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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. TUESDAY,

ACADEMY SURPRISE

A NOTED ARTIST'S WORK REFUSED

RESIGNATION SEQUEL

London.

A densation has been erested on the eve of the Royal Academy by the resignation of Mr. Stanley Spencer, A.R.A., from kia nguciate membership of the Academy be Cause the president and council have refused to hang two of the five pictures he had sent in for exhibition.

In addition, Mr. Spencer is doing all be can to prevent the three pictures which were accepted by the Hanging Committee from being .exhibited. If he can get them back from the Academy before the exhibition begins he intends show the whole five pictures at a private display of his own.

The rejected pictures -kJt: "Lovera" and "St. Francis and the Birds," and Mr. Spencer sald to a reporter that be considered them to be the bent of the five.

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Mr. Spencer was responsible for the principal "problem" picture of Inst year's Academy, le called it) "Parents' Itesurrection," and showed four elderly men arising from a grave with varnut expres- slons on their faces, while a group women mand of strange dooking chlidren stood around,

Mr. Spencer was born at Cook- ham, where he still lives, in 1892. He was elected an Aasociate of the Royal Academy in 1932,

SECRETARY'S LETTERS One morning Mr. Spencer res ceived a letter from Mr. W. K. M. Lamb, aperetary of the Royal Academy, in reply to the protest

he had sent. The letter

which was as follows: --

"Drar Mr. Spencer, i bave shown your letter of yesterday to the President and he asks me to point on that in sending in your works you placed them at the dis- posal of the Connell, who have How approved the exhibition and included three of your works in it. "The laws of the Academy, which you undertook to observe, xtate that no application for changing the station of any work after the arrangements have been sanctioned by the Counell can be attended to or permitted.

""The

works approved, three Scarecrow, Cookham,' Workmen in the House, and Builders, must remain in the exhibition till it

closes on August 10 next. The the

other two, 'St. Francis and Binis' and 'Lovers," which are not in the exhibition, can be removed hy your agents at any time.

"The Prealdent wishes me to tell you that the power of the Council to onlit works by "members" has ofter been exercised and such action has always been accepted without demur. This year, a large work by an Academician has been

his

omitted and he has written stating entire Approval of the Council's netion.

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"The question of your resigna- tion is a separate matter and will shortly come before the Council unless you are reconsidering it and let me know.I am, yours sincerely, W. R. M. Lamb,"

The dispute began when Mr. Spencer received the following letter from Mr. Lanib:

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Paris, May 17. Concluding a series of meetings called by the Prefecture of Police to perfect the defence of the Paris population against air attack, two commissions charged with organis- ing the "passive defence" system have recommended that all Paris- iuns acquire gas masks as soon as possible and that proper shelters be constructed in all apartment. builds.

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lurred rellars Is recommended where they do not already exist, Rice And Raisins

and a series of measures to fight are anElined. incendiary bombs These include construction of roofs which will not catch fire easily and having on hand supplies of sand

This way of preparing ries nover falls to please the children, and has the advantage of being very nourishing. To half a cupfat of rice allow 4 NZR. seedless for fire fighting. raisins. Put the latter into a The commissions reported that small bowl, and cover with boiling public shelters already existing are water to plump them up. Put the unequally placed about Paris and rice into a small sнaucepan cou- more must be constructed. In this taining a pint and a half boiling water, and boil steadily until the grains are soft; some rlee takes halt an hour to cook properly. Thon train, add the drained rai sins, beat up an

Finally, it is recommended that egg in a littler milk, stir it into the rice, and the Prefect of Police organise make all very hot; but on no ne-alarm exercises in order to give

to techni-11 count allow it to boil after adding adequate experience the egg. Sugar a really not recis and others charged with quired, the raisins being sufficient-supervising the population in case

of attack.-United Press, ly sweet in themselves.

connection, signs will be posted nt public places telling the population where the nearest shelter is to be found.

ingly being omitted from the ex- {jury. hibition.

The committee have much pleasure in placing your other three works in good positions.- Yours sincerely, W. R. M. Lamb, Secretary.

WHY HE JOINED ACADEMY

Mr. Spencer told a reporter the reasons that had led him to send in his resignation.

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I have never done it, and I never will. I understood thal when you were an Associate mem- ber of the Academy the privilege you had was similar to that in which you were invited to send plctures to other exhibitions. parently it is not the same.

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do not approve of the Academy, but I thought the best way to change it was to join it. You cannot change a thing by standing outside and abusing it." "In the first place," said Mr.

In another interview Mr. Spencer, "I never wanted to be-Spencer said: "I have received a come an Associate of the Royal letter from the Academy in reply Academy. I was absolutely press to my protest, and apparently I and I only agreed can do nothing in the matter. They can prevent me by their lawS from taking them away before the exhibition. I cannot see how I am going to overcome this, but I mean to, even if I have to break the non- Academy's laws, I shall ask them out of consideration to myself and as a favour to remove the three remaining pictures before the ex- hibition, and if they refuse I shall have to seek other means of getting redress."

"Dear Mr. Spencer, The Presi- dent and Council yesterday re- ed to ceived a request from the Hanging when I was told that it was my duly Committee that you be asked to to art. withdraw from the exhibition your two pictures, Lovers and St., that a

"It was never pointed out to me Francis and the Birds,' as they do

member's pictures were not think these works of advantage subject to the same scrutiny by the

Hanging Committee ALB to your reputation or the influence members. Had it been done, I of the Academy.

would never for a moment have become an Associate member.

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"The President and Council, after enreful consideration, feel obliged to concur in this request, and these two pictures are accord- any of my pictures submitted to a

SALESMAN SAM

"I object most strongly to having

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