Robert Kemp

Education

He then attended the Banff School of Fine Arts in 1947.

Career

Robert began his art training at Northern Vocational & Technical Institute in Toronto, graduating in 1946. 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. 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 " 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 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.

Achievements

• 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.

Membership

Gordon is a member of the Canadian Artist Collective, Drawnonward.