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A recent annual report of the Art Gallery of Toronto reveals the activities of this prominent
art centre serving as a democratic institution in various ways. Included in its work has been a considerable number of valuable accessions to the permanent collection of the gallery during the past year. Among the acquisitions was "Guyasdoms D'Sonoqua" by Emily Carr, Victoria. This oil painting on canvas was executed around 1927 and depicts a large painted wooden effigy of the west coast Indians. The main figure is treated fairly realistically, with much more arbitrary, almost cubistic, handling of surrounding scenery. This picture of D'Sonoqua, or Wild Woman of the Woods, is familiar to many through reproduction in Miss Carr's book, "Klee Wyck," and also in the New World Magazine. Recently three drawings by Molly Lamb, Vancouver, were acquired. Other painters whose pictures hav been purchased include F.H. Varley, with his large oil entitled "Dharana," and Arthur Lismer with "Derelict Pier." The Toronto Art Gallery, owing to its fortunate financial position as recipient of gifts and bequests, not only can make these annual acquisitions but does excellent work as circulating centre for exhibitions in its province. In co-operation with the Museum of Modern Art, New York, it is planning a series of outstanding shows to be distributed amony many organizations including active service clubs. Postcards Popular Postcards and larger reproductions in color of work by Canadian painters are apparently popular with visitors to the Vancouver Art Gallery. Since the arrival a year ago of a batch of these prints from the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, over 3800 copies have been sold and in many cases afterwards framed by the purchasers. This lively interest in Canadian art, also shared by many American visitors, is significant. The most popular reproductions of paintings by the once much-abused Group of Seven include Tom Thomson's blue and gold "Spring Ice," Varley's "Stormy Weather, Georgian Bay," and Lawren Harris' "Snow No. 2." The originals of most of the paintings reproduced are in the National Gallery or the Art Gallery of Toronto. In Seattle A representative collection of 25 oil paintings by Emily Carr, including recent exhibits at the Art Gallery, will be shown August 26-October 3 at the Seattle Art Museum. Other pictures by Miss Carr and loaned by Ira Dilworth, Lawren Harris, Mrs. J.P. Fell, and Dr. Joyce Hallamore will also be shown. The noted Victoria artist's work has been specially invited by Dr. Richard E. Fuller, president and director of Seattle's handsome gallery. The pictures will be shown in conjunction with a display of Canadian paintings organized by the Addison Gallery, Andover. Current Exhibition In a current exhibition at the Art Gallery, Beryl Cochran of Quathiaski Cove, is showing a series of brightly colored and luminous compositions of California. The oil paintings, without displaying any original viewpoint, are harmonious in color and well executed technically. A number of the exhibits were painted around Carmel and Monterey, places well known to many artists and other Vancouver visitors to California. The picture of "Twisted Pines and Dunes" on the beach at Carmel is fresh in feeling and colorful in its depiction of windswept trees against a typical, placid, blue-green sea and distant purple clouds on the horizon. A still-life "Callas Lilies" reveals good spacing and pleasing rhythm in a decorative composition. A painting of the famous "Point Lobos" recalls in its gay and vibrant blue scenes of the Mediterrean. |