Robert G. Kemp, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetRobert G. Kemp
Canadian painter
Date of Birth: 22-Dec-1928
Place of Birth: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Date of Death: 13-Dec-1988
Profession: painter
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn 
About Robert G. Kemp
- Robert G.
- Kemp (December 22, 1928 – December 13, 1988) was a Canadian painter born in Toronto, Ontario. Robert began his art training at Northern Vocational & Technical Institute in Toronto, graduating in 1946.
- He then attended the Banff School of Fine Arts in 1947.
- Upon completion Robert went to work for Taber, Dulmage and Feheley art studios in Toronto.
- He continued his study of art by correspondence in the Famous Artists Course in Westport, Connecticut receiving feedback from Norman Rockwell.
- Kemp became art director at Hayhurst Advertising in Toronto in 1954.
- In 1961, he became a self-employed artist drawing from the inspiration of David C.
- Baker, an artist in New Hampshire.
- He moved to a chalet at the base of Blue Mountain, Ontario and began selling paintings from a gallery attached to the chalet.
- Robert has had 12 exhibitions.
- His paintings have won 5 awards and can be found in the collections of the Tom Thomson Memorial Gallery in Owen Sound, Ontario and Princess Anne of the British royal family.
- In addition to 2 self-published books; "Places and Faces"(1972) and "Country Charms"(1976), the Blue Mountain Foundation for the Arts published a 25-year retrospective of the artist's works titled "Robert G.
- Kemp's Paintings and Drawings of Rural Ontario"(1983).In 1990 following his death from a kidney disease the Blue Mountain Foundation for the Arts created a trust fund for the annual Robert G.
- Kemp Arts Award to recognize and encourage artists in the southern Georgian Bay, Ontario region.
- The recipient receives $5,000 for a project proposal that benefits the community.He married Barbara Flexman in 1966 and had two boys, Christopher (1967) and Gordon (1970).
- Gordon is a member of the Canadian Artist Collective, Drawnonward.
- Christopher is a business teacher at Richmond Hill High School in Richmond Hill, Ontario
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