Morris Kestelman

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Morris Kestelman
Born(1905-10-05)5 October 1905
London, England
Died15 June 1998(1998-06-15) (aged 92)
London, England
Education
Known forArt teacher and painter

Morris Kestelman (5 October 1905 – 15 June 1998) was a British artist and teacher. Kestelman was a full-time art teacher and only began exhibiting on a regular basis towards the end of his life and is now best known for the paintings of working people and landscapes he produced during the 1940s and 1950s as well as his later abstract work.[1][2]

Biography

Kestelmans' parents were Jewish immigrants from Russia and he was born and raised in the midst of the Jewish community in

London Group
and he, Kestelman, helped with the organization of the Group's 1926 exhibition. Hartricks' teaching led Kestelman to an appreciation of French art and he would visit France for extended periods most years from 1930 onwards.

Lama Sabachthani (why have you forsaken me?) (Art.IWM ART 16786)

After graduating from the Central School in 1925, Kestelman enrolled at the

Bertram Mills Circus. The book was never published due to the outbreak of the Second World War.[3]

During World War Two, Kestelman served as a full-time

Holocaust first reached Britain, Kestelman responded with the painting Lama Sabachthani (Why have you forsaken me?), whose title is taken from a line in Psalm 22.[9][10] The painting was first exhibited at the 1943 For Liberty exhibition organised by the Artists' International Association in the shelter constructed on the bomb site of the John Lewis department store on Oxford Street in central London.[11]

After teaching at

London Group and with the New English Art Club.[4]

Kestelman married Dorothy Mary Creagh, a dress designer, in 1936 and the couple had one child, the actress Sara Kestelman.[12]

Memberships & Awards

  • 1951: Member, London Group
  • 1983: Abbey Major Painting Prize,[3]
  • 1986: Elected Senior Member of the Royal Academy,[13]

References

  1. ^ a b Agi Katz (17 June 1998). "Obituary: Morris Kestelman". The Independent. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  2. ^ "Morris Kestelman (Biographical details)". British Museum. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  3. ^
    ISBN 978-0-230-30466-6
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  4. ^ a b Grant M. Waters (1975). Dictionary of British Artists Working 1900-1950. Eastbourne Fine Art.
  5. ^
    ISBN 0-95326-095-X
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  6. ISBN 1-85149-106-6
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  7. Victoria & Albert Museum
    . Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  8. ^ Imperial War Museum. "War artists archive, M Kestelman". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  9. ^ Jessica Talarico & Gemma Lawrence. "Artists' Response To The Holocaust". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 27 June 2015.
  10. ^ Dan James (5 September 2008). "Artists As Witness To The Holocaust At Imperial War Museum". Culture 24. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
  11. ISBN 978-1-904897-66-8
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  12. ^ Kate Kellaway (24 March 2013). "Sara Kestelman: 'I didn't enjoy my immersion in Shakespeare. I was frightened of it'". The Observer. Retrieved 27 June 2015.
  13. Royal Academy
    . Retrieved 29 June 2016.

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