SKETCH EXHIBITION

New Zealand Times, Volume XLIV, Issue 10273, 7 May 1919, Page 8

SKETCH EXHIBITION

ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS. Those who have followed the history o f the. Academy and its . Art . Gallerv from the days when the first exhibition was held in SeDtember, ISS9, -co recent years when active steps were taken to enlarge and increaso the usefulness <>i the gallery to the ' public—will" realise how much has been accomplished. l''o: thirty years members and artists have wiorked to forge links between the academy and- the • public to make art omnipreeent as it should be in the rational life, and as it has been in the highest' civilisations of the past. -he problems ever present in the minds of the academy's workers has been how to get their ideals shared in the .larger world—how to get into closer relationship with the community. The range % the points of contact between tL. ■ A.oadeiny, its artist ' members, and th people, is wider to-day than it has ever been, and the illustration of this faci may he seen by all in the very excellent exhibition now being held at the Art. Gallery. One of the most important <jbof an exhibition such as the cne now being held is hi bring pictures -that ure works of art within the purchastnj; power of the people, and it is evident from the interest that is being taken tutl th* number of pictures nlready sold that this end is being accomplished. While While the pictures are on the walls tho opportunity of seeing them should not le missed. The Art Gallery is open ■ from 10 a.m.' to 5.30 p.m., and in the evening from 7.80 to 9.30 o'clock. Tickets in the art union to be drawn on Saturday iuv included in the admission chargo