To stay sane in the city, I started sculpting again. Judy exhibited forty paintings in the Archibald throughout her career. Judy Cassab was born Judit Kaszab in Vienna, Austria, in 1920, to Hungarian parents. In 1969, when so-called imperial honoursthose awarded by Queen Elizabeth II as head of the British Commonwealth of Nationswere still given out in Australia, she was awarded the CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) for her service to the visual arts. In 1988, the radical Whitlam government having replaced imperial honors to Australians by honors awarded by Australia itself, she was made an AO (Officer of the Order of Australia), also for service to the visual arts. In 1994 and again in 1997 she received the Pring Prize from the Art Gallery of New South Wales. She describes chaotic scenes of bombers reducing the buildings in her street to rubble and of the city going up in flames. 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. It was her last major exhibition the 95-year-old artist died on November 3 after spending her final years in the Montefiore nursing home in Randwick. You can browse the women featured on our webpage, Womens History Month. Closed Good Friday & Christmas day 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. Her and her husband wandered between cities across Europe in search of a new home. Circus Rio 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. At the time . I blamed myself for John's unhappiness. I was very happy that we did the exhibition, he told The AJN. Following. In 1929 why did the stock market crash. 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? She knew, as only great portraitists do, that the genre required more than likeness. Painting by Australian artist Judy Cassab of a rock wall in the Australian desert, 1993. But even as her interests moved towards abstraction in the desert, Cassab continued to draw and paint portraits. Australian Portraits: ten official lithographs, Sydney: Beagle Press: 1984. To celebrate Womens History Month in 2021, the Royal Australian Historical Society will continue our work from previous years to highlight Australian women that have contributed to our history in various and meaningful ways. This interview later formed part of the James Gleeson Oral History Collection. Portrait of Judy Cassab, Sydney, September 1964 by G. Hawkshaw. She died with a smile. Letters longer than 200 words may be cut. Cassab was twice winner of the Archibald Prize and her portraits and abstracted landscapes are immediately recognisable and part of an Australian consciousness. I don't know why I was so angry and messed up as a kid. It helped her sitters to settle and her mind to focus. 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. RAHS Affiliate
T. Please try again later. Her husband was put in a forced labour camp by the Nazis in World War II, and returned to Hungary in 1944. Last night, Mrs Cassab attended a celebration at the Museum to mark the 60th anniversary of her first Australian exhibition. A goodness that radiated from her and that was palpable. Hilary L. Rubinstein Want this question answered? She got commissions to paint portraits and her career took off. Join 1.7 Million Subscribers Subscribe for free to get the latest breaking news . Follow. 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. Tributes have poured in for Cassab from members of the art world, famous people who sat for her paintings and community leaders. Born in 1920, she lived in Hungary until 1949, and she and her family immigrated to Australia in 1951. This exhibition reveals a moment when those passions overlapped. Judy grew interested in the Rainforest Information Centre I'd established, and decided I hadn't thrown my life away after all. After rejecting each other's values for three decades, mother and son now realise they're on similar paths. She was encouraged to explore abstraction by the Swiss artist Paul Haefliger, art critic for Art in Australia and the Sydney Morning Herald: Do you want to be a fashionable portraitist or do you want to be an artist? The family moved to Woollahra where Judy began painting in earnest. The space between viewer and subject ripples as Cassab looks back at us, reflected in a mirror. [4] Judy's career took off soon after their arrival with her commissioned portrait of Sir Charles Lloyd Jones' wife. Tributes flow for one of Australia's most acclaimed portrait painters, Judy Cassab, who has died at the age of 95. Your subtotal today is $-.--. 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. She died in Sydney in 2015, aged 95. Niall, Brenda. Hebrew Standard of Australasia, May 4, 1953, 4. While in her teens Cassab fell in love with Jancsi Kaempfner, a Jewish chemical engineer and brewery manager twice her age. It was the first time in my life,' she says, 'that I was not a girl, not a woman, not a human being, but a Jew'. They migrated to Australia in 1951 with their two young sons, Janos (who later change his name to John Seed) and Peter. She won the prestigious Archibald Prize for portraiture in 1961 and 1968. She is known for A Club with Three Members (1980) and A Life (1992). She was married in 1939 to Jancsi, who in 1941 was sent to a Russian forced labour camp for three years. 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. Also included are passges from the artist's extensive diaries which provide an interesting insight into her life and work. Dont be a passive reader, send us your epistles. She died on November 3, 2015 in Randwick, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. ", Sir Warwick replied, "No, it's my house.". But Kingscliff Ratepayers and Progress Association say that the impact on residents and business is too high a cost to pay. 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. Her subjects included members of the British Royal Family and prominent Australians, including politicians, artists, musicians, fashion designers and academics. 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. Now Bodhi has dreadlocks down to his waist and plays in a band. Judy removes her yellow star, and, using the identification papers of her old maid, adopts a new non-Jewish identity. Cassab has also worked as a muralist providing a mural for the Rex, Potts Point, Sydney in 1953. painter, was born Judit Kaszab in Vienna, Austria, on 15 August 1920, to Hungarian parents Imre Kaszab and Ilona, ne Kont. She was a trustee of the Art Gallery of New South Wales from 1980 to 1988. [1], German occupation in 1939 cut Judys studies short. As the bombing intensified in 1945, Judy spent even longer periods in the cramped confines of her bunker. Judy Cassab, 1945 Vienna-born and Budapest trained painter Judy Cassab, with her baby son John in Budapest, 1945. Born Judit Kaszab in Vienna in 1920 to Jewish Hungarian parents, Cassab started painting at the age of 12. 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. I wanted nothing to do with Judy's fame and fortune; I was embarrassed by her, uncomfortable. See more ideas about australian painters, painter, australian art. Canberra Times, June 4, 1960, 13; January 28, 1961; January 20, 1968, 1; June10, 1964, 20; October 13, 1083, 21; May 5, 1084, 17; July 15, 1994, 12; November 12, 1995, 19. Vienna-born and Budapest trained painter Judy Cassab, with her baby son John in Budapest, 1945. She studied in Prague and the Budapest Academy. Judy says hate ultimately harms the hater, so she always stayed a warm, loving person, and clung to an image of goodness in humanity. 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. Jancsi was 18 years older than Judy, and their life had been an intense love affair. They were the only members of their families to do so. Help JWA continue to lift up Jewish womens stories, this month and every month, by. Both Cassab and Kaempfner lost close family in the Holocaust, with her mothers death at Auschwitz (her father had died years earlier) preying on Judys mind for the rest of her life. Try something you havent tried before, for Gods sake. Cassab lost most of her family to the Holocaust. She met her husband, Jancsi Kmpfner, in 1938 when she was 18 and he was 36. The couple moved to Sydney with their two sons in 1951, settling in Woollahra. 2022 Royal Australian Historical Society All Rights Reserved, Agricultural Shows in NSW: Competition, Community, Country, Researching Soldiers in Your Local Community, Finding Your Ancestors: Researching Aboriginal Family History in NSW, An Intimate Pandemic: The Community Impact of Influenza in 1919, Playing Their Part: Vice-Regal Consorts of NSW, Resources for Managing Historical Societies, https://www.portrait.gov.au/people/judy-cassab-1920, https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/collection/artists/cassab-judy/, https://www.smh.com.au/national/judy-cassab-holocaust-survivor-society-darling-and-acclaimed-portrait-artist-20151103-gkpd3s.html. Born Judit Kaszab in Vienna in 1920 to Jewish Hungarian parents, Cassab started painting at the age of 12. 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. 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 . JUDY CASSAB: A PORTRAIT By Brenda Niall, Allen & Unwin, $39.95. Cassab quickly established herself as a portraitist of renown. In 1969 Judy was appointed as a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for her service to the visual arts. de Berg, Hazel (1962), 'Oral History Tape', National Library of Australia. I wanted him to do something more useful than adopt these counterculture causes. Terrapin Puppet Theatres Red A round-up of the coming events in the Byron Shire and beyond. Her husband spent time in internment camps while she hid in Austria. This exhibition provides a fascinating insight into this generation gap, whilst at the same time demonstrating love, open-mindedness and intelligence across generations. ", Judy: My two sons were born very different people. But, then, how many middle-class Jews do we know whose sons have become Buddhist monks? There is a sense of intimacy, as though we have quietly entered the artists sanctuary. She was the second female trustee of the Art Gallery of NSW in 1980, received an honorary doctorate from the University of Sydney, and earned Hungarys Gold Cross of Merit in 2011. When did Judith Cassab first come to Australia? They were offering their regrets that they could not attend the funeral.. [Image courtesy National Library of Australia, nla.obj-140408422. That portrait was undertaken at Buckingham Palace in 1960. Kingscliff property developer Gales Holgins is seeking to increase truck movements by bringing in fill from the M1 road works rather than using fill from the development site. Judy CASSAB / Professor Sir John Philip Baxter CMG, BSc, PhD, FAA; Item - Professor Sir John Philip Baxter CMG, BSc, PhD, FAA. Judy was welcoming my father, Jancsi, back from a forced-labour camp in Russia. I was six, my brother, Peter, four; we both got measles and Judy painted a mural to amuse us. Judy Cassab is one of Australia's best known portrait painters and the winner of many prestigious art awards, including the coveted Archibald Prize. From Judy Cassabs scrapbooks and photograph albums, 1951-1997, at the National Library of Australia. New beginnings for Anaiya after the flames, IPC hears of holiday letting pros and cons, Politicians of all stripes descend on Ross Lane for big announcement. Judit Kaszab Association for the Study of Internal Fixation Commander of the Order of the British Empire, better known as Judy Cassab, was an Australian painter. Papers of Judy Cassab, 1944-2006 [manuscript], 1944 - 2006. . 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. [5], Portrait of Margo Lewers, 1967. Judy Cassab: Portraits of Artists and Friends. The artist's works have gone up for sale at public auction 762 times, mostly in the Painting category. Jancsi was released after two years. Byron Mayor, Simon Richardson (Greens), is again remaining mute over questions around Councils court loss, this time over a fencing dispute in Suffolk Park. Peter Kampfner, Judy Cassab and Norman Seligman. After the wars end, Judy became heavily involved in the art industry and began exhibiting her paintings. Austrian-born and of Hungarian parents, Judy Cassab emigrated to Australia in 1951 with her husband and two children. In 1967 she was the first woman to win the prize for a second time, for her portrait of Margo Lewers. Byron Shire has been gifted four artworks by renowned Australian artist Judy Cassab. "Well, how many families live here?" By this time Judy was duplicating documents and smuggling medicine for the underground resistance movement. She was the first woman to win the Archibald Prize twice. [9], In 2011 Cassab was awarded Hungarys Gold Cross of Merit. And since the age of 12 she kept a diary about her life. Volume Two: 1945 to the Present.
. Over the years, she painted a large number of distinguished Australians, male and female, from a variety of fields ranging from the stage to academia, as well as foreign dignitaries and rulers. 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. Features thousands of biographic and thematic essays on Jewish women around the world. She became a commander of the British Empire in 1969, and officer of the Order of Australia in 1988. Painting by Australian artist Judy Cassab of Australian landscape, 2000. Among Australias most renowned artists, they chart the moments of friendship, fantasy and feeling that comprised the extraordinary Judy Cassab. Judiths adapting to life in Australia was initially a challenge in more ways then one. Judy Cassab was one of Australia's most respected female artists, renowned for her abilities as a portraitist. Having written a dairy since the age of twelve, Judys entries from before April 1944 were lost during the war. Help us elevate the voices of Jewish women. With John, everything is soul, nothing is material." They resolved to wed, but first, having been left with no illusions regarding her innate need to make painting part of her life, he prevailed on her to go to Prague to study it for a year. After many years of hardship and loss, in 1951, already an accomplished painter, Judy, Jancsi and their two Budapest-born sons, were able to emigrate to Australia. Born in Vienna in 1920 to Hungarian Jewish parents, she lived through the horrors of the Second World War. Judy Cassab : diaries Random House Milsons Point, N.S.W 1996. In 1969 Judy was appointed as a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for her service to the visual arts. INGVAR KENNE. He said I needed to get out and see the world again, and I felt so safe travelling with him. [10], Cassab died on 3 November 2015 at the age of 95 in her nursing home in the Sydney suburb of Randwick.[5]. US$350-US$385 . Austrian-born and of Hungarian parents, Judy Cassab emigrated to Australia in 1951 with her husband and two children. Sydney Morning Herald, April 22, 1953, 2. 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. In 1959, at the suggestion of author and journalist Frank Clune, Cassab made a journey to Alice Springs. 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. ], Born Judit Kaszab in 1920 to Hungarian Jewish parents, Judys early life in interwar Europe was relatively unremarkable. She missed him terribly, and in 1939, following the Nazi invasion of Prague, she returned home and they were married. The story of Judy Cassab is marked by determination. Judit Kaszab (15 August 1920 3 November 2015), better known as Judy Cassab, was an Australian painter. He was 97 when he died in 2001, Judy was almost 80. The story of Judy Cassab is marked by determination. Judy Cassab was born in Vienna, Austria in . Circus Rio bring their electric energy to Lismore Showgrounds for an action-packed season in what Albert (Digby)Moranis one of the Northern Rivers most recognised artists. Jancsi, a chemical engineer, had managed a brewery in Hungary, but had to restart as a factory worker. John kept asking. Sold at Auction: Judy Cassab (1920-2015) Alias: Judy CasabJudy Kaszab Painter 750 items Sort By: Per page Lawsons 179 Davidson Auctions 154 Leonard Joel 108 Shapiro Auctioneers 70 GFL Fine Art 32 Theodore Bruce 29 Mossgreen Auctions 23 Bonhams 15 Bargain Hunt Auctions 13 Bay East Auctions 11 Christie's 8 Joel 7 Lugosi Auctioneers & Valuers 7 They are a soft and loving conversation with the grandson she clearly adored. ROYAL AUSTRALIAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY - Knowing our history, Written by Elizabeth Heffernan, RAHS Intern. Judy Cassab interviewed by Hazel de Berg in the Hazel de Berg collection [sound recording], 1962. 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). All her Jewish family had perished in Auschwitz, but Judy survived by living in a basement under a false identity. Cassab, who that year also won the Pring Prize from the Art Gallery of New South Wales, took the $500 prize with her portrait of fashion model Judy Barraclough; she won again in 1956 with her portrait of artist Elaine Haxton. The extremes of this life - pillared by joy, loss, motherhood, fame and friendship - are stitched together through her art. Reunion, 2001. Born in Vienna, she studied art in Prague and at the Budapest Academy before adopting false papers and 'going underground' to escape the persecution of Hungarian Jews. I lost the first 11 years of my diaries when they were left in my childhood home in Beregszsz and perished during the war. Contact Us Jewish Women's Archive 1860 Washington Street Suite #204 Auburndale, MA 02466 617-232-2258 I pray that I never have to.. 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. Destined to be given annually for just a few years, it guaranteed that a woman would, at the very least, come second. When I was awarded an OAM for services to conservation, no one could call me hippie scum any more. Vienna, Austria Judy Cassab/Place of birth. In 1980 she became only the second female trustee of the Art Gallery of NSW trustee. JUDY REPRESENTED IN OVER 60 PUBLIC COLLECTIONS. Subscribe to see sale result Figure in a Rocky Landscape . Cassab was made a commander of the British Empire in 1969, then an officer of the Order of Australia in 1988. In 1988 she was awarded an Order of Australia (AO) for her services to art. Flashes of BeautyOne of Cassabs great loves was music. It was in Australia that Cassab also found her Antipodean family. Peter was a happier child; John was troubled and took longer to find his direction. Almost daily I read from her diary to her. In a snapshot Between 1945 and 1965 two million immigrants arrived in Australia. Sort: Judy Cassab. Born Judith Kaszab in Vienna, she spent her childhood in Budapest, and studied there and in Prague. Baer, Daniel (ed. Our lives might have once seemed different, but I came to see that we've both travelled similar journeys. 1920. 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. Cassab has returned to the centre many times, taking trips to key points of interest with trusted friends, often camping in primitive conditions - these hardships pale in comparison, however, with her exultation in the forms and colours of the landscape. Watercolours from India. Cassab made her reputation as a portrait painter. But she never played the victim, or hated. She became one of the countrys best-known and best-loved artists, primarily for her portraits but also for her depictions of Australia's bright interior. It would be the first of many to the central desert over the next three decades. 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