Kathleen Lucy Salmond (21 August 1895 – 5 May 1946) was a New Zealand artist, born in Dunedin.[1]

Kathleen Salmond
Born
Kathleen Lucy Salmond

(1895-08-21)21 August 1895
Dunedin, New Zealand
Died5 May 1946(1946-05-05) (aged 50)
Dunedin, New Zealand
EducationDunedin Art School, Slade School of Fine Art, St Martin's School of Art
Known forPaintingWatercolour
Notable workThe Sunlit Farm
RelativesLouis Salmond (father)
John Salmond (uncle)
William Salmond (grandfather)
Jeremy Salmond (nephew)
Robin Allan (cousin)

Early life and education

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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

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Salmond worked primarily with watercolour. She exhibited with:

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

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  1. ^ "Salmond, Kathleen Lucy". findnzartists.org.nz. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Deaths". Otago Daily Times. No. 26144. 6 May 1946. p. 1. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  3. ^ a b "Kathleen Salmond | NZETC". nzetc.victoria.ac.nz. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
  4. ^ "Artists exhibited with Auckland Society of Arts". findnzartists.org.nz. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
  5. ^ "Artists exhibited with Canterbury Society of Arts". findnzartists.org.nz. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
  6. ^ "Artists exhibited with New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts". findnzartists.org.nz. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
  7. ^ "Artists exhibited with Otago Art Society". findnzartists.org.nz. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
  8. ^ "The Group 1934". christchurchartgallery.org.nz. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
  9. ^ "Artists exhibited with New Zealand and South Seas Exhibition, Dunedin, 1925-6". findnzartists.org.nz. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
  10. ^ "Catalogue of the International Exhibition of the Fine Arts". christchurchartgallery.org.nz. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
  11. ^ "Kathleen Salmond – Dunedin Public Art Gallery". collection.dunedin.art.museum. Retrieved 27 September 2017.

Further reading

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An artist file for Salmond is held at:

Also see: