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NATIONAL COMMENTS AND PRESS EXTRACTS.

LONDON TIMES.— "Excellent painting of life as a P.O.W."

LONDON ILLUSTRATED NEWS.—"A first-hand testimony not only to conditions, but also to his indomitable spirit"

SKETCH.—"We take our hats off to Charles Thrale".

DAILY MAIL.—"Thrale's pictures of life in Japanese P.O.W. Camps are disappearing—because of primative materials used".

DAILY SKETCH.—"An extraordinary Art Exhibition opens in London (1960)".

NEWS CHRONICLE.—"Live illustration of a great effort towards human comradeship".

DAILY HERALD.—"Mr. Thrale is building up his reputation as a portrait painter, and could have sold his P.O.W. paintings many times".

DAILY GRAPHIC.—"The late Queen Mary saw his first peace—time portrait at the Exhibition".

DAILY WORKER.—"His works are so full of moving content that one realises how powerful art can become when given a purpose".

LONDON STAR.—"For three-and-a-half years under the bullying eyes of Japanese sentries Mr. Thrale kept a pictorial record of daily life."

SUNDAY OBSERVER.—"Direct record of an appalling human experience".

SUNDAY EXPRESS.—"Thrale bartered his little food for materials".

NEWS REVIEW.—"Thrale forced back to Old Master technique".

MEDICAL REVIEW.—"Vivid impressions".

PSYCHIC NEWS.—"Thrale is a natural clairvoyant and highly sensitive".

IRISH INDEPENDENT.—"On oddbits of paper he portrayed his fellow P.O.W.s and the incidents of life".

LONDON EVENING NEWS.—"Psychic something, The portrait is like the real-life Doreen".

NEW STATESMAN. 1960.—"Thrale's paintings will certainly serve to remind people here of what they would sooner forget".

B.B.C. In Town To-night, 1947.—"Thrale records the bitter depths of human misery—now they begin to play a brighter part in men's lives".

B.B.C. "Today", 1961.—"This is a MUST for London visitors".

WEEKLY SCOTSMAN.—"Mere words could not, however, give so vivian idea of their ordeal, as does this exhibition, now on tour".

SCOTTISH DAILY MAIL—"This collection forms a continuous record of Thrale's experiences, including work on the notorious Siamese 'Death Railway'."

THE SCOTSMAN.—"Hundreds of thousands of people in Britain have already seen the Exhibition since it started on tour".

KIRKALDY TIMES.—"One of the most startling art exhibitions of the painter of the century".

EVENING NEWS PORTSMOUTH.—"Mr. Thrale who is now a portrait painter of some repute, said: "They should not be judged by the accepted standard of art".

FIFESHIRE ADVERTISER.—"At last ……… is to get its opportunity of seeing one of the most talked about exhibitions ever presented in this country".

WESTERN DAILY MAIL (BRISTOL).—"The grim, courageous story of Thrale's struggle reads like the wildest fiction".

EASTBOURNE COURIER.—"Thrale had the advantage over 'Dante' in that he not only saw, but he personally experienced, the horrors".

YORKSHIRE GAZETTE.—"One of the most remarkable Exhibitions of art seen at York".

MANCHESTER GUARDIAN.—"This is a remarkable collection in several ways".

WOMAN'S OWN, 1959.—"Thrale's portraits have been seen and admired by thousands of people at London art exhibitions".

AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHER.—"Thrale is a man whose character triumphed over almost insuperable difficulties".

DAILY EXPRESS.—"Gallery experts at N.G. & B.M. are baffled by thiscollection that is fading so rapidly".