en Kathleen Salmond

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

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]

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]

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^ ^a ^b "Deaths". Otago Daily Times. No. 26144. 6 May 1946. p. 1. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
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