The White Falcon


The White Falcon - 10.02.1945, Blaðsíða 2

The White Falcon - 10.02.1945, Blaðsíða 2
2 fsn.fi *; 4? 4? s 4; 4? 4? 4? 4? 4? -ABROAD IN ICELAND- 47 #ta Johannes Ejarval, Icelandic artist, and one of his works. o 4? 47 4? The evolution of pictor- ial art in Iceland lias been « so; rapid Ilial many of the $ very first to take uji pain- 47 ting as a profession are tar 4? 0 4? Q c, 4? 0 47 0 ;? 4,7 47 47 #•* 47 i? 47 9 4’ 47 •tar 47 an ».r 47 9 4? still alive and productive. In keeping with this mo- dernism, Iceland is per- haps one of the few coun- tries in the world today in which art is subsidized by the government. Some years ago, to encourage native talent and to rem- ove “commercialism” from art (or the necessity to become a plumber to earn a living, rather than to pursue their talents ys artists) Iceland establish- ed an Association of Ice- landic Artists. This in- cludes the Union of Ice- landic Pictorial Artists, (painters and sculptors) Writers, Poets and Play- wrights, Musicians, Archi- tects and Actors. All mem- bers of the unions receive a yearly stipend from the state which, while not en- ough to support one en- j; tirelv, does help materi- ally in bolstering any av- erage income. It is enough of an incentive at any rate to encourage one with such talent to pursue it as a life career (rather than some other calling that might otherwise offer more money)- The subsi- g 4? 4? s# 1 tar 47 47 4? 4? 47 47 4? 47 ;; 47 j>ta tar 4? 4? 47 4? 4? « g 47 dy is given all such union artists, regardless of their “rating,” the most wealt- hy and renowned receiv- ing their stipend as well as the struggling novice. In other words, it is not an award or compensat- ion for mediocrity-supp- orting those unable to earn a living otherwise. While there are now a few art schools in Ice- land, the majority of the contemporary artists have received .all their train- ing abroad. This is reflect- ed in their expression- most of the present day art being of the French impressionist school-tem- pered by a unique Ice- landic interpretation. Cu- bism, abstractism. arid surrealist art have made little headway here. Icelanders support their artists well. Practically every home, no matter how small, usually man- ages to have at least one original work of Iceland- ic art. At the present time approximately 20 artists in the area of Reykjavik alone earn a comfortable living by their art alone. Before the war many found ready markets ab- road to supplement such local incomes. Manv are 4? world reknown. Johannes Kjarval (shown above) is perhaps one of the foremost Icelandic paint- ers today. Born here 60 years ago, he painted at 4; an early age, later going 4; abroad to studv at the « Royal Academy of Art in s; Copenhagen, where he « received his degree. Then s* followed a “grand tdur” f? of Europe with addition- « al study in France and 4? tar Italy. Ndt having studied ;; tar under any of the “old 5; masters,” Kjarval has a 5? tar technique which is almost 8 entirely “pure” giving his § works an individualism *; £r that has made him great- j; His paintings are extrem- 4? ely popular in Scandin- 0 avia where, before the y war, lie held many exhi- bitions. Jon Porleifsson is a well-known exponent of the present-day French impressionist school here. His works have an “inter- 54 national” approach keen- Iv blended with a streak a of Nordic simplicity. Am- 47 ong many other promin- 47 ent artists are GuSmund- ;; ur ur Einarsson, Finnur Jonsson, Johann Briem, 5? Jon Engilberts, Gunnlaug- g ur Scheving and Gunn- 4? laugur Blondal. 4? Believe it or.not, our office has been flooded by in- quiries from would-be members of the recently formed “Swoonatra Club” .... whose founding was written-upy in last week’s issue of The White Falcon .... It seems that many had a “secretpassion” for Sinatra’s singing, but were afraid to come out in the open and admit it .... As “Frankie” Carlson has now led the way, it must be with a big sigh of relief that the others can join in with their admiration .... Pvt. Johnnie Britton writes in to suggest that the club assume potential world-wide recognition by renaming it the “Iceland Chapter of the International Order of GI swooners for Frank Sinatra” .... Woo-woo!! 5k >k Some protests are beginning to be recorded by U.S. soldiers over their gaunt misnomers of GI Joe .... Dog- face .... Doggie .... or Doughfoot feel that it takes away what little individualism they may have .... All the pseudonyms are of this war’s vintage .... The overly- used “GI Joe” originated with the Army itself .... “GI” first being applied to articles of clothing and equip- ment, then hair-cuts — finally to the soldier himself .... Dogface, or Doggie was coined by U.S. infantry- men who firmly believed that they lead a dog’s life com- pared to other branches of the Army .... Doughfoot is thought to have originated during the present campaign in Italy — due to the disagreeable mud collected on the infantryman’s big four-buckle galoshes — giving him a gauche appearance .... Anyway, many soldiers do not like such “handles” .... prefer being called by name or at least as a member of their proper branch of service. * 7*4 * An anecdote comes from France, highlighted by the great American cigarette famine .... A Baltimore soldi- er, cleaning up a recently-vacated company headquart- ers, was diligently picking up stray bits of paper and cigarette butts, when lie was motioned to by a smiling Alsatian civilian who shouted, “Attendez! That eez not necessaire — take ceci”........and jubilantly presented the soldier with one genuine American cigarette. * * jfc At a recent payday at Fort Belvoir, Va., in the line of I.O.U. holders and other collectors stood a GI with an outstretched hat bearing the sign: “Furlough Fund” .... Soldiers chipped in $4.00 before they realized the enterprise was strictly a private one! INTENSIVE TRAINING SCHEDULED FOR Gfs TRANSFERRED TO ARMY GROUND FORCES '.r.rvrtarsr^fsr'.rvr. 1rsw4,r'»rtartarl«rv.irhrtartar4B*tartarta^tar'»rtartartartartartartartarvrtartrtrtartartar -.rtar\rtartartar Army Says AH WACs Will Now Be Trained At Ft. Des Moines, Iowa The WAG training center at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., will be discontinued and all mili- tary training of WACs will he consolidated at Fort Des Moines, Iowa, by April 1, the i\Var Dept, has announced- The change is said to be in line with the Army’s WAC recruiting program for 1945 which will stress the enlist- ment of women possessing specialized skills, rather than large numbers, togeth- er with those qualified for training and service as medi- cal and surgical technicians in Army hospitals. MEN OUTNUMBERED The population of the U.S., according to a recently re- leased Census Bureau estim- ate, is 138,100,874 as of last July 1. Armed forces over- seas were included in this total. Women outnumbered the men by about 6,000 the Bureau savs. According to a, War Dept, announcement, an intensive six weeks’ training course has been adopted by the Army for GIs transferred to the Infantry from the Air and Service Forces. The men are to get special train- ing as riflemen in order to prepare them for service in combat units. So far, 55,000 men have been transferred to the Ground Forces from these sources. Advanced replace- ment training centers will include Camp Bowie and Camp Maxev, Tex.; Camp Livingston, La.; and Camp Gordon, Ga. Some training will also be given at Ft. Jack- son, S-C.; Camp Gruber, Okla.; Camp Swift, Tex; and Camp Van Dorn, Miss. -“..Dimes" Campaign (Continued from Pajre 1) used in the organization’s work of alleviating suffer- ing from the dread disease for which science has as yet found no cure. Gen. Duncan declared himself “highly pleased” that the drive should have elicited such warm response here. Italian Youth?. Get New Schoolbooks Which Don’t Think So Much Of Benito The Allied Commission in Italy has just completed the printing of 1,000,000 text- hoks for a re-education cam- paign designed to remove Fascist doctrines and ideo- logies from the minds of Ital- ian children. In order to ex- punge Fascist dogma* it was nececssary to rewrite com- pletely a series of textbooks used in the elementary schools, while 759 books us- ed in secondary schools were eliminated or edited.

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