Kathleen Salmond
Kathleen Salmond | |
|---|---|
| Born | Kathleen Lucy Salmond 21 August 1895 Dunedin, New Zealand |
| Died | 5 May 1946 (aged 50) Dunedin, New Zealand |
| Education | Dunedin Art School, Slade School of Fine Art, St Martin's School of Art |
| Known for | Painting – Watercolour |
| Notable work | The Sunlit Farm |
| Relatives | Louis Salmond (father) John Salmond (uncle) William Salmond (grandfather) Jeremy Salmond (nephew) Robin Allan (cousin) |
Kathleen Lucy Salmond (21 August 1895 – 5 May 1946) was a New Zealand artist, born in Dunedin.[1]
Early life and education
[edit]Salmond was born in Dunedin, the eldest daughter of architect Louis Salmond.[2] She studied at the Dunedin Art School (now Otago Polytechnic). She travelled to the UK and spent a year at the Harvey-Proctor Art School in Cornwall (run by Ernest Procter and Harold Harvey), and the one year at the Slade School of Fine Art and St Martin's School of Art.[3]
Career
[edit]Salmond worked primarily with watercolour. She exhibited with:
- Auckland Society of Arts[4]
- Canterbury Society of Arts[5]
- New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts[6]
- Otago Art Society[7]
- The Group (1934)[8]
Her work The Sunlit Farm was included in the New Zealand and South Seas Exhibition, Dunedin, 1925–6.[9][10] She also exhibited works in London at the British Empire Art Exhibition and the Coronation Exhibition.[3]
Works by Salmond are held in the collection of the Dunedin Public Art Gallery.[11]
Salmond died in Dunedin on 5 May 1946, and she was buried at Andersons Bay Cemetery.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Salmond, Kathleen Lucy". findnzartists.org.nz. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
- ^ a b "Deaths". Otago Daily Times. No. 26144. 6 May 1946. p. 1. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
- ^ a b "Kathleen Salmond | NZETC". nzetc.victoria.ac.nz. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
- ^ "Artists exhibited with Auckland Society of Arts". findnzartists.org.nz. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
- ^ "Artists exhibited with Canterbury Society of Arts". findnzartists.org.nz. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
- ^ "Artists exhibited with New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts". findnzartists.org.nz. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
- ^ "Artists exhibited with Otago Art Society". findnzartists.org.nz. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
- ^ "The Group 1934". christchurchartgallery.org.nz. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
- ^ "Artists exhibited with New Zealand and South Seas Exhibition, Dunedin, 1925-6". findnzartists.org.nz. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
- ^ "Catalogue of the International Exhibition of the Fine Arts". christchurchartgallery.org.nz. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
- ^ "Kathleen Salmond – Dunedin Public Art Gallery". collection.dunedin.art.museum. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
Further reading
[edit]An artist file for Salmond is held at:
- E. H. McCormick Research Library, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
- Hocken Collections Uare Taoka o Hākena
- Te Aka Matua Research Library, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
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- 1895 births
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- New Zealand painters
- New Zealand women painters
- Artists from Dunedin
- Alumni of Saint Martin's School of Art
- Otago Polytechnic alumni
- Alumni of the Slade School of Fine Art
- People associated with the Canterbury Society of Arts
- People associated with the Auckland Society of Arts
- Women watercolorists
- New Zealand watercolourists
- People associated with The Group (New Zealand art)
- Salmond family
- Burials at Andersons Bay Cemetery
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