In the familiarly modest surround-ngs at 24 Central Road, the Shanghai Art Club opened its, annual exhiblton on Nov. 15, and unfit November, 30 Shanghai' wilt have the opportune ity of seeing what can be-done by, those fortunate folk who. by their Sifts, are enabled to look beyond the grim drabness of city lite and. put on record the colour. poetry, vivid hess, and true spirit of the dally feeney. The club has faithfully made this annual report on its stewardship yer since 1028, Tt deserves the warm. est, congratulation on an exhibition, which displays.a marked sidvanee on Previous achievements and proves that Shanghai artists include men and women who can do mote than just use brush and pencil to vindicate their possession of drawing-room accomplishments, The exhibitors necessarily show a marked divergence in attainment. but even the. novices can be said. to Justify hopes which have been $0, abundantly fulfiied in the work of some of their more experienced col-Jeagues. The frst day was well at-fended; Shanghai "will make a. sod if It falls to give the exhibition full patrona round the galleries. The executive responsible comprises:—President: Mf.
Monnier; Vice-Presidents: Mr, 7M. E. Sigaut; Hon, Ser, Mrs. B.A, Robertson: Hon. Treas. itr. C.
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