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INDIAN ART AND LETTERS
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NEW SERIES. VOL. VIII., No. 2
THE INDIA SOCIETY'S EXHIBITION OF MODERN INDIAN ART IN LONDON, DECEMBER, 1934
(REPORT BY THE HONORARY ORGANIZER)
THE great event of last year among the India Society's activities was the holding of an Exhibition of Modern Indian Art at the New Burlington Galleries in London, which Her Royal Highness the Duchess of York was graciously pleased to open
The arrangements in England were made by the Council of the Society, and those in India by five Regional Committees, particulars of which will be found hereafter, Mr. John de La Valette acting as honorary organizer.
From the outset the undertaking enjoyed the support of Their Excellencies Lord and Lady Willingdon and of the Provincial Governments in India, while the following gentlemen extended their patronage to it The Most Hon. the Marquess of Reading, P.C., G.C.B., G.C.S.I., G C.I.E., G.C.V O., The Right Hon. Viscount Halifax, PC., K.G., G.CSI., G.C.I.E.; The Right Hon Sir Samuel Hoare, P.C., G C.S.I., G.BE, M.P., Sir Bhupendra Nath Mitra, K.C.S.I., K.C.I E, C.B.E.
Mr. F. J. P. Richter and Mr. F H. Brown took an active part in the preparatory work, while the heavy task of arranging and cataloguing the exhibits was kindly undertaken by Mr. Lionel Heath and Mr. F. H. Andrews. To Captain Gladstone Solomon and Mr. Barada Ukil, who came to London before the opening of the Exhibition, the Council is indebted for much assistance in the final arrangements of the Bombay and Northern India sections. For much helpful work in India in collecting and selecting the exhibits the Council has to express its thanks to the Regional Committees in India and to their Honorary Secretaries. If the final effect of the works upon visitors was as favourable as it was generally stated by critics to be, this result is due to the sound discrimination exercised by the Regional Committees in organizing their respective sections.
Some of the public activities which accompanied the Exhibition are
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