SALE OF PAINTINGS

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 303, 1 February 1910, Page 7

SALE OF PAINTINGS

i The public yi' ,\cii i j w;;ou.il will !.e ! given another opoormnii.;. 10-morr.iiv ' aiiernoon oi puivaa-.u^ ' . paintings from ih;; brush oi Mr. 11. iY. i Kirkwood, whose skilful treatment of . ' New Zealand scenery has given him an ! enviable reputation. A feature of i!u' ; collection, now on view at Me-srs W-j!c ; ster Bros.' mart, is ins'. iivuriy every | picture deals with o„ own native I scenery, vuom- scarcely be ' surpassed. Til- law • -aavas, which 1 occupies a ee::'.: . _> > I:: the group, present Dusky Njiiuil, sun-tipped foliage I and the relleetions in a transiucent fiord ; being cleverly painted features. ''Lake ; Manapouri" i.s another very beautiful j scene. "Clouds lifting after rain'' if- a study aiong! u..<ereut lines. and -till further diversified subjects are "The j Beach, IKew Plymouth/' showing the 'Sugarloaves in the distance, and the seascape, "Roeks, Cheat Barrier Island." Rurai beauty liuds expression in a small canvas catalogued as 'ifutt Valley,Wel- ' lington." Mount ligmont w the central feature in two scenes, one of which is 1 a very fine picture of the mountain i taken from the Old Hospital road. "Mount Rolleston" likewise figures on two pictures, (he dazzling whiteness of the < ; no« f , the grand rock seeiurv, and the foreground of native bush and stream making very effective grouping. Thirty-five pictures are catalogued. The subjects, as indicated above, are varied, and as every picture may oo seed to contain Mr. Kirkwood's best effort, there i-hould ho a good attendance. and spirited competition. The sale commences at 2 o'olo-k.