moval of the ancient Archives of Montreal (from 1542 on) to Quebec. The British Columbia Historical Association continued to function healthily during 1926, with Hon. William Sloan, Provincial Secretary, as President, and Harold T. Nation as Secretary, and reported the unveiling of a monument at Walbran on Gonzales Mountain to commemorate the exploration of the strait of Juan de Fuca. The revived Manitoba Historical Society was addressed by Dr. C. N. Bell, during the year. The Niagara Historical Society suffered the loss of its foundress in the death of Miss Janet Carnochan during 1926. The Elgin Historic and Scientific Institute, at its Annual Meeting at St. Thomas, Ont., on May 2, 1927, elected H. B. Holtby, President, and The United Empire Loyalists Association had for its head, Major M. S. Boehm. The Waterloo Historical Society at its 14th Annual Meeting in Kitchener, in 1927, elected D. N. Panabaker, President. Canadian in Paris; The National Canadian paintings continue to travel and to impress foreign critics. During 1926, the Group of Seven was particularly active, being represented by 22 out of 28 canvasses in a collection sent for exhibition through the United States, where it made its debut at the Philadelphia Sesquicentennial, and the work of J. E. H. MacDonald was praised. Later, Eric Brown, Director of the National Gallery of Canada, and Clarence Gagnon combined these with over 200 more from the Wembley Exhibition and exhibited the whole at the Luxembourg Museum, Paris. Lord Crewe, the British Ambassador, escorted the President of the Republic through the Exhibition. Charles Stewart, Paris correspondent of the New York World, reported that the pictures "have been acclaimed by French critics." Those by Maurice Cullen, Clarence A. Gagnon, James Willson Morrice and Tom Thompson were singled out for special notice. The Belgian Government chose 25 Canadian pictures to be sent to Ghent for hanging at the International Exhibition, Canada being the only Dominion asked to participate, and being accorded onefourth the number of entries allowed Great Britain. A certain amount of public criticism in Canada was directed at the Selection Committee on account of the preponderence of the Group of Seven's work in these exhibitions. The National Art Gallery, Ottawa, held its second Annual Exhibition in January, 1927, with 81 artists participating. The Gallery arranged for Canadian exhibitions at London, York, Bradford, Manchester, Oldham, Sheffield, Rochdale and Plymouth, all in England. It also arranged an important show of 210 Modern British prints at the National Gallery in July and August, 1926, and an exhibition of 42 prints by Laura Knight, A.R.E., at Ottawa and Toronto in November and December, 1926. It added to its permanent collection pictures by Tintoretto, Blair Bruce, William Etty, Adolphe Vogt, Van de Cappelle, J. M. W. Turner, Elizabeth * NOTE. See the Canadian Annual Review, 1925-26, Art Section. S. Nutt, A. Curtis Williamson, F. H. Brigden, Charles F. Comfort, G. A. Reid and W. Langdon Kihn. In his Annual Address on Feb. 18, 1927, F. J. Shepherd, Chairman of the Board of Trustees, announced that exhibition space must be doubled immediately to take care of the present collection, without allowing for any expansion in future. The Royal Canadian Academy of Arts held a conservative, though admirable, exhibition in the Art Gallery of Toronto in November, 1926. The officers elected for the following year were: Henry Sproatt, President; E. Wylie Grier, Vice-President; Charles W. Simpson, Treasurer; E. Dyonnet, Secretary. Academician Architects elected were: Ernest Cormier, Hugh G. Jones, J. O. Marchand, J. Melville Miller, Hugh Vallance and John M. Lyle. Prizes were donated for mural painting to G. A. Reid, $450; C. W. Simpson, $450; Hal Ross Perrigard, $350; Robert W. Pilot, $300; Donald R. Hill, $225; H. Leslie Smith, $225. The Ontario Society of Artists elected for 1926-27: Fred. H. Brigden, President; Thomas W. Mitchell, Vice-President; Herbert S. Palmer, Secretary; Mrs. Dorothy Stevens Austin, E. Wylie Grier, Fred S. Haines, Alfred Howell, Marion Long, J. E. H. MacDonald and L. A. C. Panton, members of Council. The Annual Exhibition at the Toronto Art Gallery in March 1927, was a most varied and interesting one, in which portraits by E. Wylie Grier, Dorothy Stevens, Charles F. Comfort, Marion Long and Franz Johnston were notable. At the Annual Meeting of the Toronto Art Gallery, May 2, 1927, President R. V. Eaton (who was re-elected) announced a membership of 2,633, and stated that 120,675 visitors had been admitted to the Gallery during the year, of whom 114,334 had been admitted free. There had been 25 exhibitions of paintings, and 25 lectures, of which the most notable were one by Laurence Binyon and nine by Stewart Dick. Pictures added included 11 purchased, 15 presented and 10 permanently loaned by the Canadian National Exhibition. When the 16-year old agreement with the City was taken up with the Council, on petition that the increased work of the Gallery required an increased grant from the City of $40,000 a year instead of $5,000 as formerly, the Council made a special grant of $10,000 and renewed the lease of the Art Gallery grounds for park purposes at a yearly rental of $30,000. Among the more important exhibitions at the Toronto Art Gallery during the season 1926-27, that of the Canadian War Memorial pictures, held in October, 1926, was outstanding. This collection of great merit is unique in illustrating every phase of the late European War, and is a precious national asset. The Carl Hamilton Italian Renaissance Exhibit in January, 1927 was much appreciated. In April, 1927, the International Exhibition of ultra-modern art was the most sensational show ever held in Canada. Controversy was only held in check by the fact that onlookers were puzzled over these strange pieces from 22 countries. pointed out by Hector Charlesworth in Saturday Night, the novelty of this exhibit detracted unduly from three other con-temporaneous exhibitions in the same building-one, a notable array of Canadian historical paintings by Charles W. Jeffreys, R.C.A., of which several were enjoying wide circulation through Nelson's series of Canadian History Pictures, and about 90 others indicating Mr. Jeffreys' splendid contribution to this class of art work during his distinguished career; the second, the annual show of the Graphic Arts Club, which was the best in the history of the organization, and, third, a fine group of studies by members of the Camera Club. Stewart Dick's work was on display in Eaton's Galleries and the Architect's Exhibition in February, 1927-made up mostly of photographs of buildings-was a pleasant and instructive inno vation. Art activity in Montreal during the season of 1926-27 was remarkable for the number and variety of the exhibitions. On Mar. 25, 1927, the Art Association of Montreal held its 54th Annual Exhibition with 319 items on display. Sound craftsmanship and conservatism characterized the work. The Association also held a successful show of Swiss, Viennese, English and Canadian prints in October, 1926. Dr. Francis J. Shepherd was elected President; Robert Lindsay and H. B. Walker, Vice-Presidents; Miss Ethel M. Pinkerton, Secretary. An assortment of pictures from the Cooling Galleries, London, was on exhibition at the Johnson Art Galleries, where 19th century Dutch and French work was also seen; Carter's Art Galleries had a display of varied origins; the Scott Galleries had on view famous British and European paintings; Nelson's Canadian History Pictures, by Charles W. Jeffreys, R.C.A., and Henry Sandham, R.C.A., were also viewed with interest. Four "one-man" shows were held at various times by Charles E. DeBelle, Herbert Raine, R.C.A., Maurice Cullen, R.C.A., and R. W. Pilot, A.R.C.A. The Canadian Handicrafts Guild held a display of handicrafts from all parts of Canada. The Royal Architectural Institute of Canada, on Feb. 19, 1927, elected J. P. Hynes, President; Percy E. Nobbs, Vice-President; S. M. Eveleigh, Vice-President; Alcide Chausse, Secretary; W. L. Somerville, Treasurer. On Dec. 17, 1926, a complimentary dinner, attended by 250 notables, was tendered at Hart House to Henry Sproatt and Ernest Rolph, who had received high honours abroad. The Ontario Society of Architects, in their Annual Meeting, Feb. 2, 1927, congratulated Mr. Sproatt on his election as President of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, and John Pearson, architect for the Parliament Buildings at Ottawa, and C. B. Cleveland, who had been elected Fellows of the Royal College of British Architects. As retiring President, Mr. Pearson made a speech in which he suggested a five-year university course in architecture. The following officers were elected: W. L. Somerville, President; John M. Lyle, Vice-President; E. L. Horwood, Vice-President; R. B. Wolsey, Secretary. Prizes were awarded as follows: Medal of Honour to Marani, Lawson & Paisley; small house exterior to Matthews and Haldenby; small house interior to Matthews and Haldenby; exterior large house to Mackenzie Waters; interior large house to Molesworth, West & Secord; church exterior to Sproatt & Rolph; church interior to Page & Warrington. Art in 1926 infringed upon literature to some extent, Fred B. Housser's book, A Canadian Art Movement (a discussion of the Group of Seven) being universally praised for its lucidity of exposition. Thomas Nelson & Sons, Limited, book publishers, set a precedent in printing copies of Canadian paintings for general circulation in their Canadian History Pictures, with which they issued a valuable handbook containing the stories. Walter J. Phillips, the famous Winnipeg artist, who revived the almost lost art of printing in colour from wood blocks, published an excellent treatise on The Technique of the Colour Wood Block. He also issued through the Nelson Company an edition of 250 sets of ten each of his original colour prints, all of a very high quality. The National Gallery in 1927 purchased its 60th specimen of Mr. Phillips' art. With a membership of 449, the Women's Art Society of Montreal had a successful season during 1926-27, holding several interesting exhibitions. Mrs. A. W. Cochrane was given a presentation on retiring from the presidency, and Mrs. Alex. Murray was elected in her stead. The Women's Art Association of Canada, founded in 1887, had an active and interesting year, electing at the Annual Meeting in 1927, Mrs. Dunington-Grubb, President for the coming year. The seventh yearly show of the Ottawa Art Association was particularly fine. During the 1926-27 season, under the Presidency of W. G. Murrin, the British Columbia Art League made strenuous efforts to raise funds for an adequate gallery and badly needed quarters for their Art School, which had an enrolment of 526 pupils. During the year there was an exhibition of British Columbia paintings that was encouraging. Mrs. J. B. Kerr as Secretary did earnest work promoting the growth of the League. The Winnipeg Art School had five instructors and 319 students during 1926-27, and the Ontario College of Art in Toronto, a well established institution, had an enrolment of 446. At the Cité Universitaire, Paris, a commodious and beautiful residence was opened for Canadian artstudents. It was designed by George Vanier of Montreal and opened by the Prince of Wales. In his annual address on May 7, 1927, President Archibald MacMechan, of the Nova Scotia Museum of Fine Art, told of the acquisition of collections of paintings. The open competition for designs for a monument to Sir Wilfrid Laurier to be placed on Parliament Hill was won by J. Emile Brunet of Montreal; and Vernon March, of England won the right to erect the National Commemorative War Monument at Connaught Place, Ottawa. The annual awards of the Canadian Society of Graphic Art went to E. J. Dinsmore, Arthur Keelor, R. Thornhill, Charles H. Scott, W. R. Stark, Rowley Murphy, Arthur Lismer, E. G. Smith and Edmund T. Gee. A singular honour came to the Canadian painter, John W. Russell of Paris, when on May 1st, 1927, his entry-a large nudewas hung in the place of honour at the Spring Salon of the Societé des Artistes Français. The French Government in June, 1927, purchased for the Luxembourg The Open Stream by Albert Robinson, R.C.A., Montreal. Miss Cecillia MacKinnon of St. Catherines also exhibited at the Spring Salon. An event of importance was the first No-Jury Exhibition in Canada, which was held in April, 1927, in the Galleries of the Robert Simpson Company, Toronto, where eight other collections were on view during the year. Of some dramatic interest was the discovery by Thomas Jenkins of Toronto, in 1927, of three beautiful canvases by Jacobi on a chicken farm near Newmarket, Ont., These were added to his collection of 174 by Jacobi. Much interest was shown in the exhibition at the Royal Ontario Museum of Zoology in 1927 of the fine collection of bird paintings by Major Allan Brooks, who was awarded the Gold Medal of Merit in 1926 by the Canadian National Exhibition. Miss Margaret Frame of Regina enjoyed a "remarkable debut" on the occasion of her first showing of paintings in Paris in February, 1927. Thomas Roach, who ran away from Cape Breton when a boy, reappeared in 1927 at the age of 30, living in Detroit, where he had made a name for himself as a painter of genius. Mrs. M. E. Dignam's exhibition at the Arlington Gallery, London, in July, 1926, was well received by English critics. The death of Margaret Osborne, accomplished miniature painter and modeller was reported in December, 1926, from Cairo, Egypt. On May, 11, 1926, Jobson Paradis, one of the founders of the French Technical Association in Ottawa and a distinguished landscape painter, died in Guelph, Ont. William Bruce, well-known astronomer and artist, and father of Blair Bruce, passed away in March, 1927, at his home in Hamilton at the advanced age of 94 years. On April 29, 1927, during a visit to Toronto, his former home, the death occurred of William J. Thompson, noted engraver and dean of Canadian etchers. The Vancouver Sketch Club held a successful exhibition on May 12, 1927; put on their customary half-yearly show in June, and planned an interesting Summer of out-door excursions. Death of Centenary; Folk Songs this continent. Canadian music suffered a great loss by the death, on Sept. 17, 1926, of Dr. Augustus Stephen Vogt, Principal of the Toronto Conservatory of Music, Dean of the Faculty of Music, and founder (in 1894) of the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir. He was the first native-born Canadian to do a great constructive work for music in his own country, and under his administration the Conservatory became the largest centre of musical education on He was the outstanding figure of the last |