MONTH LY LETTER

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O.S.A. AT NEW YORK
Kenneth A# Greene, Consul-General for Canada in New York,
formally opened the Ontario Society of Artists exhibition held during the
first week of October in the American-British Gallery, New York. The display
includes the wcrk of 38 representative Canadian artists and sculptors, *
and on the opening day there were over 300 visitors • A picture by Jack
Bush was immediately sold, and the N f Y* Art Digest in its latest issue reproduced
two paintings from the exhibition «- a still life by Sydney Watson,
and a portrait by Grant Macdonald* Cleeve H o m e , President of the O*S*A f ,
was present at the opening and was much gratified by the reception accorded
the display • His n Study of a Ballerina 11 was included in the exhibition
President H o m e was the feature of an ABC television programme. This is
the first display of Canadian art in the U t S* since the Canadian Society of
Graphic Art in 1939 sent a display of work by 60 Canadian artists to the
World 1 s Fair in Flushing Meadows.
Members of the Arts and Letters Club who exhibited, in
addition to those already referred to, were Fred Brigden, Bertram Brooker,
A. J, Casson, Fred Finley, J* S # Hallam, P# Haworth, J# Martin, Rowley
Murphy, L. A* C f Panton, George Pepper, R* York Wilson*
ARTISTS
York Wilson has just returned from a four months visit
to Mexico. While there he did a lot of painting and we understand has a
very impressive collection of work as a result,
Nick Hornyansky*s color aquatint, Winter Silence, which
was shown on the Club walls last May, has been chosen as the honorary
members 1 print of the year by the Society of Canadian Painter-Etchers and
Engravers*
Fred Brigden is scheduled to speak on Canadian Art en
October 17th at Armour Heights School, Wilson Avenue, Tcronto f
The first exhibition of the season in Alumni Hall, Victoria
College, is that by A. J« Casson, President of the Royal Canadian Academy,
and includes a number of his latest landscapes*