Cassab was twice winner of the Archibald Prize and her portraits and abstracted landscapes are immediately recognisable and part of an Australian consciousness. Information for Indigenous Australians, Monash University: 00008CMonash College: 01857J, Chief Marketing OfficerUniversity Marketing, Admissions and Communications, Australian Centre for Jewish Civilisation In time, further familiarity with the central Australian landscape, above all the awe-inspiring great rock known to the indigenous people of the area as Uluru, a place of immense spiritual significance to them, captivated Cassab; she marvelled at its forms, which reminded her of the sculptures of Henry Moore, the faces of the Sphinx, and other icons of legend she fancied she saw in it and considered it a place of wonderment. Please try again later. Austrian-born and of Hungarian parents, Judy Cassab emigrated to Australia in 1951 with her husband and two children. JUDY CASSAB 1920-2015. Cassab once wrote; "My art is so intrinsically interwoven in the fabric of my being that I cannot conceive of any sort of existence without it. She moved to Austr. I always talk to my sitters, because I like to catch the expression in their eyes. No-one could fail to notice it. 1920 - 2015 Judy Cassab AO CBE (1920-2015) was one of Australia's best-loved, most successful and prolific portrait painters. Between 1939 and 1949, Cassab studied art in Prague and at the Budapest Academy, but her studies were interrupted by the Nazi occupation. The Patris made a total of 91 voyages to Australia between 1959 and 1975, travelling regularly via Egypt's Suez Canal. She held her first solo exhibition in 1953, won back-to-back Womens Weekly Portrait Prizes in 1955 and 1956, and became the second woman to win the Archibald in 1960 with her portrait of Stanislaus Rapotec. Born in 1920, she lived in Hungary until 1949, and she and her family immigrated to Australia in 1951. Unfortunately I will be in Seoul, Korea, in connection with my duties for the United Nations on North Korea, he wrote in an email to Seed. TWO years ago a major exhibition by Archibald Prize-winning artist Judy Cassab, aptly named Judy Cassab, A Celebration, was held at Eva Breuer Art Dealer in Sydney, and a few months later at Melbournes Mossgreen Gallery. She got commissions to paint portraits and her career took off. Judy Cassab AO CBE (15 August 1920 3 November 2015), born Judit Kaszab, was an Australian painter. "Well, how many families live here?" In the following years Cassab established herself as a portrait painter of considerable renown, rendering her subjects with an expressionist style influenced by European modernists. Following the publication of her diaries in 1995, Sydney University conferred upon her the honorary degree of Doctor of Letters (Hon. Judy Cassab: Yes, it did. Diaries. It gave her a lot of pleasure.. And since the age of 12 she kept a diary about her life. There was not a mean bone in her body and she was the only one I have ever known for whom everyone who knew her felt at least affection and friendliness. We've both spent our lives following our great passion. Entries came from both Australia and overseas. Wiki User. Jancsi was sent to a forced slave labour camp and was one of the few to survive. Judy Cassab Australian, b. When Jancsi returned he went into hiding, and together they survived the war. The Independent Planning Commission (IPC) held its public hearings last week over two days, with commissioners hearing from organisations and residents on the negative and positive impacts from holiday letting. All her Jewish family had perished in Auschwitz, but Judy survived by living in a basement under a false identity. The celebration included the opening of an intimate . Tributes are flowing for one of Australia's most acclaimed portrait painters, Judy Cassab, who has died at the age of 95. In 1969 Judy was appointed as a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for her service to the visual arts. I was six, my brother, Peter, four; we both got measles and Judy painted a mural to amuse us. Artist Judy Cassab, 89, came to Australia from post-war Hungary and went on to twice win the Archibald Prize. Hilary L. Rubinstein Austrian-born and of Hungarian parents, Judy Cassab emigrated to Australia in 1951 with her husband and two children. I lost the first 11 years of my diaries when they were left in my childhood home in Beregszsz and perished during the war. In Judy Cassab Diaries, the artist tells the . She established a fine reputation there as a portraitist and over a number of years took to spending a couple of months annually in London executing commissions, while her husband cheerfully remained in Sydney looking after the couples sons. A goodness that radiated from her and that was palpable. In Australia, she quickly gained a reputation for her distinctive expressionist . She met her husband, Jancsi Kmpfner, in 1938 when she was 18 and he was 36. 17.6.11 JUDY HONOURED BY HUNGARIAN GOVERNMENT WITH A "GOLD CROSS OF MERIT" MEDAL. She was appointed as a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for her service to the visual arts in 1969, and an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) in 1988. Living separately for fear of discovery, the couple managed to survive the Nazi occupation, Cassab assuming the identity of her former maid, a non-Jew who insisted on this step. Judy removes her yellow star, and, using the identification papers of her old maid, adopts a new non-Jewish identity. Having written a dairy since the age of twelve, Judys entries from before April 1944 were lost during the war. Cassab has often said that her life can be split into two parts; her life as an artist, and her life as a devoted wife, mother and grandmother. Judy Cassab was one of Australia's most respected female artists, renowned for her abilities as a portraitist. Art & Collectors recognises the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation as the sovereign custodians of the land on which we operate. While in her teens Cassab fell in love with Jancsi Kaempfner, a Jewish chemical engineer and brewery manager twice her age. In Australia, she quickly gained a reputation for her distinctive expressionist technique and portrait abilities. After the war Cassab and her husband learnt that their immediate families had died in Nazi concentration camps; Cassab herself evaded persecution during the war by posing as her familys Catholic maid. Since her first solo exhibition at the Macquarie Galleries in Sydney in 1953, Judy Cassab has held well over fifty solo exhibitions throughout Australia as well as in Paris and London. art when she was 12 years old as well as starting to keep a diary. Judy Cassab Diaries is a book of her diary entries from 1944 to 1993. Among Australias most renowned artists, they chart the moments of friendship, fantasy and feeling that comprised the extraordinary Judy Cassab. In 1967, when the Suez was closed, she spent five years detouring her way . Judy Cassab was born in Vienna, on 15 August 1920 to Jewish Hungarian parents. They are a soft and loving conversation with the grandson she clearly adored. Our lives might have once seemed different, but I came to see that we've both travelled similar journeys. Last updated Judy still paints every day, portraits or landscapes, and writes her daily diary. Judy Cassab was born in Vienna in 1920. From Judy Cassabs scrapbooks and photograph albums, 1951-1997, at the National Library of Australia. Meanwhile, during her 1959 exhibition Cassab had also sold a study of a woman's head to a director of a major shipping company, the Orient Line. Tax included and shipping calculated at checkout. But I will be thinking of you, Peter and your family above all of Judy all that day.. The book was a hit with readers . In the 1930s and 40s however, Cassabs attempts to visit Paris were frustrated by the Second World War and post-war austerity and travel restrictions. Judy Cassab was born Judy Kaszab in Vienna, Austria, in 1920, to Hungarian parents. New Search eResources User Lists Feedback Help Collection Delivery Times Ask a Librarian. John Seed worked out of the Northern Rivers to become a pioneering environmental activist, involved in direct actions which have resulted in the protection of Australian rainforests. Why did Judy Cassab migrate to Australia for kids? . Dont be a passive reader, send us your epistles. A Hungarian Jew, Cassab fled Europe after 10 years of oppression at the hands of both the fascist and communist regimes. Byron Shire has been gifted four artworks by renowned Australian artist Judy Cassab. Cassab also had several other commissions to fulfill in London as a result of the 1959 exhibition. I was very happy that we did the exhibition, he told The AJN. Their Australian life began in a Bondi boarding house with other Hungarian migrants some of whom were Jewish, others Nazis. To view the full Judy Cassab collection, click here. Detail of Ormiston 1959, painted in her Sydney studio from an oil study made on site, is one of her earliest paintings of central Australia and a radical departure from the familiar human figures of her earlier works. It needs great concentration to paint a portrait. The Tweed section of the Northern Rivers Rail Trail opened this morning making 24km of the former rail line open to the public. US$350-US$385 . Lismore Showgrounds | Thursday til9 September | 7pm A collaboration between The University of Melbourne and The National Foundation for Australian Women (NFAW), Judy Cassab, 1993, by Weight, GregDetails. Born Judit Kaszab in Vienna in 1920 to Jewish Hungarian parents, Cassab started painting at the age of 12. Was Judy cassab a refugee? Drug law reform has been taking the world by storm as Australia has, as usual, dragged its feet. Are you a RAHS Member or Affiliate? Courtesy of John Seed and Peter Kampfner. Overall, Cassab exhibited 41 works in the competition between 1952 and 1998. 162 QUEEN STREET WOOLLAHRA NSW AUSTRALIA T . and the Queensland and Victorian Premiers' awards for The Boyds. To stay sane in the city, I started sculpting again. Judy exhibited forty paintings in the Archibald throughout her career. In 1969, as the only woman to have won the Archibald Prize twice and having collected another 10 major art prizes, Judy Cassab was appointed as a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for her service to the visual arts. Her parents soon separated and Judith went with her mother back to Hungary to live with her grandmother. Rubinstein William D. The Jews in Australia: A Thematic History. By this time Judy was duplicating documents and smuggling medicine for the underground resistance movement. These all-consuming priorities were sometimes conflicting, which tore at her at times. Seed, an environmental campaigner and sculptor, said: I moved back to Sydney in 2008 after an absence of 40 years, so as to be closer to Judy in her decline. Judy recalls that during one of her crying fits about a proposed overseas trip, Jancsi who was staying behind with the children, finally exclaimed 'we are only half of your life. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Cassab was made a commander of the British Empire in 1969, then an officer of the Order of Australia in 1988. John asked, "Is this a hotel? I've painted John since he was a baby, but it's hard to paint someone you know so well, because which sides of their nature do you depict? ", Judy: My two sons were born very different people. Byron Echo Print Archive (previous volume). Judy Cassab interviewed by Hazel de Berg in the Hazel de Berg collection [sound recording], 1962. JUDY CASSAB: A PORTRAIT By Brenda Niall, Allen & Unwin, $39.95. Most of her family, including her mother, grandmother and uncle, as well as close members of her husbands family were deported to Auschwitz where they were killed. Finally, they received permits to enter Australia and immigrated there in 1951. He's a beautiful boy; I love going to his concerts, and painting him. This exhibition reveals a moment when those passions overlapped. His work is about beauty and aesthetics in nature. August 15, 1920, Vienna, Austria . She died on November 3, 2015 in Randwick, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. At the German embassy waiting for her travel papers, Judy felt for the first time in my life that I was not a girl, not a woman, not a human being, but a Jew. [2] Two years later, in 1941, Jancsi was sent to a forced labour camp. Lee Jopling and Catherine Runcie, University of Sydney, 129-144. For Cassab, adapting to life in Australia was a challenge made easier by her extraordinary talent as an artist. She was born in Vienna, on 15 August 1920 to Hungarian parents. Later in life, in a retrospective moment, the internationally renowned portrait painter and published diarist explained how painting and writing came to feature so prominently in her life: 'I had always thought that I expressed my thoughts with a brush. Add an answer. She began painting at twelve years old and began studying at the Academy of Fine Arts, Prague in 1938, but was forced to flee the German occupation in 1939. Cassab painted the Queen Sirikit of Thailand, evaded Auschwitz and befriended the most famous of Australian artists. Judy Cassab has survived Nazi persecution, poverty and enjoyed a great, enduring love. The residents of Johnson Drive, West Ballina are being directly affected by the upgrade of River Street which Two weeks ago, massage therapist, Anaiya Cooper suffered a major setback when her business went up in flames. Judy Cassab is known for Expressionist and abstract image painting, portrait specialty. She was married in 1939 to Jancsi, who in 1941 was sent to a Russian forced labour camp for three years. She had suffered dementia for 14 years before being diagnosed with cancer . He was 97 when he died in 2001, Judy was almost 80. Photograph by Jenni Carter. The diary begins in April 1944; Hungarian Jews have been forced to declare their assets and wear a yellow star. Port Melbourne: William Heinemann Australia, 1991. At last I had parental approval - it meant a lot to me. Open daily On the evening of the funeral there was a gathering of family and friends at the home of Cassabs other son, Peter Kampfner, and during the evening a large box of fruit was delivered to the house. In 1984 she compiled a portfolio of lithographs of eminent Australian cultural figures, including artists Donald Friend, Sidney Nolan and Lloyd Rees. Art & Collectors. In this collection of rare etchings published by Crown Press Studios, an often unseen side of the artist emerges. Judiths adapting to life in Australia was initially a challenge in more ways then one. Judy Cassab died in November 2015, leaving behind a significant body of work, exhibited both in Australia and internationally. In 1980 she became only the second female trustee of the Art Gallery of NSW trustee. It was, perhaps, also an inner healing of sorts, a degree of reconciliation. Jewish Women's Archive. Cassab loved to paint, and until recently painted every day. ISSN 2207-3124, Nita B Kibble Literary Awards for Women Writers, Jenner, Dorothy Gordon (Andrea) (1891 - 1985), MLMSS 7151/Boxes 1-8, 10-14, 16-32; MLMSS 7151/Folder 9; MLMSS 7151/Item, http://www.womenaustralia.info/exhib/honours/honours.html, http://www.theharvardadvocate.com/winter99/cassab.html, http://www.nla.gov.au/events/doclife/cassab.html, http://www.art-galleries-schubert.com.au/www/Judy_Cassab/Judy_Cassab.htm, http://users.senet.com.au/~bmgart/cassab.html, http://www.evabreuerartdealer.com.au/cassab.html, http://www.greythorngalleries.com.au/judy_cassab.htm, http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-411282865/findingaid, http://www.moranhealthcare.com.au/art/1996/cassab.html, http://wagnerartgallery.com.au/artists3.html, Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Australia License. Also included are passges from the artist's extensive diaries which provide an interesting insight into her life and work. Jancsi was sent to a forced labour camp in Russia in 1941, and, again at his urging, for he would always be supportive of her artistic ambitions, she went to art school in Budapest. Born Judit Kaszab on August 15, 1920, Judy Cassab was born in Vienna, the only child of middle-class Hungarian Jewish parents Imre and Ilona (Kont) Kaszab. Jancsi not only kept the promise throughout their long marriage but was sometimes the one who had to creatively enforce it when Judy herself was willing to put her travelling aspirations aside if it meant being able to stay with her husband and young children. In 2004 she was awarded the Order of Australia (AO). The story of Judy Cassab is marked by determination. A two-time winner of the Archibald Prize, Judy Cassab was a portraitist of immense insight and imagination, seemingly able to capture not only a sitters likeness but the spirit of their times. Born in Vienna in 1920 to Hungarian Jewish parents, she lived through the horrors of the Second World War. The Greens, Labor, Independent or The Nationals: who will win your vote for the state seat of Ballina next month? She won the Archibald again in 1967 with her portrait of artist Margo Lewers. Cassabs diary entries are short, sharp and personal. Vienna, Austria Judy Cassab/Place of birth. Cassab lost most of her family to the Holocaust. Now we're having a joint exhibition at Eva Breuer Gallery in Woollahra, which Michael Kirby will open on September 30 [Wednesday]. In his eulogy at the funeral, Seed said:What I would like tocelebrate now isthe goodness which was so central to her character, to her very being. Born Judit Kaszab in 1920 in Vienna to Hungarian parents, Cassab was raised by her mother and grandmother in Beregszsz, Hungary. Terrapin Puppet Theatres Red A round-up of the coming events in the Byron Shire and beyond. The artwork looked as if it had been painted by an artist with years of experience. Cassab was made a commander of the British Empire in 1969, then an officer of the Order of Australia in 1988. Brown penned the best-selling book "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics," published on June 4, 2013. In 1929 why did the stock market crash. My partner drove while I conducted reconnaissance for that elusive parking spot. 25 Followers. Courtesy of John Seed and Peter Kampfner. She died with a smile. As the bombing intensified in 1945, Judy spent even longer periods in the cramped confines of her bunker. Judy Cassab's love for Australia's desert interior had a profound impact on her practice. She'd get jostled as she sketched, so I hired a wooden boat, with a deckhand to hold an umbrella over her. After the war Cassab and her husband learnt that their immediate families had died in Nazi concentration camps; Cassab herself evaded persecution during the war by posing as her familys Catholic maid. Tributes have poured in for Cassab from members of the art world, famous people who sat for her paintings and community leaders. Niall, Brenda. Volume Two: 1945 to the Present. Died: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 03 Nov 2015, Portrait of Judy Cassab in the early 1990s by Robert Walker Estate of Robert Walker. Cassab was the first woman to win the Archibald Prize twice: She held more than fifty solo exhibitions in Australia, as well as others in Paris and London. It helped her sitters to settle and her mind to focus. She was effervescent with people and quietly determined in her practice. Bibliographic information. But Kingscliff Ratepayers and Progress Association say that the impact on residents and business is too high a cost to pay. The publication of letters is at the discretion of the letterseditor. Time for drug law reform in NSW as state election looms? [9], In 2011 Cassab was awarded Hungarys Gold Cross of Merit. Judy Cassab was born in Vienna, Austria in 1920 to Hungarian parents. Art & Collectors. Judy Cassab died in November 2015, leaving behind a significant body of work. Jancsi and I visited the commune when Bodhi was born. INGVAR KENNE. View Judy Cassab biographical information, artworks upcoming at auction, and sale prices from our price archives. Among the new immigrants were the first non-British migrants allowed by the Australian Government. T. Why did judy cassab come to Australia? 1951 pp. One of Australia's greatest portrait painters, Judy Cassab, AO, CBE, has died. Her family and countless friends and loved ones perished in the . Even after Russian forces liberated the city and Judy was reunited with Jancsi, hunger and hardship persisted. T. It caught the eye of the company's director, Sir Colin Anderson, who also happened to be chairman of London's Tate Gallery. She was the first woman to win the Archibald Prize twice. What was Judy Cassab life before migration? Cassab was born in Vienna to Hungarian parents. I've learned so much from John. She became a commander of the British Empire in 1969, and officer of the Order of Australia in 1988. Tributes flow for one of Australia's most acclaimed portrait painters, Judy Cassab, who has died at the age of 95. If there is an afterlife, Jancsi promised Judy the day before he died, I shall love you there. [7] Judy could not imagine her life without her art, and it is impossible to imagine the landscape of Australian art without Judy. My brother, a property developer, has a mansion near Judy's home, and Peter spends three months overseas annually, so I come down then and look after Judy. 8 Artworks: Judy Cassab. Untitled Document. Jancsi, a chemical engineer, had managed a brewery in Hungary, but had to restart as a factory worker. Byron Mayor, Simon Richardson (Greens), is again remaining mute over questions around Councils court loss, this time over a fencing dispute in Suffolk Park. In her new homeland she became one of Australias most successful female artists, painting portraits of royalty and twice winning the Archibald prize, in 1961 and 1968. [7], On 26 January 1988 Cassab was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) again in "recognition of service to the visual arts". The story of Judy Cassab is marked by determination. Entitled Dear Bodhi this exhibition provides a moving account of Cassabs connection to the northern rivers, gained primarily through her son, John Seed (Janos), and his family at Bodhi Farm. Since the age of twelve, Judys entries from 1944 to 1993 a Thematic History University of Sydney 129-144! ; I love going to his concerts, and officer of the art world famous! 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