JC Hoyte - Auckland Art Gallery
JC Hoyte - Auckland Art Gallery JC Hoyte - Auckland Art Gallery
prettiness of colouring. In his sky painting he isunapproached by his southern friends; and if hisdistances were in some instances less distinctlydrawn, he would maintain an equality in thatrespect.' It was plainly Hoytc who, in the writer'sview, had upheld the honour of the North.In a paper of a later date we read that one dayLady Bowen, the Governor's wife, attended at theCity Hall, and Mr Hoyte ' conducted Her Ladyshipover the exhibition giving the necessary explanations.'Just before the exhibition there must havebeen a slight flurry in the society when thereappeared in the Star a paragraph suggesting thatthe hanging committee were not looking after thepaintings in their care. There was in answer anindignant letter from Mr Dickson repudiating thecharges and attributing them to a disgruntled MrArnold, who had so annoyed the committee withhis officious advice that they had had to ask him tostay away from the building. There was also acalmer and more impersonal letter from John ClarkHoyte, written ' in behalf of the Hanging Committee*assuring the public that although damage hadbeen done to two small frames by the late heavyrains and the stoppage of pipes, these had been sentto be renovated and the committee were takinggreat care of the ' works of art entrusted to theircare.'The 1873 exhibition could almost be called MrHoyte's own show. Eighteen watercolours of hiswere on display. He was the secretary; he was onthe hanging committee. The Star reported that hehad been ' untiring in his exertions' and had12
secured an excellent collection of works of art, 'towhich our local talent has contributed largely.' Themost striking feature of the exhibition was said tobe unquestionably Mr Hoyte's ' series of views ofthe Lake Scenery.' These were his paintings maderound Lake Rotorua, Lake Rotomahana and LakeTarawera, and including those of the Pink andWhite Terraces hung in the present exhibition.The writer said that Mr Hoyte was to be warmlycongratulated upon the way he had depicted them.He had chosen unequalled subjects and the ' views'were 'characterised by the clearness of outlinepeculiar to Mr Hoyte's pictures.' The SouthernCross notices were almost fulsome: ' Mr J. C. Hoyteunquestionably carries off the palm. He is an artistof whom Auckland may well be proud, and wepredict in English Galleries and English Exhibitionshe will ere long do credit to himself and tothe colony he so ably depicts.' The next day, thethird day of the exhibition, the writer was able tosay that his judgment of Mr Hoyte's works' receivedearly yesterday morning the best confirmation anartist could desire by no fewer than 10 of themhaving attached to them the magic word " Sold,"the purchasers being, we believe, gentlemen fromMelbourne, connoisseurs in art, who at once gavethe price fixed and who are well pleased with theirbargains."In 1875, when preparations were being made forthe third exhibition of the society, Hoyte was noton the hanging committee unless, unrecorded, hewas referee as before. However, it was he whonominated the two men chosen, and he seemed, atleast in the eyes of the press, to be regarded as the13
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prettiness of colouring. In his sky painting he isunapproached by his southern friends; and if hisdistances were in some instances less distinctlydrawn, he would maintain an equality in thatrespect.' It was plainly Hoytc who, in the writer'sview, had upheld the honour of the North.In a paper of a later date we read that one dayLady Bowen, the Governor's wife, attended at theCity Hall, and Mr <strong>Hoyte</strong> ' conducted Her Ladyshipover the exhibition giving the necessary explanations.'Just before the exhibition there must havebeen a slight flurry in the society when thereappeared in the Star a paragraph suggesting thatthe hanging committee were not looking after thepaintings in their care. There was in answer anindignant letter from Mr Dickson repudiating thecharges and attributing them to a disgruntled MrArnold, who had so annoyed the committee withhis officious advice that they had had to ask him tostay away from the building. There was also acalmer and more impersonal letter from John Clark<strong>Hoyte</strong>, written ' in behalf of the Hanging Committee*assuring the public that although damage hadbeen done to two small frames by the late heavyrains and the stoppage of pipes, these had been sentto be renovated and the committee were takinggreat care of the ' works of art entrusted to theircare.'The 1873 exhibition could almost be called Mr<strong>Hoyte</strong>'s own show. Eighteen watercolours of hiswere on display. He was the secretary; he was onthe hanging committee. The Star reported that hehad been ' untiring in his exertions' and had12
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