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Exhibitions

ANCOUVER has been very lucky in its art exhibitions during the past

year. In August a travelling exhibit from The Metropolitan Museum of

Art of New York was here during Exhibition week and proved a veritable
feast to all lovers of art. In the collection were pictures by famous artists
of various schools. In The British section Reynolds, Raeburn and Hoppner
were represented, and in the French, Dutch and American schools were
examples of the work of Greuze, Bastien-Lepage, Harpignies, Anton Mauve,
Josef Israels, Leon Dabo, Will H. Low, W. M. Chase, Tryon and Wyant.
These pictures afforded lovers of art the opportunity of seeing pictures they
might never have seen, and I am sure the exhibition is remembered by a very
appreciative public.

Our gifted Director, Charles H. Scott, held a successful one-man show
in November, which included etchings, water-colors, pastels and one or
two oils. He proved himself master of the various media, but in the general
consensus of opinion it was considered that he found his highest expression
in his etching. We are very pleased to congratulate him on having been
“awarded special honorable mention for work exhibited in the etching section
of The Canadian Society of Graphic Art, Toronto. Mr. Scott’s exhibit
consisted of four etchings, made on a recent visit to Europe. This honor has
been awarded in only four instances throughout the various classifications,
two in Toronto, one in Winnipeg, and Mr. Scott’s in Vancouver”.

At James Leyland’s Fine Art Gallery there have been two exhibitions of
interest, one from The Carrol Galleries and the other from The Cooling
Galleries, both of London. Each contained a representative collection of old
and modern paintings and water colors by English and European masters,
including Clausen, Olsson, Munnings, Brangwy, James Maris, Blommers, Con-
stable and Velasquez.

The gallery of the B. C. Art League has been completely renovated, and
the pictures are now shown to much greater advantage than betore, “At
present there is a loan collection on view, consisting of oils, water colors,
pastels, etchings, pencil sketches and prints, a great many of which we hope
to have in the new Art Gallery that is soon to become a reality through. the
generosity of Mr. Stone and other public-spirited citizens.

The Vanderpant Galleries—a recent acquisition to Vancouver—opened with
a beautiful collection of pictures, and notable etchings by Whistler, Seymour,
Haden, Corot, Millet, Matthew Maris and Legros. A number of oils pastels and
water colors are on view, and a superb collection of artistic photographs the work
of H. Mortimer Lamb and J. Vanderpant, both of this city, who have received
high awards in this branch of art, and attained international recognition.