PREFATORY NOTE 



OUTSIDE the Dominions themselves the excellent work being done by 

 artists of the British Colonies is very little known, and the Editor has 

 deemed the present an opportune moment to issue a volume dealing 

 with the work of the leading landscape painters of Canada, Australia, 

 New Zealand, and South Africa. From the large amount of material 

 which has been brought together he has been enabled to select a series 

 of illustrations which forms a unique and interesting record of artistic 

 achievement. 



The Editor desires to acknowledge his indebtedness to the various 

 artists and others in the countries mentioned who have co-operated 

 with him in the preparation of this work, and especially to Mr. Eric 

 Brown (Director of the National Gallery of Canada) ; Mr. James 

 Ashton and Mr. Will Ashton (Australia) ; Mr. E. A. S. Killick 

 (Secretary of New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts) ; and Mr. Edward 

 Roworth (South Africa). He also wishes to express his thanks to the 

 artists who have lent their pictures for reproduction in colours. The 

 risk and difficulty incurred in sending important works to England 

 under present conditions for this purpose will be appreciated ; but 

 the Editor considers that the examples reproduced as colour supple- 

 ments are sufficiently representative and add to the value and interest 

 of the book. 



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