Kathleen Salmond

New Zealand artist

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 forPainting – Watercolour
Notable workThe Sunlit Farm
RelativesLouis 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

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.[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

  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

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

Also see:

  • New Zealand Art: A Centennial Exhibition (1940)
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