Judy Cassab

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Judy Cassab

From Cassab's scrapbook deposited in the National Library of Australia: With her baby son John in Budapest in 1945 Judy Cassab was happy to be reunited with her husband as the Germans were driven out
Born 15 August 1920 (1920-08-15) (age 87)
Flag of Austria Vienna, Austria
Occupation artist

Judy Cassab CBE AO (born Judy Kaszab on 15 August 1920) is an Australian painter. She has twice won the Archibald Prize.

Born in Vienna, Austria in 1920 to Hungarian parents, her husband was put in a forced labour camp by the Nazis in World War 2, and returned to Hungary in 1944.

She moved to Sydney in 1950.

She won the Archibald Prize in two years, the only woman to have done this:

  • 1960 for Stan Rapotec
  • 1967 for Margo Lewers.

She has held more than fifty solo exhibitions in Australia, as well as others in Paris and London.

[edit] Awards

On 14 June 1969 she was made an Commander of the Order of the British Empire in "recognition of service to the visual arts".[1]

On 26 January 1988, she was made an Officer of the Order of Australia again in "recognition of service to the visual arts".[2]

On 3 March 1995, she awarded a Doctor of Letters (honoris causa) from Sydney University.[3]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Judy Cassab CBE. Australian Honours Database. Retrieved on 2007-08-15.
  2. ^ Judy Cassab AO. Australian Honours Database. Retrieved on 2007-08-15.
  3. ^ Citation for Honorary Doctorate - University of Sydney.

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Awards
Preceded by
William Dobell		 Archibald Prize
1960
for Stanislaus Rapotec		 Succeeded by
William Pidgeon
Preceded by
Jon Molvig		 Archibald Prize
1967
for Margo Lewers		 Succeeded by
William Pidgeon


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NAME Cassab, Judy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kaszab, Judy (birth name)
SHORT DESCRIPTION Australian painter
DATE OF BIRTH 15 August 1920
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna, Austria
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH
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