Starr Kempf [SEP] manner of death
Starr Kempf committed suicide by gunshot on April 7, 1995.
External links.
- Colorado Springs Independent article on Kempf zoning controversy, sculpture removal
- Wixx, David, Photographs of the collection of Starr Kempf sculptures
Starr Kempf
Starr Gideon Kempf (August 13, 1917 in Bluffton, Ohio – April 7, 1995 in Colorado Springs, Colorado) was an American sculptor, architect, and artist best known for his graceful steel wind kinetic sculptures.
Life.
Starr Kempf was raised on a small farm in Ohio, near the Swiss Mennonite community of Bluffton. His family, including his father and seven uncles, were blacksmiths and carpenters, from whom he learned craftsmanship and engineering at an early age.
He attended the Cleveland