Wieneke Archive Book 3 : Moreton Galleries 1960-61 Presscuttings

April 1960 YOUNG QUEENSIAlvAR BECOMES NEW CHAMPION HOMEMAKER YOUTH Picture above shows Gail receiving congratulations. Queensland Student, 16 year old Gail Cuckson, became Austra- lia's Top Junior Homemaker early this year, which we:. net only a per- sonal triumph but also a win for the State's Domestic Science Training System. The contest was spon- sored by Hills Hoists Lim- ited in conjunction with the Education Department in each State and brought to Queensland Miss Pat- ricia Rathbono (Tas- mania), Miss Gertrude Woerz (Victoria), Miss Judith Quicke (West Aus- tralia), Miss Rosalie Gif- ford (South Australia) and Miss Janice Mackay N.S.W.). A two-day marathon judging brought to the top Gail, a pupil and prefect of Toowoomba High School, whose people aro dairy farmers at Cranley. Gail was top Senior last year with A's in Homo Science A, Home Science B, Geography and Physics, and B's in English and Art. Gail's prize as Austral- ian Champion Homemaker was a cheque for 000 from the sponsors, Hills Hoists, width she added to her £90 for being the State Chant - pion. Gail, who has been mak- ing her own clothes since she was 12 years old is an experienced homemaker under the initial super- vision of her mother.. Her ambition, a f ter completing her course of 2 years at the Teachers' Training College and four years of teaching Domestic Science is to travel to New Zealand on the Scholarship to further her Domestic Science Studies there. for MUM! on Moth:.,r's Day give the gift she likes most . . . HILLS I. give het aid - work she'll hi it gether, but be si the best HILLS 1 (hi (tell Dad a Leundi HOISTS P SBA -528 BRUNSWICK ST., VALLE) ART CORNER Understanding Paintings. REALISM By James Wieneke Paintings are not always easy things for everyone to understand and today there are many different kinds of painting; thus it becomes necessary, if one is keen to enjoy paintings, to know something of the fundamental, involved in such work before we can arrive at some eorthwhile appreciation of the picture. So let us this week look at the realistic school and those closely associated with it, as most representa- tional art conies tinder the broad heading of realism. A painting actually is a tone. Emphasis of tone in visual interpretation, certain passages is called vitally influenced by for though, and the pat - thought and feeling, re- tern over the whole picture vealing the truth and must be well considered. If nature of a subject, be it landscape, portrait or still life, in the ninny and varied approaches. How- ever, it is safe to say that the basic fundamental of picture construction, be it any kind of interpretation, from pure realism to pure abstract, is composition, which of course is very closely related to design. I. Composition is the sat- isfying arrangement of ob- jects and spaces within the confines of the Lamm. As a simple example, the landscape artist strives to keen his horizon line from cutting the composition into equal parts horizon- tally. Just as he does not wish to see a tree or object awkwardly in the picture, because such placings usually disturb one. As a picture, the area or space of the can- vas naturally becomes numb more interesting to eye and mind if some in- vention is brought to bear on the placing of things or objects. This requires thought and skill, and is a deal more difficult to achieve than you may imagine. For the sake of composition - the artist is at liberty to move any- thing in the landscape that he thinks necessary. 2. If one wants to make objects or animals, etc., look like what the painting Is intended to represent, then one must realise the enormous importance of good drawing in painting. And good drawing means knowledge and u n d e r - standing of objects, ele- ments and character, etc. Good drawing does not mean what is termed photographic, the drawing may possibly be sketchy or exaggerated - but even in its suggested form the artist should have the . ability to convince and satisfy. 3. The third fundamental is tone. Objects or com- ponent parts of a composi- tion must take and keep their place in the picture. To use n simple example it is of little use in tonal painting distant monntain so strong in tone that it comes out of niece and forward. Then the feature is said to lie out of tone or value. The black and white photograph is an- other good example be- cause it reduces colour to the pattern has not some contrast of tone - it must, Minor. With the coming of of course be weak in im- Christianity, the old pact on the spectator. heathen celebration was 4. Colour itself is s Holly changed Into a day of Important too, and this hublahi" for "m Iio the ti calls for control, expert- Misch", a Sunday being s mice and taste. If colour set aside in the middle of is not well understood it Lent, when children gave may be crude and un- presents to both their par- ents ...hut especially to attractive. Colour of nurse is very personal and Mother. It was in the many artists create beauti- U.S.A. that our Modern fully harmonious works Mother's Day began, in - with subtle greys and spired by Miss Anna M. sensitive colours, whilst Jarvis, of Philadelphia, who arranged a church others employ a richer service "for all the colour sense. Both are ors of the world" on the moth - good. It is the degree of discretion and taste with which colour is used that is the important thing. What is called quality of colour is an everlasting aim of the artist, as the variety of combination is endless. 5. Technique also is a necessary factor in tiny interpretation, though a picture painted merely as a display of technical ability is empty and use- less as a work of art. Nevertheless we must not lose sight of the fact that whenever one has some- thing worthwhile to say in paint, it is so.very much the better for having been said well. in other words no-one surely wants to state something that is worthwhile poorly, or dis- play no respect for the medium or tools employed. Whilst speaking of tech- ninue it may be as well to noint out that some paint- ings arc smoothly finished whilst others are broadly finished. This breadth of course is deliberate hut the artist intends you to view the picture from some little distance. 6. And now we come to the matter of feeling in point- ing. Feeling is a ninlor renuirement, and is prob- ably impossible to de- scribe, as it is an in- definable something in n nainting which will, if it is there. ultimately make its presence known. Tt moves one. It lifts Or elevates one. Tt could he called the spiritual quality of the work. Ste yen can see Dint painting is. tr.merallv sosnl;ing, a rornliinai ion of intelligence, emotion. and technique, rind the valor of the result lies in the }muds of the artist concerned. We must remember that n11 artists ennnot possibly THE OTHER SIDE OF YOUR FAVOURITE RADIO PROGRAMM MOTHER'S DAY SUNDAY, MAY 8 Mother's Day, by mod- ern custom is celebrated on the second Sunday of May each year. This arrangement dates buck to 11)14, but Mothers were venerated thousands of years before that. In Ancient -Greece there was actual mother - worship, with a special ritual dedi- cated to Cybele, or Rhea, the great "Mother of the Gods". Such ceremonies took place during the Ides of March, throughout Asia anniversary of her own mother's death. That was in 1907, and the day re- ceived government recog- nition seven years later. FACT Music is said to have originated in the mind of a blacksmith who dis- covered the pleasing rhythm qualities and tone of his hammer strokes on the anvil. The blacksmith was Tubal Cain, the bibli- cal worker in iron and brass, to whom is attri- buted the invention of the harp, It is interesting to know that compositions introducing the black- smith and his anvil, have been popular for cen- t uries, 0 The boundary line which separates U.S.A. from Canada was run in 'accord- ance with the Ashhortnn treats, and cost the labour of 904 men for 1R months. A path 30 feet wide and 300 miles long was cleared of all trees and cut throned) the forest. and at the end of every mile a east -iron pillar was set. These Milers stood .1 feet nut of the ground and were 'minted white, hearing raised letters nn the sides, the dates together with the names of the commis- sioners who caused the line to he run. he Turners. but there are enfold numbers of fine 21111'f will/ have given essed ideneeee In cotintleee neonle and I am will eonlinee to de so, hero's,' from time immemorinl the nllerine invitations from rehire to the rainier hue been their n1141 will re. By REX HODEL When you go to the Radio and switch on your favourite programme your moven almost automatic. Radio has been there entertaining us, giving us news, musk for so many yearr; that there are few in the younger generations who can remembc there wasn't Radio. Have you ever thought as you listen to your favourite programme of the tremen- dous amount of work and organisation Mat goes on behind the scenes before you hear it? In this article we will take the case of a Commercial Station (such as 4ICQ) and give you some idea of just what has to be clone to get a programme on the air. First of all, most Com- mercial Radio Stations have as their second -in -charge a Sales Manager, who in turn has a group of Sales- men under his control, who go out and sell the avail- able time on the air to dif- ferent companies and firms who wish to advertise their products. They may sell them an hour long pro- gramme, a half-hour, regular quarter hour, or, to use the jargon of Radio. a series of 100 warders. 50 v.orders, 25 worriers, or the smallest of announcements. 8 word slogans. Many large firms and businesses have Advertising Agencies who handle all their Radio Advertising for them, but in the main, the Salesman must go to his client, give him suggestibns of how lie can advertise his product through broadcast- ing and should the client agree, the wheels arc im- mediately set in motion at the Radio Station concerned to prepare a programme for the sponsor. Let's take a half-hour show as an example. Mr. John Smith has agreed to take half an hour to adver- tise Isis new brand of Soap The Salesman comes back and sees the Schedules De- partment at the Radio Sta- tion, who have huge she,:ts which are a log of every minute that is broadcast on the air. These Dogs are known as Studio Schedules The Schedules Department then decides at what time of the day or night the Adver- tiser may have his half hour. 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