PRIVATE VIEW

Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 117, 20 May 1939, Page 18

PRIVATE VIEW

EXHIBITION OF PICTURES

LARGE GATHERING

The Autumn Exhibition of the New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts was opened last night at the Private View. Even without the prospect of seeing a collection of charming pictures a visit to the National Art Gallery would have been well worth while last night. It was such a beautifully clear, still night, and the magnificent building, presented a fine sight against the skyline, with its stately columns silhouetted against a background of light and the carillon, tower standing like a sentinel in the foreground. From the steps the view of the city lying in the hollow below was also entrancing. There was a sparkling brilliancy about the myriads of lights, and the greens and reds of the tall floodlit buildings gave extra beauty to the scene. Inside the building, as usual on these occasions, all was colour and light. Many very beautiful frocks and evening coats were worn, and were almost as interesting to see as the colourful pictures grouped on the walls. There was a far larger crowd than usual. Chairs were arranged at one ,end of the main gallery for the official opening, but there were not enough to accommodate all the guests. A large bowl of lovely hydrangeas; stood on the table at which the official party was seated. Mr. G. G. Gibbes Watson, president of the New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts, performed the opening ceremony and others in the official party were Mrs. Gibbes Watson, Sir Harry Batterbee, Miss Isabel Biggar, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Hunt, Mr. W. S. Wauchop, and Miss Hilda Kirkley, Mr and Mrs. Harry Atkinson, Mrs. T. D H. Hall, Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Hogg, Mr Eru Gore, Mr. A. D. Carbery, Dr. Robert Stout, and Mr. Nugent Welch. After the opening everyone wandered about inspecting the pictures, and later adjourned to the supper-room. Among those present were Mrs. Sprott, Mr. and Mrs. E. W. G. Coleridge, Mrs. A. L. Hempton and Miss Moya Hempton, Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Gray, Mrs. Seaton and Miss Mary Seatoh, Mrs. T. E. Y. Seddon, Dr. Charles Morice and Miss Morice, Lady Shirtcliffe, Mrs. David Aiken, Miss Elsmie Ward, Mrs. M. E. R. Tripe, Mrs. M. H. Chatfield, Mrs. R. Chatfield, Mr. and Mrs. Ross Gore, Mrs. Mawley. Miss Isla Bristow, Mrs. James Bennie and Mr. Malcolm Bennie, Mr. and Mrs. E. H. S. Miller, Mrs. A. McKay and Miss Maisie McKay, Mrs. Matthews, Miss E. Troup, Mrs. J. D. Plimmer, Miss Nelle Scanlan, Madame Bendall, Dr. and Mrs. E. G. Gibbs, Mr. and Mrs. Ned Pearce, Mr. and Mrs. T. Coleridge, Mr. and Mrs. Max Plimmer, Mr. Richard Andrew,. Miss Patsy . Ashbolt, Miss Valeric Norman, Mrs. Margaret Whitt. Mr. Griffin and Miss Tira Griffin, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Stevens, Mrs. Walter Blundell, Mr. and Mrs. Charles White, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Birch, Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Waghorn, Dr. and Mrs. W. R. B. Oliver, Mr. and Mrs. Kohn, Mr. F. H. Coventry (London), Mr. and Mrs. T. A. McCormack. Mr. and Mrs. Erskine Nicol, Mrs. K. ,C. McDougall, Miss Phyllis Ross, Miss Margaret Lorimer, Dr. and Mrs. Craig, Mrs. Howard Reid and Mrs. Dudley Reid, Mr. and Mrs. J. Burns, Mrs. P. Butts (Tauranga), Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Curtis, Madame Betts-Vincent, Mr. Charles H. Arndt, Miss Ina Bentley, Mrs. Meak, Miss Q. Hall, Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Johns, Mrs. Jacobs, Miss Joan Swan, Professor yon Zedlitz, Mr. and Mrs. B. S. Burns, Mrs. Edith Morris, Mrs. T. E. Corkill, Miss D. Davis, Miss Margaret Guy, Miss Dorothy Buck, Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Barraud, Dr. and Mrs. T. F. Corkill, Mr. John Holmwood, Mr. and Mrs. Night McCartney, Miss I. Cade, Mrs. Harold Ahearri, Mr. Alan Ahearn, Professor Rankine Brown, Mrs. Henry Hall, Miss E. Richardson, Miss Robertshawe, Mrs. E. M. Litchfield, Miss Phyllis FitzGerald, Mr. and Mrs. Gray Young, Dr. Duncan Stout, Mr, and Mrs. Karl Pailo, Miss S. King, Miss Burley, Miss Adrienne Beere, Mrs, Montgomery Spencer, Miss Babette Rogers (Palmerston North), Mr. arid Mrs. Anscombe and Miss Marjorie Anscombe,