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MAHLSTICK CLUB

An Auckland art club begun in 1885, its members a congenial group of ASA painters. It possibly was formed as an alternative or even opposition group to that of New Zealand Art Students Association (see below), inaugurated in Auckland the year before. The club flourished for some years and Frank and Walter Wright became leading members. In common with the NZ Art Students Association they wished to encourage the Auckland Society of Arts to buy paintings of New Zealand by New Zealand painters.