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Canterbury Society of Arts Autumn Exhibition -But i Canterbury Society of Arts Autumn Exhibition 12th April - t6th May 19 61 The Canterbury Society of Arts [Inc] 81st Annual Exhibition of New Zealand Art Opened by Prof. Vernon Griffiths, Dean of the Faculty of Music and Fine Arts on Wednesday, April 12th 1961. PATRON HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL THE Rt. HONOURABLE VISCOUNT COBHAM, G.C.M.G. PRESIDENT G. T. C. SANDSTON, M.B.E., LL.M. VICE-PRESIDENTS H. G. HELMORE, M.B.E., FRANK GROSS ERIC J. DOUDNEY, F.R.B.S. PAUL PASCOE A.R.I.B.A. RONA FLEMING. COUNCIL IVY G. FIFE, D.F.A. (N.z.) STEWART MINSON, A.R.I.B.A. JOHN OAKLEY, DIP. F.A. DORlS LUSK F. MILES WARREN, A.R.I.B.A., DIP. ARCH. OLIVIA SPENCER BOWER QUENTIN MACFARLANE, DIP. F.A. (HONS.) PROF. H. J. SIMPSON HON. TREASURER D. B. WILKJE SECRETARY-TREASURER ANDRE BROOKE HON. AUDITOR B. F. BICKNELL, F.P.A.N.Z., F.I.A.N.Z. HON. SOLICITORS Messrs. WILDING, PERRY & ACLAND FOREWORD a The Annual Autumn Exhibition this year has attracted a greater number of exhibitors, with a wider variety of work than in recent years. You will find that many of the paintings re­ present the more contemporary conception of art. We are anxious to introduce you to the work of these young New Zealand artists, and while you may perhaps find some of them difficult to follow, we think you will find many of them exciting, colourful, and vigorous. During the last hundred years, the great French painters Cezanne, Gauguin, Renoir, and later the English painters and sculptors Sutherland, Nash, and Henry Moore, to mention a few, have broken away from the traditional methods of ex­ pression, and the work of artists has become more individual. To many of the foremost thinkers today it is only when art is individual, that it is acceptable as art. The mere realistic reproduction of our surroundings is no longer recognised as an artistic achievement unless the essential characteristic of the surroundings has been absorbed by the artist and interpreted through his individual feelings and tem­ perament. Consequently we cannot compare one artist's work with another. The viewer has to see and judge for himself each artist's work independantly with no other guidance but his own taste and knowledge. We ask you to bear this in mind when looking at pictures which may not at first be readily acceptable. New ideas in art take time and tolerance before they can be appreciated and enjoyed, but that appreciation and enjoyment can be enriching and stimulating experiences. Life Members BIGGINS, Mrs M. THOMPSON, Sydney L., O.B.E. BAVERSTOCK, W. S. Members ACLAND, Lady BICKNELL, B. F. CORCORAN, Mrs E. J. ACLAND, Simon BIGG-WITHER, Miss B. CORDERY, Dr. L. H. ACROYD, Mrs N. BLACKWELL, Mrs F. W. COTTER, Mrs W. M. ADAMS, Mrs E. A. BLACKWELL, H. H. COTTERILL, Mrs H. G. AGAR, Mrs C. P. BLAXALL, P. N. G. COTTRELL, Mrs A. I. AIKEN, Dr. Melville H. BLUNDEN, Rex COTTERILL, L. D. AITCHISON, R, R. K. BOAG, Miss G. I. COTTON, Miss P. M. AITKEN, A. C. BONE, Miss D. COULL, Mrs Gordon AITKEN. Mrs G. G. BOWATER, Mrs N. E. COURAGE, Mrs F. H. ALLEN, G. F., M.B.E. BOWIE, Edgar S. COWEY, Donald A. ALLISON, A. K. BOYD-CLARK, John CRACROFT-WILSON. ALLISON, Dr. H. K. BOYD-CLARK, Mrs John Mrs G. R. ALLISON, J. J. BOYD-WILSON, Mrs E. CRAIG, Mrs A. E. BOYLE, Miss Phyllis CRANE, D. R. ANDERSON, O. L. BRADSHAW, Mrs M. A. ANDERSON, Mrs Cecil CRANFIELD, R. H. BRAKE, Mrs H. CRAWFORD, A. B. ANDERSON, Mrs Gerald BRASSINGTON, A. C. ANDERSON, Miss M. M. CBAWSHAW, Mrs F. H. BRETHERTON, J. A. CREGOE, J. P. ANDREWS, Mrs I. F. BOYD, Alan ARCHER, Mrs P. E. CREGOE, Miss M. C. H. BREWER, G. A. CRITCHLEY, T. S. ARCHER, Judge K. G. BRIANT, Miss B. J. CROPP, Mrs A. L. ARCHIBALD, Mrs F. G. BROADBENT, Mrs Ross CROSIER, Mrs S. ARKLE, Mrs A. BROCKETT, Dr. W. H. CROTHALL, E. A. ARMSTRONG, Miss E. BROWN, Mrs Olive CROUCHER, Louise AUSTIN, Mrs Ken BROWN, Mrs Moira CUMMERFORD, Mrs M. AUSTIN, L. N. BREMNER, Walton CUNINGHAM, Mrs J. R. AUSTIN, Peter B. BRISTED, Mrs F. G. CUNINGHAM, W. G. P. AVERILL, Dr. L. C. L. BRUCE, G. CUTLER, P. J. BRUCE, Mrs G. DALY, Mrs N. BACON, C. L. BUCHAN, Dr & Mrs DAMPIER-CROSSLEY, BAIN, Stuart D. BUCHANAN, D. A. BAKER, Mrs Owen BUCHANAN, Miss Helen Mrs H. BALLANTYNE, Ken BUCHANAN, Mrs I. DARROCH, J. W. BALLANTYNE, R. H. BUCKHURST, W. H. B., DARWIN, Mrs L. J. BANKS, Mrs Arthur C B E DAVIDSON, Mrs E. B. BARKE, James R. DAVIDSON, Dr. J. Keith BARKER, Mrs Harold BUNT, Mrs W. J. M. ' DAVIE. F. L. BARNETT, Mrs D. J. BURDON, Cotsford DAVIES, Claude H. BARNETT, Mrs Geoffrey BURROWS, Brig. J. T. DAVIS, Mrs J. W. BARRELL, C. D. C.B.E., D.S.O. DAVISON, L. G. BURROWS, Mrs N. DAWBER. Bruce BARRELL, W. H. DAWSON, Mrs B. C. BARRETT, Dr. C. R. BUSCH, Miss Eliz. BUSSELL, H. R. DAWSON, Dr. J. R. BARRETT, Mrs A. DEAL, Mrs W. R. BARRON, Bruce DEAL. Mrs L. BARRY, Miss J. E. CAMERON, Miss Phyllis DEANS, Mrs Alister BASSETT, Miss Marjorie CAMM, Mrs E. C. DEANS, Mrs A. A. BATES, Mrs David CAMPBELL, Dr. A. J. DEANS, D. M. A. BATES, Mrs N. CANNON, T. P. De LAUTOUR, Mrs M. E. BATHGATE, Mrs John CANTERBURY REPER­ DENDLE, Mrs M. E. BEADEL, Mrs G. R. P. TORY THEATRE DENNISTOUN, Mrs G. H. BEAUCHAMP, R. R. SOCIETY DENHAM, Mrs J. C. BEAVEN, Eric T. CAREY, Mrs W. R. DENTON, Mrs S. D. BEAVEN, Mrs E. R. CARR, Mrs M. M. DICKENS, Mrs M. J. BEAVEN, Mrs Eric T. CARSON, P. S. DICKSON, Mrs D. McK. BEAVEN, Dr. D. W. CARTER, Miss U. M. DOAK. Mrs Valmai BEAVEN, M. W. CAVELL, Mrs A. H. DOBSON, Dr D. J. BEAVEN, P. J. CHAPMAN, Mrs J. M. DOIDGE, O. J. BEETHAM, Mrs M. S. CHAPMAN-COHEN, Mrs DOIDGE, Mrs Isobel BELCHER, N. R. A. D. DONNITHORNE, D. E. BELL, A. T. CHARLTON, J. A. DOWNS, Miss E. A. BELL, R. Renton CHRISTIE, Mrs P. M. DRAPER, Mrs C. N. BELWORTHY, C. G. CLARK, Dr. G. L. DRAYTON, Miss Esta BENNET, Mrs N. CLARK, W. E. DUNBAR, P. D. BENNETT, Dr. F. O.. CLARK-HALL, Air DUNN, C. W. H. Marshal Sir Robert DUNN, G. J. O B E DUNSTER, Mrs B. M. BENNETT, L. A. CLELAND, Mrs W. M. BENNETTS, I. D. CLEMENS, Mrs M. I. BENT, Mrs M. G. CONNAL, G. A. G. DE LA BERE, J. COLLINS, John K. EATON, Miss B. E. BESANT, Mrs A. C. COOK, Mrs H. E. EDRIDGE, Miss E. BEST, Mrs L. M. COOP, Mrs W. S. EDRIDGE, Mrs M. E. EDWARDS. Miss Doris HALL, Mrs T. M. HUNTER, M. S. ELSOM, W. S. HALLIBURTON, Mrs HUTCHINSON, P. M. EMMETT, Mrs D. E. A. J. HUTTON, D. R. EMPSON, Miss E. F. HALLIDAY, Miss Hazel HYDE, F. J. FALCK, Mrs Geoffrey HALLIDAY, W. J. HUTTON, Mrs R. M. FALVEY. W. B. HAMANN, C. W. HYSLOP, Mrs L. FARDELL, J. F. HAMILTON, Geoffrey FEAVER, Miss D. HAMILTON, Mrs J. E. ISAAC, Mrs D. FELL, Mrs Richmond HAMILTON, R. H. T. IGGO, H. E. FENDALL, Miss K. HAMMOND, R. H. INKSTER, R. M. FENNER, E. A. HAMPTON, Mrs C. E. INKSTER, W. H. FERGUSON, Mrs A. M. HANSEN, Dr. D. E. IVERSEN, Mrs A. F. FERGUSON, Mrs J. S. C.M.G. FERNIE, Mrs W. G. V. HARBOTT, A. M. FERRIER, Miss Judith HARCOURT, Miss L. J. JAMESON, Mrs Ronald FINDLAY, Mrs R. HARCOURT, Mrs W. M. JAMIESON, Mrs John A. FISHER, H. H. HARDIE, N. A. JAMIESON, Mrs R. C. FITTS, Alan H. HARDING, Mrs M. B. JENKINS, G. F. FLETCHER, John HARGRAVES, Mrs D. JENNINGS, Dr. H. T. FLETCHER, Mrs John HARKNESS, Miss I. D. JINMAN, Mrs C. M. FLEMING, Miss G. M. HARLEY, Mrs Oliver JOBBERNS, Professor G. FLEMING, B. Ch. HARMAN, A. D. JOHNSON, Mrs D. E. FLOWER, Mrs A. G. HARPER, Dr.A. G. JOHNSTONE, Miss M. S. FOATE, A. H. HARPER, Mrs C. JONES, Miss P. R. FORBES, Miss Bertha HARRIS, Mrs S. C. JOLCE, Mrs S. J. FOMISON. A. L. HARRISON, R. J. JUST, Mrs A. V. FOLEY, Mrs A. F. JUSTICE, E. A. FORRESTER, Mrs E. M. HART-SMITH, W. FOSTER, P. S., C.M.G. HATRICK-SMITH, Mrs I. FOWLER, Murray HAWKINS, Miss I M. KALDOR, E. FOWLER, Mrs B. E. HAY. Dr. D. R. KEELL, A. C. FAIRWEATHER, HAY, H. G. KELLEHER, Mrs P. E. HAY, Mrs J. B. KER, Mrs T. H. HAY, J. L., O.B.E. KESTEVEN, Miss M. G. Mrs G. W. HAYWOOD, J. S. KNIGHTS, Canon FRASER, Mrs D. HE AN, V. R. J. FRASER, Mrs J. W. H. J. W. HEATH, G. H. KNIGHTS. Pauline FULTON, Mrs Gordon HEATH, Dr. P. A. M. FULTON, Miss Joan ROLLER, Mrs A. McA. HEATH, Mrs P. A. M. KRAL. Dr. F. HEBLEY, I. K. GALE, F. H. D. HELMORE, Mrs F. W. GARTON, R. HELMORE, H. G., M.B.E. LADD, Miss B. G. GIBB, Miss M. Menzies HENDERSON, Mrs L. LAIDLAW, Mrs D. J. GIBBON, Mrs M. H. HENDRY, John A. LAKE Mrs G. A. GIBSON, T. F. M. HENNING-HANSEN. H. LANGFORD, Miss D. F. GIBSON, Mrs T. F. M. HEPBURN, C. M. J. LASCELLES, Miss P. G. GILBERT, Mrs F. W. HEPBURN, L.
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