From these facts and figares it will be realised that the art exhibition filled a certain neil in the of the Shanghai community. A certain amount of difficulty was ex-Perienced in. getting the knowledge, of the exhibition to the public, and' although it was advertised " and written up in the papers throughout the whole of its duration, many people have been heard to remark that they were ignorant of its existence. Tt may be remarked that, owing to the success with which the exhibition was meeting, it was decided to carry it on for three days longer than was originally intended. It is felt, however, that an exhibition of this kind should be kept open for at least-a month, in order to give everybody an opportunity to view the pictures thoroughly. Many people complained that there were too many pictures for them really to sce in one visit.
A certain amount of criticism has been levelled against the committee for not making a selection of the pictures exhibited, but it was felt that for the first exhibition, should have it exhibited, regardless of the qu After all, the exbition was to show the public the work that is being done in China.
Pally one-third of the exhibitors were Chinese who have taken up th> European style of art with considerable success. If a criticism may be made regarding their work, it is that their colours are some what too crude to please European patrons of art, which doubtless ie-counts for the fact that there were not more sales of their pictures. They have yet to learn alor in regard to the blending of colours, hough their workmanship and technique are particularly good.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.