The Work of Miss MacCurdy Shown The exhibition under the auspices of the Art Section of the British Women's Association, of paintings, oil and water colour, and pastel drawings by Miss Hattie R. Mac-Curdy was opened on Thursday.
There are nearly 100 exhibits, the seenes of most of them lying in China where Miss MacCurdy has spent 15 years in missionary work. A few show different views. in Canada, for Miss CacCurdy is a Canadian by birth, and one or two have their subjects in Palestine, where Miss MacCurdy worked for a year, and in Vienna and other places visited before coming to China. There are also several dealing with Japan and in some of these the effect of mist, notably in "The Fairly Glen at Unzen" and two others hung by it is particularly attractive.
Among the pictures of China most deal with temples and trees, 1 favourite subject with the painter and one in which her remarkable skill in the portrayal of Tight and shade and her wonderful feeling for colour ix displayed to its fullest. Trai Shan with its wonderful road of step, 40 Li long, leading to the mountain-top, provides the subject for several scenes. And Tsingtao harbour and Jessfield Park are used in pictures that are reatlily recognized by anyone who has visited the two.
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