Schulim Krimper (1893-1971) was born in the Austro-Hungarian
province of Bukovina.
The son of a rabbi, he was orphaned at the age of 9. Schulim
lived with his eldest married sister for three years before being apprenticed
to a local cabinet-maker. He remained with his master until the outbreak of
World War I, in which he served with the Austro-Hungarian artillery.
He lived briefly in Berlin before emigrating to Australia in
August 1939. Settling in Melbourne, he opened a workshop in St Kilda, and
rapidly established a reputation for the superb construction of his custom-made
modern furniture.
Credited with elevating his craft to the level of an art, he
was the subject of several one-man exhibitions in his lifetime and he was
commissioned to provide the woodwork for the chapel of St Mary's College at the
University of Melbourne.
He is represented in the permanent collections of the
National Gallery of Australia, the Art Gallery of South Australia and the
Powerhouse Museum.
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