Franz Kempf
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Franz Kempf OAM is an Australia
n artist.
Kempf was born in Melbourne
and studied at the National Gallery of Victoria Art School
and in Italy and Austria. In England he worked as a film designer with Richard Macdonald and was associated with Peter Blake, Joe Tilson, Ceri Richards and Keith Vaughan. Vaughan had an influence on Kempf’s work of the 1960s.
Kempf has worked with and in a variety of media, styles and methods including paint, print, etching, lithograph, monotype, screenprint, textile and woodcut
.
Professor Sasha Grishin has described him as
He was Senior Lecturer in printmaking at the University of South Australia
from 1973 to 1981 and has been a Guest Lecturer at the Slade School of Fine Art
, the University of London
, the Edinburgh College of Art
, Scotland; Gloucester
College of Art, United Kingdom and has participated in over 90 one man invitation exhibitions in America, Israel, Germany, Poland and China.
In 1964 he was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society
UK and in December 2002 was awarded The Order of Australia
Medal for his contribution to the Arts.
In 2006 a documentary film, Franz Kempf, was produced on his work by Michael Clarkin.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n artist.
Kempf was born in Melbourne
Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
and studied at the National Gallery of Victoria Art School
National Gallery of Victoria Art School
The National Gallery of Victoria Art School , associated with the National Gallery of Victoria, was founded in 1867. It was the leading centre for academic art training in Australia until about 1910. Among its luminaries, the school was headed by John Brack from 1962-68 and Sir William Dargie was...
and in Italy and Austria. In England he worked as a film designer with Richard Macdonald and was associated with Peter Blake, Joe Tilson, Ceri Richards and Keith Vaughan. Vaughan had an influence on Kempf’s work of the 1960s.
Kempf has worked with and in a variety of media, styles and methods including paint, print, etching, lithograph, monotype, screenprint, textile and woodcut
Woodcut
Woodcut—occasionally known as xylography—is a relief printing artistic technique in printmaking in which an image is carved into the surface of a block of wood, with the printing parts remaining level with the surface while the non-printing parts are removed, typically with gouges...
.
Professor Sasha Grishin has described him as
He was Senior Lecturer in printmaking at the University of South Australia
University of South Australia
The University of South Australia is a public university in the Australian state of South Australia. It was formed in 1991 with the merger of the South Australian Institute of Technology and Colleges of Advanced Education. It is the largest university in South Australia, with more than 36,000...
from 1973 to 1981 and has been a Guest Lecturer at the Slade School of Fine Art
Slade School of Fine Art
The Slade School of Fine Art is a world-renownedart school in London, United Kingdom, and a department of University College London...
, the University of London
University of London
-20th century:Shortly after 6 Burlington Gardens was vacated, the University went through a period of rapid expansion. Bedford College, Royal Holloway and the London School of Economics all joined in 1900, Regent's Park College, which had affiliated in 1841 became an official divinity school of the...
, the Edinburgh College of Art
Edinburgh College of Art
Edinburgh College of Art is an art school in Edinburgh, Scotland, providing tertiary education in art and design disciplines for over two thousand students....
, Scotland; Gloucester
Gloucester
Gloucester is a city, district and county town of Gloucestershire in the South West region of England. Gloucester lies close to the Welsh border, and on the River Severn, approximately north-east of Bristol, and south-southwest of Birmingham....
College of Art, United Kingdom and has participated in over 90 one man invitation exhibitions in America, Israel, Germany, Poland and China.
In 1964 he was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society
Royal Society
The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge, known simply as the Royal Society, is a learned society for science, and is possibly the oldest such society in existence. Founded in November 1660, it was granted a Royal Charter by King Charles II as the "Royal Society of London"...
UK and in December 2002 was awarded The Order of Australia
Order of Australia
The Order of Australia is an order of chivalry established on 14 February 1975 by Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia, "for the purpose of according recognition to Australian citizens and other persons for achievement or for meritorious service"...
Medal for his contribution to the Arts.
In 2006 a documentary film, Franz Kempf, was produced on his work by Michael Clarkin.
Collections
Kempf's work is held in the following:- Victoria and Albert MuseumVictoria and Albert MuseumThe Victoria and Albert Museum , set in the Brompton district of The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, London, England, is the world's largest museum of decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 4.5 million objects...
, London - Betsalel National Museum, Jerusalem
- Mishkenot Sha’ananimMishkenot Sha’ananimMishkenot Sha’ananim was the first Jewish neighborhood built outside the walls of the Old City of Jerusalem, on a hill directly across from Mount Zion...
, Jerusalem - Beit HanassiBeit HaNassiBeit HaNassi , also known as Mishkan HaNassi "Presidential Residence" is the official residence of the President of Israel. It is located in the Talbiya neighborhood of Jerusalem, Israel.-History:...
, Jerusalem - Jewish Museum of AustraliaJewish Museum of AustraliaThe Jewish Museum of Australia is a community museum, which aims to explore and share the Jewish experience in Australia and benefit Australia's diverse society...
, Melbourne - Exeter University, Exeter
- Australian National Gallery, Canberra
- Art BankArt BankThe Art Bank is a division of the Canada Council for the Arts that rents works of art to public and private sector offices.Established in the 1970s the Art Bank buys art from notable Canadian artists through a system of peer review juries. The Bank continues to expand its collection, buying 52...
, Sydney NSW - Art Gallery of South AustraliaArt Gallery of South AustraliaThe Art Gallery of South Australia , located on the cultural boulevard of North Terrace in Adelaide, is the premier visual arts museum in the Australian state of South Australia. It has a collection of over 35,000 works of art, making it, after the National Gallery of Victoria, the largest state...
, Adelaide - National Gallery of VictoriaNational Gallery of VictoriaThe National Gallery of Victoria is an art gallery and museum in Melbourne, Australia. Founded in 1861, it is the oldest and the largest public art gallery in Australia. Since December 2003, NGV has operated across two sites...
, Melbourne - Art Gallery of Western AustraliaArt Gallery of Western AustraliaThe Art Gallery of Western Australia is a public gallery that is part of the Perth Cultural Centre, in Perth, Western Australia. It is located near the Western Australian Museum and State Library of Western Australia...
, Perth - Geelong Art GalleryGeelong Art GalleryThe Geelong Art Gallery is a major regional gallery in the city of Geelong in Victoria, Australia. The gallery has approximately 4,000 works of art in its collection...
, Geelong - Mildura Arts Centre Gallery, Mildura
- Newcastle Regional Art Gallery, Newcastle
- Bendigo Art GalleryBendigo Art GalleryBendigo Art Gallery in Bendigo, founded in 1887, is one of Australia’s oldest and largest regional art galleries. The Bendigo Art Gallery hosts Australia's richest open painting prize, the Arthur Guy Memorial Painting Prize, worth $50,000, which was launched in 2003.- Prizes :* Arthur Guy Memorial...
, Bendigo - Benalla Art Gallery, Victoria
- Warrnambool Art Gallery, Warrnambool
- Flinders University Art Museum, Flinders University
- University of AdelaideUniversity of AdelaideThe University of Adelaide is a public university located in Adelaide, South Australia. Established in 1874, it is the third oldest university in Australia...
- University of MelbourneUniversity of MelbourneThe University of Melbourne is a public university located in Melbourne, Victoria. Founded in 1853, it is the second oldest university in Australia and the oldest in Victoria...
- Reserve Bank of AustraliaReserve Bank of AustraliaThe Reserve Bank of Australia came into being on 14 January 1960 as Australia's central bank and banknote issuing authority, when the Reserve Bank Act 1959 removed the central banking functions from the Commonwealth Bank to it....
- Nillumbik Art Collection
- Broken Hill Proprietary House Collection
- Wollongong City Art Gallery
- Swan Hill Gallery of Contemporary Art
- Premier’s Department, New South Wales
- University of South AustraliaUniversity of South AustraliaThe University of South Australia is a public university in the Australian state of South Australia. It was formed in 1991 with the merger of the South Australian Institute of Technology and Colleges of Advanced Education. It is the largest university in South Australia, with more than 36,000...
- Wagga Wagga Art Gallery, New South Wales
- New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale
- St Ann’s College, Adelaide
- Queen Victoria Museum, Tasmania
- Tasmanian Museum and Art GalleryTasmanian Museum and Art GalleryThe Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery is a museum located in Hobart, Tasmania. The museum was established in 1843, by the Royal Society of Tasmania under the leadership of Sir John Franklin, the oldest Royal Society outside of England.-Governance:...
, Tasmania - Waite Agricultural Research Institute, Adelaide
- Hilton International Hotel, Adelaide
- Parliament HouseParliament HouseParliament House is the name of the seat of Parliament in a number of jurisdictions:-Australia:Commonwealth Parliament* Parliament House, Canberra, Parliament of Australia* Old Parliament House, CanberraState and Territory Parliaments...
, Canberra, ACT - Australian National UniversityAustralian National UniversityThe Australian National University is a teaching and research university located in the Australian capital, Canberra.As of 2009, the ANU employs 3,945 administrative staff who teach approximately 10,000 undergraduates, and 7,500 postgraduate students...
, Canberra, ACT - National Museum of AustraliaNational Museum of AustraliaThe National Museum of Australia was formally established by the National Museum of Australia Act 1980. The National Museum preserves and interprets Australia's social history, exploring the key issues, people and events that have shaped the nation....
, Canberra, ACT - Guandong Museum of Art China, China
- Victorian Arts Centre, Melbourne
Reviews and commentary
- Ashkenazi, Susie, ‘New Paintings by Franz Kempf’, Jewish News, May 1995
- Dutkiewicz, Adam, ‘Reflections on Life’s Journey’, Advertiser, September 1997
- Dutkiewicz, Adam, ‘Romantic Landscape in the Abstract’, Advertiser, December 1994
- Emery, John, ‘Kempf uncovered’, Advertiser, May 1991
- Grishin, Sasha, ‘The Voyages of Franz Kempf’, Franz Kempf Recent Work, BMG Art, Adelaide, 1997
- Grishin, Sasha, ‘Discord in Harmony’, Franz Kempf Recent Work, BMG Art,
- Grishin, Sasha, Discord in Harmony’, Franz Kempf Recent Work, Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne, 1995
- Grishin, Sasha, ‘Franz Kempf Works on Paper’, Flinders University Art Museum, 2002
- Harris, Samela, ‘Outsiders and Witnesses in Art’, Advertiser, September 1995
- Jawary, Anita, ‘Insights into a Creative Life’, Australian Jewish News, Melbourne edition, November 1992
- De Jong-Duldig, Eva, ‘Printmaker Presents a Fascinating Look at Life’, Arts/Review, April 1993
- Kronenberg, Simon, ‘An Exhibition of Contemporary Art’, Jewish Festival of Art, Westpac Gallery, Victorian Art Centre, Melbourne, 1993
- Larkin, John, ‘Return of a Graduate from the Academy of Free Spirit’, Melbourne Age, May 1995
- Larkin, John, ‘The View from Within and Above, Franz Kempf Recent Work, BMG Art 2000
- Lloyd, Tim, ‘Abstract Meets Landscape’, Advertiser, December 1994
- McDonald, Katherine, ‘Henri Worland Print Award, 1972-1992’, Warrnambool Art Gallery, Victoria
- Neylon, John, ‘Most Documented Living’, Adelaide Review, 1991
- Smith, Dr Ernest and Smith, Robert, ‘Franz Kempf The Painter as Printmaker 1955-1992’, Mildura Art Gallery, Swan Hill Regional Gallery, McClelland Gallery, Langwarrin
- Lloyd, Tim, ‘Infinite Possibilities’, The Advertiser, 20 October 2002
- Grishin, Sasha, ‘Thinking on Paper 1955 - 2002’, Wakefield Press October 2002
- Neylon, John, ‘Thinking on Paper’, The Adelaide Review, October 2002
Publications
- ‘Art in Israel’. Broadsheet, Contemporary Art Society, August 1965, pp.5-7
- ‘Polish Printmakers 1972’, Art and Australia 10,3,1973, pp.236
- ‘Sculpture in South Australia’, Art and Australia 12, 1, 1974, pp.46-7
- Contemporary Australian Printmakers, Melbourne: Lansdowne, 1976
- Etchings for Shmuel Gorr, ‘The End of Days’, The Jewish Observer V, 5, October 1968, pp.16-18, and Shmuel Gorr, ‘The End of Days’, Melbourne: The Levite Press, (1968)
- Ultimate Goal, Franz Kempf, Generation Vol 3 No 4, General Journal Inc, Melbourne Victoria