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Date 1968
Classification Painting
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 30 ¼ × 36 in. (76.8 × 91.4 cm)
Frame 34 ⅜ × 40 ¼ in. (87.3 × 102.2 cm)
Inscriptions Signed, dated, and titled en verso
Born 1904 in New York City, NY
Franz Moishe Kempf
Franz Moishe Kempf was an Australian artist who mastered a range of mediums - painting, etching, lithograph, monotype, screen print, textile, and woodcut. According to art historian Sascha Griffin, he effectively “commemorated the miracle of being and condemns all that is oppressive and coercive”. He founded a grant for young artists and his work is shown in the Andrew Steiner Education Center and the Adelaide Holocaust Museum's Franz Kempf Memorial Gallery.
Died 2000 in Bucks County, PA
Other Major Exhibits:
Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Betsalel National Museum, Jerusalem
Jewish Museum of Australia, Melbourne
Australian National Gallery, Canberra
