Art in Fiji
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Mr. K. Stone, Suva artist, with his recent painting of His Excellency the Governor of Fiji, Sir Ronald Garvey,
Kcmg, Mbe.
Mr. Stone is a leading member of the Fine Arts section of the Fiji Arts Club which came into existence in 1947 due to the efforts of Mrs. G. K. Roth, Mr. Fred Beckett, a Suva architect who has displayed work in Auckland, and Mr. Stan Mayne.
Mr. Stone, since his arrival in Fiji from Ocean Is. about four years ago, has conducted regular classes for the benefit and encouragement o f interested persons.
Late in July he grave a public demonstration of the manufacture of pig ments from local earths and clays.
Mr. Stone was a student of Max Mel drum, the well known Scottish-born, Paris-trained Mel bourne artist who
devi S e d a deductive method of painting.
Other Meldrum students include Percy Leeson, President of the New York *rt Society, and Colin Colahan. who lives’ in
Whistler’s “White House” in London.
Mr. Stone is a chemist and planned a fainting holiday to Tahiti in September .during his vacation.