29thofnovember1910

The great and the good of Johannesburg

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

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• beachcomber australia said:

  29 November 1910 is a Tuesday ...

• John Spooner said:

  Sir Hugh Lane was mentioned by the Duke in his speech at the inauguration. London Evening Standard - Wednesday 30 November 1910:
  

  Subsequently his Royal Highness proceeded to the Transvaal School of Mines, where he inaugurated the Art Gallery. In his speech the Duke said that the inauguration marked an important era in the historyof Johannesburg. He commented on the value of the gallery to the aspiring artist or student and the uplifting effect artistically that it would have on the public. His Royal Highness concluded by remarking that Johannes- burg owed a debt of gratitude to Mr. and Mrs. Lionel Philips, Sir Hugh Lane, Mr. Otto Beit, Mr. Smuts, Councillor Hofmeyr, Mr. Neumann, Mr. Max Michaelis, and others for their personal efforts and their generous contributions.

• beachcomber australia said:

  " ... The initial collection was put together by Sir Hugh Lane, and exhibited in London in 1910 before being brought to South Africa..."
  From - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannesburg_Art_Gallery
  - which also says the Gallery opened in 1915 ??
  
  Edit - As you were; it was completed in 1915. Ooops!

• Niall McAuley said:

  There is a Lutyens-designed art gallery in Johannesburg, but per the article below, Lutyens first visited in November 1910, and thats the building completed in 1915, not the one pictured here.
  www.lutyenstrust.org.uk/portfolio-item/johannesburg-art-g...

• Niall McAuley said:

  Ah, from the beachcomber's wiki page: The Johannesburg Art Gallery collection was opened to the public in 1910, before the gallery itself had been built, and was housed at the University of the Witwatersrand