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Show 'Springville Art Gets Story In Iceland Papers Once more the Springville high school art has reached the headlines head-lines of the news and once more it has brought publicity to Springville Spring-ville and to Utah. This was made known this week with receipt of two newspapers from Iceland the Alpyoublaoio or night paper and the Morgunblaoio paper or morning paper. In one the headline was, "Icelandic Paintings Paint-ings In An International Exhibition Exhibi-tion in America," and the story read in part . . . "Yesterday an international in-ternational art exhibit was opened in the town of Springville in Utah and there among the shown works are two paintings done by Icelandic Ice-landic painters: Asgrimur Jonsson and Jon Thorleifson. A merchant of Icelandic decent, has had the Jeadership of getting Icelandic paintings for this exhibition. ex-hibition. First he asked Mr. Johannes Johan-nes Kjarval to send one, but Mr. Kjarval could not, as too many of his works are in London of coarse of preparation of his art-book. Then by intervention of men here Asgrimur and Jon sent one picture pic-ture each. That merchants name is John Y. Bearnson. He is born in the United States, son of Finnbogi Bjornson of Hjallanes. He tells that ca 1000 Icelanders live in Utah now, but in Spanish Fork in this state was the first icelandic colonization in the United1 States. Springville is a small town, but known everywhere in the States for its yearly art exhibitions. In the town there also is a pretty good collection of works of art, there among some pictures done by Scandinavian artists. And the second article titled, "Icelandic Paintings in An Exhibition Exhibi-tion in Utah," stated: Today, April 1st, in the town Springville in the state Utah of U. S. A. there is opened an art-exhibition, where two icelandic painters have a share. The exhibition is set up by the local art association of the town, but they have had exhibitions like this for years, always in the month of April.- Painters of many different nations na-tions have their works there, and more than 300 paintings will be (Continued on Page Two) 69 Jl n Jpringville Art Gets Story ay jj'n Icelandic Papers )figT: (Continued from Page One) hown there. The painters Asgri-P Asgri-P nur Jonsson and Jon Thorleifsson ave one painting each in the , ..xhibition. Kjarval could not ac-.''he ac-.''he Jon Thorleifsson's painting ept the invitation to send one. ""picture) is, "EyjafjaUajokuU," P.een from the Westman Islands." 'rlsgrim-ur's painting is, "From the SUKVood of Husafell." The main encourager of this L 'natter Is the West-Icelander John .!?. Bearnson, son of Finnbogi $jornnson of Hjallanes, but Por-3) Por-3) Waldur Kolbelns has done the fur-r fur-r of herance here and has had an excel-agsent excel-agsent help of the ministry of for-enticslgn for-enticslgn affairs. ICS The Springville art gallery is ' .ittracting its usual crowds of in-f in-f ;erested patrons, critics and others is 8itvho view the art pieces throughout jj it :he day. The gallery is open B s0 through the week from 9 a.m. to ,.) p.m., and there is no admission J3harge to see the pictures. |