| Kay Anderson | |
| Birth Date: | 1902 |
| Birth Place: | Chingford, London |
| Death Place: | Surrey, England |
| Nationality: | British |
| Known For: | Paintings, lithography |
Kathleen Anderson (1902 –1974) was a British artist known for her paintings and lithographic work.
Anderson was born in Chingford near London, to Alfred William Anderson, a church minister, and Agnes Anderson, both of whom were from Ireland.[1] Kay Anderson was raised in Kent, then in Newport in south Wales and later in Liverpool.[1] She studied art at the Liverpool School of Art and at the Royal College of Art in London, receiving her teaching diploma in 1927.[2] [3]
Anderson painted various subjects and topics in both oils and watercolours and also produced etchings, engravings and lithographs.[1] Anderson exhibited at the Royal Academy in London, with the New English Art Club and at the Paris Salon in France and also showed paintings in Chicago and in Canada.[1] [2] [3] Anderson married the artist Thomas Collingwood Clough in 1933 and the couple lived in Surrey, where she died in 1974.[2] The British Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London hold examples of her work as does the Christchurch Art Gallery in New Zealand.[4] [5]