MR W. G. BAKFR’S PICTURES.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3216, 12 May 1911, Page 3

MR W. G. BAKFR’S PICTURES.

AUCTION SALE TO-DAY

This afternoon, at 2.30 p.m., in His Majesty’s Theatre, Messrs. Miller and Craig will sell by auction the pictures by Mr. W. G. Baker, which have attracted such a considerable amount of attention and interest since they have been exhibited in Gisborne. They were on view at the Theatre yesterday afternoon, and were inspected by a good many prospective buyers, who were profuse in their expressions of admiration of the works of art. Mr. Baker, who is a New Zealander, has a reputation which is not confined to the Dominion alone. His pictures have been greatly admired both in Australia and America, where they have been eagerly bought. He has his admirers in the Old Country, too, and the pictures to he offered to-day were, as a matter of fact, painted expressly for disposal at Home. This is sufficient guarantee of their merit. Health reasons, however, prevented Mr. Baker from making the trip to the Old Country, and he therefore decided to dispose of them in New Zealand. They are in both water color and oils, handsomely framed, and the artist’s skill stands out prominently in every one of them. They comprise scenes from all the best-known beauty spots in New Zealand, which is enough to say that the subjects are of surpassing loveliness. In water colors there are such pictures as Lakes Manapouri and Rotorua, the Kenepuru Sounds, Clinton Valiev, Whangarei Harbor, and others. In oils, there are Dusky Sound, Lakes Ada, Manapouri. and Waikare, Buller Gorge, Clinton River, Wanganui River, Otira Gorge, ancl others. Mr. G. K. Miller will officiate as auctioneer.

[Published by arrangement with Messrs Cassell and Company, Limited, of London, the proprietors of the copyright.]