Kathleen Salmond Explained

Kathleen Salmond
Birth Name:Kathleen Lucy Salmond
Birth Date:21 August 1895
Birth Place:Dunedin, New Zealand
Death Place:Dunedin, New Zealand
Relatives:Louis Salmond (father)
John Salmond (uncle)
William Salmond (grandfather)
Jeremy Salmond (nephew)
Robin Allan (cousin)
Field:PaintingWatercolour
Training:Dunedin Art School, Slade School of Fine Art, St Martin's School of Art
Works:The Sunlit Farm

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

Early life and education

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

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.

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]

Further reading

An artist file for Salmond is held at:

Also see:

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Salmond, Kathleen Lucy. findnzartists.org.nz. en. 27 September 2017.
  2. News: Deaths . 6 May 1946 . . 26144 . 1 . 7 January 2023.
  3. Web site: Kathleen Salmond NZETC. nzetc.victoria.ac.nz. 27 September 2017.
  4. Web site: Artists exhibited with Auckland Society of Arts. findnzartists.org.nz. en. 27 September 2017.
  5. Web site: Artists exhibited with Canterbury Society of Arts. findnzartists.org.nz. en. 27 September 2017.
  6. Web site: Artists exhibited with New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts. findnzartists.org.nz. en. 27 September 2017.
  7. Web site: Artists exhibited with Otago Art Society. findnzartists.org.nz. en. 27 September 2017.
  8. Web site: The Group 1934. christchurchartgallery.org.nz. 27 September 2017.
  9. Web site: Artists exhibited with New Zealand and South Seas Exhibition, Dunedin, 1925-6. findnzartists.org.nz. en. 27 September 2017.
  10. Web site: Catalogue of the International Exhibition of the Fine Arts. christchurchartgallery.org.nz. 27 September 2017.
  11. Web site: Kathleen Salmond – Dunedin Public Art Gallery. collection.dunedin.art.museum. en. 27 September 2017.