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Kemp Kieffer BIOGRAPHY
1921 Jamaica - 1999 Cobourg, Ontario, Canada. Known for: Wilderness landscape painting, commercial art.
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... Read full biography
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... Read full biography
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... Read full biography
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... Read full biography
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... Read full biography
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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...But wait, there's more...
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