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Kemp Kieffer

Kemp Kieffer (1921 - 1999) was active/lived in Ontario / Canada, England.  Kemp Kieffer is known for Wilderness landscape painting, commercial art.

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Thomas Kemp Kieffer (Jamaican-born Canadian, 1921-1999) was a noted wilderness and landscape artist, and printmaker. Signing his work with just his last and middle names, Kemp Kieffer, he did intimate views of nature are the product of nearly 50 years of exploring and painting from north of Lake Superior, Algonquin Park and many wilderness regions in central, southern and eastern Ontario, Canada.

Kemp was born in Jamaica in 1921, and lived there until about the age of seven before his family moved to England in 1928, where he received his early education. During WWII, from 1940-47, he served in the Royal Air Force and Royal Artillery divisions. After the war, he briefly returned to Jamaica for two years to work. In 1949, he moved to Canada and attended the Ontario College of Art for four years where he studied fine art.

Beginning in 1953, he worked full time in sales and business for the commercial arts in Canada. Activities included many important national juried exhib   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 15826 characters.]  Artist bio

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Keywords and Quick Facts for Kemp Kieffer


   Keywords 
Art MethodArt Media
  • Lithography, Lithograph
  • Oil Paint
  • Screenprinting, Serigraphy, Silkscreen
Art StyleArt Subject
  • Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
  • Wilderness Landscape
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
  • England, London Great Britain After 1900
  • Jamaica
Art Association
  • Arts and Letters Club of Toronto
  • Ontario Society of Artists
  • Visual Arts of Ontario
Art School
  • Ontario College of Art and Design (Toronto), Student
Added Description
  • Commercial Art and Design
Exhibition of Art Association
  • Arts and Letters Club of Toronto-
  • Ontario Society of Artists-

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