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COMMENTS
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This
painting depicts a Mexican man being carried away by a runaway horse.
Original watercolor, images on both
sides.
Born December 29, 1895 in Jasper Indiana Thomas Kempf first intended
on becoming a doctor but decided ultimately to devote his professional
life to art. He attended Syracuse University and served in the first
world war before marrying and settling in Chicago. He worked as an
illustrator in Chicago during the 20's and 30's as he developed and
exhibited is fine art work around Chicago. He relocated with
his family to Beecher, Illinios and painted scenes of Mexican villages and
spanish churches. Kempf died in 1988.
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