Judy CASSAB is an artist born in Austria in 1920 and deceased in 2015. Judy still paints every day, portraits or landscapes, and writes her daily diary. She was a success and I was a failure. Another sum of $A500 would be awarded to the best such portrait by a woman artist; if a woman won first prize, she would pocket this prize too. She was born in Vienna, on 15 August 1920 to Hungarian parents. Keeping the community together and the community voice loud and clear is what The Echo is about. We'd row along the Ganges till Judy saw scenes she wanted to paint. Sort: Judy Cassab. I lost everything else I had there. As a migrant and as a woman, she overcame multiple remarkable obstacles to define her place and purpose as an. Judy Cassab is one of Australia's best known portrait painters and the winner of many prestigious art awards, including the coveted Archibald Prize. When did Judith Cassab first come to Australia? 23 June 2021. She studied in Budapest and Prague . In 1967 she was the first woman to win the prize for a second time, an achievement she shares only with contemporary artist Del Kathryn Barton. The harrowing story of her early adult life is told in her autobiography Judy Cassab: Diaries (Alfred A Knopf, 1995) and the biography by Brenda Niall, Judy Cassab: An Australian Story (Allen and Unwin, 2007).Members of Cassab's family perished in Auschwitz and her . She studied in Prague and the Budapest Academy. Opposite: Judy Cassab today and (right) in 1961, A widow from 2001, and suffering age-related dementia for fourteen years, Cassab died of cancer on November 3, 2015. They arrived in Sydney in 1951 with their sons aged six and four, living at first in a boarding house in the seaside suburb of Bondi. 162 QUEEN STREET WOOLLAHRA NSW AUSTRALIA T . The effect of music, Cassab realised, was to purify the mind. She began her formal studies at the Academy of Art in Prague in 1938 but these were cut short by the oncoming Second World War and she was forced to flee the German occupation in 1939. Tributes flow for one of Australia's most acclaimed portrait painters, Judy Cassab, who has died at the age of 95. 35 x 45cm (13 3/4 x 17 11/16in). She is known for A Club with Three Members (1980) and A Life (1992). document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); The Echo is made possible by the support of all of our advertisers. When we finished the 2000 typewritten pages we started from the beginning again!. The Greens, Labor, Independent or The Nationals: who will win your vote for the state seat of Ballina next month? Why did Judy Cassab migrate to Australia for kids? JUDY CASSAB. 17.6.11 JUDY HONOURED BY HUNGARIAN GOVERNMENT WITH A "GOLD CROSS OF MERIT" MEDAL. She graduated from school there in 1938. Source: Art Gallery of New South Wales Archive. She was the first woman to win the Archibald Prize twice. I never knew that I could write. Judy Cassab won the Kibble Award for 'Judy Cassab: Diaries' in 1996, Created: 12 August 2002, Last modified: 15 October 2018, Copyright in The Australian Women's Register is owned by the Australian Women's Archives Program and vested in each of the authors in respect of their contributions from 2000, http://www.womenaustralia.info/biogs/IMP0077b.htm, The Australian Women's Register is published quarterly by the Australian Women's Archives Program We're so close now. Here, its a physical force, hitting you not only frontally but sideways and from the back I understood, for the first time since arriving in Australia, that one can love the soil. They were the only members of their families to do so. It was in Australia that Cassab also found her Antipodean family. Rather, in works like this, the spirit of her subject beams through. Cassab also had several other commissions to fulfill in London as a result of the 1959 exhibition. de Berg, Hazel (1962), 'Oral History Tape', National Library of Australia. Having lived in Hungary under first German and then Soviet rule, Cassab and Kaempfer escaped in 1949 to Vienna but soon decided to leave Central Europe altogether. Beyond the 1960's, the distortion in her works continued to grow, and we sense that her immersion in Australia's arid centre meant more than a fascination with the landscape. Seed said: Someone checked the card to see who it was from and it read, Malcolm and Lucy Turnbull. 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. In 1988 she also appointed as an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO). Subscribe to see sale result Two Figures Tanah-Lot, Bali 1975 Oil on composition board, signed and dated lower right: Cassab 75, 37 x 52.5 cm . A Jewish Second World War refugee, she arrived in Australia in 1951 and in 1967, was the first woman to win the Archibald twice. Judy Cassab has always been shadowed by her past. Colour has always been something which pops up here and there in spots and hues, something on which the painters glance focuses. Cassab, who, it transpired, had once socially met his father, a chemist who had perished at Auschwitz, had been put in touch with him by an Australian influential in the art world, a former art critic of the Sydney Sun who now co-owned the prestigious Redfern Gallery in London. It would be the first of many to the central desert over the next three decades. 1951 In this collection of rare etchings published by Crown Press Studios, an often unseen side of the artist emerges. 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. Sydney: Beagle Press, 1998. In 1951 the Cassab's (Kaszab) arrived in Australia. See more ideas about judy, australian painters, painting. 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 family's Catholic maid. When she finally arrived in Australia, Cassab suffered from the residue of trauma, sometimes experiencing physical sickness. Art & Collectors. Information for Indigenous Australians, Monash University: 00008CMonash College: 01857J, Chief Marketing OfficerUniversity Marketing, Admissions and Communications, Australian Centre for Jewish Civilisation
Judit Kaszab (15 August 1920 3 November 2015), better known as Judy Cassab, was an Australian painter. Writing, I thought, is just a habit like washing my teeth; I could not go to bed without doing it. In 1953 she held the first of what would be more than 70 career solo exhibitions, but it was in 1960 that she came to public prominence when she became only the second woman to win the Archibald Prize, for her portrait of fellow artist Stanislaus Rapotec. It was, perhaps, also an inner healing of sorts, a degree of reconciliation. Judiths adapting to life in Australia was initially a challenge in more ways then one. Art & Collectors recognises the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation as the sovereign custodians of the land on which we operate. From Judy Cassabs scrapbooks and photograph albums, 1951-1997, at the National Library of Australia. His work is about beauty and aesthetics in nature. She began painting at twelve years old and began studying at the Academy of Art in Prague in 1938 but was forced to flee the German occupation in 1939. I was six, my brother, Peter, four; we both got measles and Judy painted a mural to amuse us. The Northern Rivers landscape is arresting through her modernist lens, which breaks down some of the regions well known beauty spots and recombines elements to avoid a mere copy or sentimental imitation of nature. T. Judy spoke no English, but she carried a letter of introduction to businessman, artist, and art patron Sir Charles Lloyd Jones, who commissioned her to paint his wife Hannah. Among Australias most renowned artists, they chart the moments of friendship, fantasy and feeling that comprised the extraordinary Judy Cassab. Were working to restore it. . Destined to be given annually for just a few years, it guaranteed that a woman would, at the very least, come second. I made one condition - that we stay in first-class hotels, not the backpackers' lodges he prefers. INGVAR KENNE. 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. After surviving War War II in Nazi-occupied Budapest by concealing her Jewish identity, in 1951 she immigrated to Sydney with her husband and children. Her parents were Hungarian/Jewish. At the time Seed said: These kind of exhibitions are usually held after someone dies, but I thought it would be great if she could enjoy the celebrations while she is alive.. Byron Echo Print Archive (previous volume). Jancsi was sent to a forced slave labour camp and was one of the few to survive. In 2011 she was awarded Hungary's Gold Cross of Merit and in the same year she generously donated 400 of her works to small Australian galleries. Baer, Daniel (ed. She survived the war using forged identity papers supplied by her maid. RAHS Friend. "Second Generation" Women Artists in Israel, A New Film About Charlotte Salomon Strips Her Soul from Her Art, The Shalvi/Hyman Encyclopedia of Jewish Women, Copyright 19982023, Jewish Women's Archive. [2], Her husband, Jancsi Kampfner, was put in a forced labour camp by the Nazis in World War II, and returned to Hungary in 1944. Judy Cassab was born in 1920 in Vienna to Hungarian parents. Judy Cassab. Judy Cassab was born in Vienna, on 15 August 1920 to Jewish Hungarian parents. Judy Cassab, the Australian painter, two time winner of the Archibald portrait prize and Holocaust survivor has died in Sydney at the age of 95. [2] Cassab became an Australian citizen in 1957.[2]. The exhibition pays particular attention to the relationship between Judy (or Juci as she was called in the family) and her grandson Bodhi. Cutler family - papers, 1909-1995, 1909 - 1995. Contact Us Jewish Women's Archive 1860 Washington Street Suite #204 Auburndale, MA 02466 617-232-2258 A Hungarian Jew, Cassab fled Europe after 10 years of oppression at the hands of both the fascist and communist regimes. He seemed to have no ambition, no money, he was meditating to save the world through peace and love. Stop being such a coward.'. The family moved to Woollahra where Judy began painting in earnest. Help JWA continue to lift up Jewish womens stories, this month and every month, by. 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 Vienna, she was raised by her grandparents in Hungary where she began studying painting. Sydney: Alfred A. Knopf, 1995. She became a commander of the British Empire in 1969, and officer of the Order of Australia in 1988. PhD) from Sydney University. In 1967 she was the first woman to win the prize for a second time, for her portrait of Margo Lewers. Judy Cassab Diaries by Judy Cassab 1st ed Hardcover 0091831024 Random House. Vienna-born and Budapest-trained Australian painter Judy Cassab. Peter Kampfner, Judy Cassab and Norman Seligman. US$350-US$385 . Judy Cassab as this European migrant became upon arriving in Sydney in 1951 was one of Australias most acclaimed portraitists, and was the first woman to win the Archibald Prize twice. Painting by Australian artist Judy Cassab of Australian landscape, 2000. She was effervescent with people and quietly determined in her practice. Last updated: Feb 2020, Australian Centre for Jewish Civilisation, Gender, Resilience and Adaptation in Melbournes Holocaust Survivor Community, Esotericism and exotericism in old Yiddish texts, Like a Family: An Investigation into Gender in Melbourne's Jewish Organisations. Jewish Women's Archive. Vienna-born, Budapest-trained painter Judy Cassab, who survived the Holocaust with the help of her non-Jewish maid's identity papers, arrived in Australia in 1951 with her husband and their two small sons. If you continue to use this site we will assume that you are happy with it. Her husband taken to a labour camp and her family killed in Auschwitz, she managed to survive in hiding. and the Queensland and Victorian Premiers' awards for The Boyds. She began painting at twelve years old and began studying at the Academy of Art in Prague in 1938 but was forced to flee the German occupation in 1939. by Hilary L. Rubinstein Peter was a happier child; John was troubled and took longer to find his direction. When local musician Lisa Hunt arrived for a meeting with police last Thursday she was hoping for a somewhat friendlier reception than she had received on the last occasion. 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. Cassab made her reputation as a portrait painter. 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. The story of Judy Cassab is marked by determination. Judy Cassab, 1945 Vienna-born and Budapest trained painter Judy Cassab, with her baby son John in Budapest, 1945. In a snapshot Between 1945 and 1965 two million immigrants arrived in Australia. 390 askART artist summary of Judy Cassab. JUDY REPRESENTED IN OVER 60 PUBLIC COLLECTIONS. Cassab was twice winner of the Archibald Prize and her portraits and abstracted landscapes are immediately recognisable and part of an Australian consciousness. She began her formal studies at the Academy of Art in Prague in 1938 but these were cut short by the oncoming Second World War and she was forced to flee the German occupation in 1939. Deceased (19202015) Terrapin Puppet Theatres Red A round-up of the coming events in the Byron Shire and beyond. 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. Reunion, 2001. In 1939, only after making him promise that their marriage would not stand in the way of her being a painter, Judy married Jancsi Kampfner. I'm so happy he's sculpting again, I love watching him work, and sketching beside him. It was Jancsi who, nonetheless, encouraged Judy, if the opportunity were to arise, to flee to Budapest to study painting. Judy Cassab was born Judy Kaszab in Vienna, Austria, in 1920, to Hungarian parents. Due to major building activity, some collections are unavailable. As an adult, Cassab also sung while playing the piano and in her studio, she painted to an orchestral soundtrack. I take half a Valium, go to bed and pray.". 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? Last updated The story of Judy Cassab is marked by determination. In 1969 she was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in recognition of service to the visual arts, followed by being named an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) in 1988. In 1980 she became only the second female trustee of the Art Gallery of NSW trustee. In 1996 she also won the Nita B. Kibble Award for women writers. [Image courtesy Art Gallery of NSW, OA5.1968.]. There is a sense of intimacy, as though we have quietly entered the artists sanctuary. She did. Judy Cassab was born Judit Kaszab in Vienna, Austria, in 1920, to Hungarian parents. [3], Judy and Jancsi emigrated to Australia in 1951 with their two sons, Janos (John) and Peter. You have entered an incorrect email address! In 1955, the Australian Women's Weekly introduced an art prize, at the time the most lucrative ever offered in the country. 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. Cassab lost most of her family to the Holocaust. Judy Cassab (1920 - 2015) was active/lived in Australia, Austria. The gallerys owner was also a Holocaust survivor from Hungary. The artwork looked as if it had been painted by an artist with years of experience. (Viewed on March 1, 2023)