. G. Coleridge.

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