The Shanghai Art Club is a modest institution. Tt holds its annual exhibitions with far less flourish of trumpets than the merits of those Gisplays deserve. It disdains travagant claims. Yet it always manages to secure the appreciation, of amateurs who make a point of studying members' confessions in oil, water colours, plastic art and the rest. This year the Exhibition is to the Ezra Building at 24 Kiangse Road. Tt opened on Sunday and it will continue for the space of a fortnight. In spite of counter-distractions, the frst day of the Exhibition was a great success. Con firming the review, many visitors were highly. delighted with the show. It has been said by artists of long-stand-Ing here thay the Club has reached a remarkably high standard which Jus {les its perseverance under many' diMiculties. In the course of the next fortnight it is hoped that everyone a te one make a point of visiting the Exhiblton for encouragement of the Club's efforts is surely the happiest tribute which can be offered to those. who, in this drear medley of ferry-conerete, mud and smoke, have managed 10 evolve graceful dreams. in colour and Tine. "The reproductions, in' Sun~ day's Magazine, of some of the pictures by photographs mainly this "journal's own staff plier were greatly apprecia ted by the Club, judging from reports reaching "this office. They Certainly Indicated that the Exbibltion will well repay a visit.
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