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. In Australia, she quickly gained a reputation for her distinctive expressionist . This was Judys second winning Archibald entry. 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. Courtesy of John Seed and Peter Kampfner. Cassab demonstrated her artistic talent at an early age her mother bought her a set of crayons for her 12th birthday and she drew a drawing of her grandmother. Judy Cassab/Place of birth The oldest auction recorded on our site is Composition sold in 1988 at Sotheby's (Painting) and the most recent is Portrait of Andrena sold in 2023 (Painting). . Austrian-born and of Hungarian parents, Judy Cassab emigrated to Australia in 1951 with her husband and two children. Judit Kaszab (15 August 1920 3 November 2015), better known as Judy Cassab, was an Australian painter. I was very happy that we did the exhibition, he told The AJN. In 1988 she was also appointed as an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO). The Art Gallery of NSW acquired both these works and later her portrait of Hal Missingham, then director of the Gallery, which was a finalist in the 1970 prize. Lee Jopling and Catherine Runcie, University of Sydney, 129-144. We pay our respects to their elders past, present and emerging. When Jancsi returned he went into hiding, and together they survived the war. Help us elevate the voices of Jewish women. Art market auction sales from the 1970s to 2023 for 1,238 works by artist Judy Cassab (1920-2015), and values for over 18,000 other Australian and New Zealand artists. Judy Cassab's love for Australia's desert interior had a profound impact on her practice. It was only in 1951, while displaced in Austria that she could finally explore the love of love. The forms Cassab encountered in the landscape inspired her to escape from the strictures of being a purely figurative artist. 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. 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. Judy removes her yellow star, and, using the identification papers of her old maid, adopts a new non-Jewish identity. 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. The story of Judy Cassab is marked by determination. In 1988 she also appointed as an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO). I changed my surname from Kampfner to Seed, moved to a commune in northern NSW and became preoccupied with the environmental movement, travelling overseas lecturing and running workshops. Judy still paints every day, portraits or landscapes, and writes her daily diary. Born in Vienna in 1920 to Hungarian Jewish parents, she lived through the horrors of the Second World War. It was, perhaps, also an inner healing of sorts, a degree of reconciliation. Four different kinds of cryptocurrencies you should know. As a migrant and as a woman, Cassab overcame remarkable. The couple moved to Sydney with their two sons in 1951, settling in Woollahra. Automobiles, Boats & Airplanes (1045) Dolls, Bears & Toys (11184) Estate & Storage; Guns & Firearms (2680) Real Estate (2) Judy Cassab/Born. Born Judit Kaszab into a Hungarian Jewish intellectual family in 1920, she came to Australia as a refugee in 1951 with her husband and two infant sons. Judy says hate ultimately harms the hater, so she always stayed a warm, loving person, and clung to an image of goodness in humanity. She moves into a room advertised in the paper. Search the catalogue for collection items held by the National Library of Australia. Apr 18, 2016 - Explore Pauline Morris's board "Judy Cassab" on Pinterest. Her subjects included members of the British Royal Family and prominent Australians, including politicians, artists, musicians, fashion designers and academics. [Image courtesy National Library of Australia, nla.obj-140408422. She was the second woman to win the Archibald Prize, Australia's most prestigious award for portraiture, and forged an international reputation. As the bombing intensified in 1945, Judy spent even longer periods in the cramped confines of her bunker. She grew up in Beregszsz, a town with a large Hungarian population; now in Ukraine, and in Soviet Russia after the Second World War, it was at that time in Czechoslovakia. 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. 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. The artwork looked as if it had been painted by an artist with years of experience. I lost the first 11 years of my diaries when they were left in my childhood home in Beregszsz and perished during the war. Australian Portraits: ten official lithographs, Sydney: Beagle Press: 1984. 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. In 1959, at the suggestion of author and journalist Frank Clune, Cassab made a journey to Alice Springs. Deceased (19202015) Opposite: Judy Cassab today and (right) in 1961, Having heard eyewitness reports of Jews being herded into cattle trains, Jansci suggests that they separate for safety reasons. Tributes flow for one of Australia's most acclaimed portrait painters, Judy Cassab, who has died at the age of 95. ), 'Portrait of a Life: JUDY CASSAB (1920)', The Doug Moran National Portrait Prize, 'Judy Cassab: selected solo shows', in. 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. [6], On 14 June 1969 Cassab was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in "recognition of service to the visual arts". Jancsi, a chemical engineer, had managed a brewery in Hungary, but had to restart as a factory worker. Tax included and shipping calculated at checkout. Judy CASSAB / Professor Sir John Philip Baxter CMG, BSc, PhD, FAA; Item - Professor Sir John Philip Baxter CMG, BSc, PhD, FAA. JUDY CASSAB. Were working to restore it. Vienna, Austria Judy Cassab/Place of birth. Judy Cassab - as this European migrant became upon arriving in Sydney in 1951 - was one of Australia's most acclaimed portraitists, and was the first woman to win the . Born in 1920, she lived in Hungary until 1949, and she and her family immigrated to Australia in 1951. Her sitters including prominent Britons and other notables abroad. Now we're having a joint exhibition at Eva Breuer Gallery in Woollahra, which Michael Kirby will open on September 30 [Wednesday]. It was unconstructed, uncontrived, unstudied, innate, never absent.. If you can spare a few dollars a week or maybe more we would appreciate all the support you are able to give to keep the voice of independent, local journalism alive. Judy Cassab (1920 - 2015) was active/lived in Australia, Austria. 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. She was 95 years old. Baer, Daniel (ed. It is different with the diaries. 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. 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. She resumed her studies in Budapest in 1941 with Aurel Bernath and Lipot Hermann the same year her husband Jancsi Kampfner was conscripted to work in labour camps (she had married him in 1939 on the condition that she be allowed to pursue a career as an artist). 1996 - Foundation for Australian Literary Studies Award, 1997 - The Pring Prize, Art Gallery of NSW, 1998 - The Pring Prize, Art Gallery of NSW, 2003 - The Pring Prize, Art Gallery of NSW, 2003 - The Trustee Watercolour Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 2004 - The Painters and Sculptors Association of Australia Medal, This page was last edited on 9 December 2022, at 02:07. The lawyer was a friend. Sydney: Alfred A. Knopf, 1995. Courtesy of John Seed and Peter Kampfner. I pray that I never have to.. In 1967, when the Suez was closed, she spent five years detouring her way . 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. 35 x 45cm (13 3/4 x 17 11/16in). It helped her sitters to settle and her mind to focus. New Search eResources User Lists Feedback Help Collection Delivery Times Ask a Librarian. [5], After Cassab's work was acquired by the National Gallery, she was interviewed by James Gleeson about how she captured people's character in their portraits. Australian/Harvard . (2001), 'Interview with Judy Cassab', in Matters of the Mind: Poems, Essays and Interviews in Honour of Leonie Kramer ed. After rejecting each other's values for three decades, mother and son now realise they're on similar paths. After the wars end, Judy became heavily involved in the art industry and began exhibiting her paintings. Having written a dairy since the age of twelve, Judys entries from before April 1944 were lost during the war. We acknowledge and pay respects to the Elders and Traditional Owners of the land on which our Australian campuses stand. What was Judy Cassab life before migration? A Jewish Second World War refugee, she arrived in Australia in 1951 and in 1967, was the first woman to win the Archibald twice. Cassab emigrated to Australia in 1951 and quickly gained a reputation for her portrait painting. She was married to Jancsi Kampfner. Seed added: It is quite inspiring that someone can suffer so much and be such a loving person. Help JWA continue to lift up Jewish womens stories, this month and every month, by. JUDY CASSAB 1920-2015. I've learned so much from John. Bibliographic information. Yesterday a quiet driveway off flood-prone Ross Lane in Lennox Head was the scene of an unusual moment of pre-election fervour, when political representatives and candidates from across the region and every level of government came together to announce that something was finally being done about Ross Lane, along with numerous other roads across 26 disaster-declared LGAs. Add an answer. In Australia, she quickly gained a reputation for her distinctive expressionist technique and portrait abilities. To stay sane in the city, I started sculpting again. The celebration included the opening of an intimate . [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". 162 QUEEN STREET WOOLLAHRA NSW AUSTRALIA T . (1995), 'Judy Cassab Diaries', Sydney. He did everything possible to help Judy's passion for art. 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