BERNET KEMPERS, August Johan

BERNET KEMPERS, August Johan. ’s-Hertogenbosch 7.10.1906 — Arnhem 2.5.1992. Dutch Art Historian and South-East Asian Scholar, long time in Indonesia. Son of Karel Jan Willem Bernet Kempers, a notary, and Anna den Doesschate. After school in Middelburg studies of Indo-Iranian and Indonesian from 1926 at Leiden, Ph.D. 1933 (under Krom). In 1934-36 Conservator at Kern Institute, Leiden, also Docent of Cultural History of South-East Asia (1935). In 1936-42 librarian of the Batavian Society in Jakarta, in 1940-42 and 1947-56 Professor of Ancient History and Archaeology of South-East Asia at Jakarta/Yogyakarta. In 1947-56 also director of the Archaeological Department of Indonesia. Years 1942-45 in Japanese prison camp. Returned to the Netherlands, director of National Open Air Museum in Arnhem 1958-70, and in 1969-76 eo. Professor of European (!) Ethnology at Amsterdam University. Married 1933 Antonia Maria Lievegoed (1907–1985).

Publications: The Bronzes of Nalanda and Hindu-Javanese Art. 88 p. Ld. 1933; De Indische Cultuurstroem. 20 p. ’s-Gravenhage 1934 (Bijdr. TLVK 90).

Cultural Relations between India and Java. 31 p. Calcutta 1937.

Edited: Journaal van Dircq van Adrichem’s Hofreis naar den Groot-Mogol Aurangzeb, 1662. 20+275 p. ’s-Gravenhage 1941.

– “Die Begegnung der Griechisch-Römischen Kunst mit dem Indischen Kulturkreis”, Handbuch der Archäologie, im Rahmen des Handbuchs der Altertumwissenschaft II, Lf. 7, 1954, 455–482.

Ancient Indonesian Art. 130 p. Cambridge Mass. 1959.

Borobudur. Mysterie gebeuren in steen. Verval en restauratie. Oudjavaans volksleven. 224 p. 280 ill. Wassenaar 1970, English transl. Ageless Borobudur. Buddhist mystery in stone; decay and restoration; Mendut and Pawon; folklife in ancient Java. 288 p. 225 ill. Wassenaar 1976.

Monumental Bali: Introduction to Balinese Archaeology and Guide to the Monuments. 200 p. Berkeley – Jakarta 1991

Articles; also wrote on Dutch culture.

Sources: Wie is dat in Nederland 1984–1988 (stand 1984); *R. Soekmono, Bijdr. TLVK 150:2, 1994, 269-290 (with bibliography); Dutch Indology homepage; Dutch Wikipedia. Parents and wife in ancestors.familysearch.org (but with wrong death year 1988)

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