Kalman Kemeny portrait
‘Pat Resting’ portrait oil on board by Kalman Kemeny c1950. Kemeny was born in Hungary in 1896, dying in London in 1994; as a young child, he showed great proficiency for the arts, drawing by three years old and painting by ten. He attended the Academy of Fine Art in Budapest and supported himself throughout his studies by taking commissioned work. At the outbreak of the First World War he was drafted into the Austrian army and on the recommendation of his professor in Budapest, he was appointed an official war artist. Some of his sketches are in the collection of the Imperial War Museum, London. After the war, Kemeny married and moved to Vienna where he resumed his studies at the Academy of Fine Art there. Towards the end of the 1930’s he travelled through Western Europe and it was here that he became aware of the worsening political situation in his homeland. He arranged for his family to join him in London. During the Second World War he volunteered for service and worked in a Spitfire factory; he continued to paint in his spare time, exhibiting at the Royal Academy summer shows, the New English Art Club and others. He continued to exhibit after the war. He also taught alongside Vivian Pitchforth and Ruskin Spear at the Hammersmith and Chelsea Schools of Art. The board has a still life visible on the reverse. The work has been professionally cleaned and the framed dimensions are: 47.5cm wide x 56.5cm tall.
‘Pat Resting’ portrait oil on board by Kalman Kemeny c1950. Kemeny was born in Hungary in 1896, dying in London in 1994; as a young child, he showed great proficiency for the arts, drawing by three years old and painting by ten. He attended the Academy of Fine Art in Budapest and supported himself throughout his studies by taking commissioned work. At the outbreak of the First World War he was drafted into the Austrian army and on the recommendation of his professor in Budapest, he was appointed an official war artist. Some of his sketches are in the collection of the Imperial War Museum, London. After the war, Kemeny married and moved to Vienna where he resumed his studies at the Academy of Fine Art there. Towards the end of the 1930’s he travelled through Western Europe and it was here that he became aware of the worsening political situation in his homeland. He arranged for his family to join him in London. During the Second World War he volunteered for service and worked in a Spitfire factory; he continued to paint in his spare time, exhibiting at the Royal Academy summer shows, the New English Art Club and others. He continued to exhibit after the war. He also taught alongside Vivian Pitchforth and Ruskin Spear at the Hammersmith and Chelsea Schools of Art. The board has a still life visible on the reverse. The work has been professionally cleaned and the framed dimensions are: 47.5cm wide x 56.5cm tall.
‘Pat Resting’ portrait oil on board by Kalman Kemeny c1950. Kemeny was born in Hungary in 1896, dying in London in 1994; as a young child, he showed great proficiency for the arts, drawing by three years old and painting by ten. He attended the Academy of Fine Art in Budapest and supported himself throughout his studies by taking commissioned work. At the outbreak of the First World War he was drafted into the Austrian army and on the recommendation of his professor in Budapest, he was appointed an official war artist. Some of his sketches are in the collection of the Imperial War Museum, London. After the war, Kemeny married and moved to Vienna where he resumed his studies at the Academy of Fine Art there. Towards the end of the 1930’s he travelled through Western Europe and it was here that he became aware of the worsening political situation in his homeland. He arranged for his family to join him in London. During the Second World War he volunteered for service and worked in a Spitfire factory; he continued to paint in his spare time, exhibiting at the Royal Academy summer shows, the New English Art Club and others. He continued to exhibit after the war. He also taught alongside Vivian Pitchforth and Ruskin Spear at the Hammersmith and Chelsea Schools of Art. The board has a still life visible on the reverse. The work has been professionally cleaned and the framed dimensions are: 47.5cm wide x 56.5cm tall.