Branksome Hall - Slogan Yearbook (Toronto, Ontario Canada)

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12 The Branksome Slogan Miss Violet Robinson

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The Branksome Slogan Volume Seventeen 1926 EDITORS { MARGERY WATSON I HELEN HOME SLOGAN STAFF: KATHERINE SCOTT AMEA BREWIN ISABEL EASTCOTT LOIS TEDMAN AUDREY PAYNTER ALUMNAE REPRESENTATIVE: NADINE ANGSTROM

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jN Januiary 29th of this year ia l a new era began for stu- m Jm lovers of art in Toronto. Before this time, people who did not travel ' 8 or who did not study art particularly had very little oppor- tunity to see land appreciate good paintings. There was no suitable gallery, and therefore no large col- kctions were brought to the city. But the event which has made pos- sible so much and whidh has al- ready afforded an opportunity to so many people was the opening of the new Art Gallery at the Grange. For many years it has: been felt that Toronto should have a permanent and well appointed home for pic- tures, but not until this year have the many obstacles been overcome and the building completed. I wonder if we realize how im- portant ian art gallery and the con- tinual exhibition of fine pictures is to a young country like Canada? Everyw ' here there is a spirit of ma- terialtism which needs much to off- set it. What could be better than the influence of good art to coun- terbalance this effect? One of the most wonderful points about the gal ' lery is that the people of the under-privileged clas ' ses as well as the wealthy may enjoy the same pictures. Is it not worth while if there can be inspired in the poorer people as well as those who are wealthier a greater love and appre- ciation of beauty? The opening exhibition at the Art Galkry was a particularly attrac- tive one. In it were pictures repre- senting painters from many coun- tries and of almost every age. In one room could be seen the rich coloring of Tintoretto, and the land- sdapes of Gorot and Rousseau with many other old Masters, while in another room the Northern Ontario landlS ' capes and the famous pine trees of Tom Thomson were exam- ples of later art of the Ontario So- ciety of Artists. There was medi- aeval and modern lart in the same collection, each different, but each very ' beautiful. Never before has such a varied and colorful exhibi- tion of paintings been shown in this city. When the foundation of a thing is laid it must be particularly well done if it is to be la success in the future. The crowds that have poured from room to room in the splendid new GaMery ever since that inaugural ex hibition, are a real proof that the commencement of art display in Toronto has been, and is continuing to be a success. Later, when one sees in the greater galler- ies siuch as the National Gallery, London, The Tower, and the many splendid galleries of Italy, the greatest conceptions which the Old Masters have expressed in the form, of painting, we will be able to appreciate them so mudh better when we have had experience in judging the art which is Man ' s highest expression of his reverence for and joy in beauty. MARGERY WATSON, Form V. 13