The Archive · 1938

War Paintings Show at Japanese Club

Studies of Local Hostilities Placed on View More than 100 oil paintings and water colour studies of battlefield scenes around Shanghai, Nanking, Soochow ' and other cities were exhibited ay the Japanese Club from 9 to 5 o'clock yesterday.

Exhibition of the pictures, which were painted by Mr. Toshi Shimi of the Dokuritsu Bijutsu Tenrankei (Independent Art Association), began on Saturday morning, Mr. Shimizu, an elder brother of "Mr. Tozo Shimizu, Secretary of the Japanese Embassy, came to Shanghai at the beginning of hostilities and accompanied the Japanese Army and Navy forces to the fronts, The display was held under the auspices of the press sections of the Japanese Army and Navy forces in this area, the "Shanghai United News" reported.

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