Alice Sarah "Kinkie" Kinkead (1871–1926) was an Irish artist, she known as a

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and later in life a silversmith.

Life

Kinkead was born in Tuam in Galway in 1871. Her father, Dr. Richard John Kinkead, GP (1844–1928), was appointed professor of

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in 1876, wherein the family moved to Forster House in the town. Kinkead attended Académie Delécluse in Paris and also was educate in Galway. She moved permanently to London in her career as an artist. Her associates included Edith Anna Somerville, Violet Florence Martin, Lady Gregory, W.B. and Jack Yeats,

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, Ethel Smyth. Her brother Francis died in a tragic drowning accident on

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in August 1887. Her surviving brother, Captain Richard Kinkead, R.A.M.C., was killed in action at Ypres on 30 October 1914. While in

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in 1921, Alice Kinkead befriended the writer,

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. This friendship led to her painting his last portrait in 1924, shortly before his death.

References

*Susan Jones, "Alice Kinkead and the Last Portrait of Conrad," ''Journal of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society'', volume 58, 2006.

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kinkead, Alice Sarah 1871 births 1926 deaths People from Tuam 20th-century Irish women artists Académie Delécluse alumni