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

Early life and education

Salmond was born in Dunedin, the eldest daughter of architect Louis Salmond. 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 Ernest Procter (22 March 1885–21 October 1935) was an English designer, illustrator and painter, and husband of artist Dod Procter. He was actively involved with the Newlyn School, partner of the Harvey-Procter School and an instructor ...

and Harold Harvey), and the one year at the Slade School of Fine Art and

St Martin's School of Art Saint Martin's School of Art was an art school, art college in London, England. It offered foundation and degree level courses. It was established in 1854, initially under the aegis of the church of St Martin-in-the-Fields. Saint Martin's beca ...

Career

Salmond worked primarily with watercolour. She exhibited with: * Auckland Society of Arts * Canterbury Society of Arts *

New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts The New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts (also referred to as the Wellington Art Society) was founded in Wellington in July 1882 as The Fine Arts Association of New Zealand. Founding artists included painters William Beetham (first president of the A ...

* Otago Art Society *

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(1934) Her work ''The Sunlit Farm'' was included in the New Zealand and South Seas Exhibition, Dunedin, 1925–6. 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. Salmond died in Dunedin on 5 May 1946, and she was buried at

Andersons Bay Cemetery Andersons Bay Cemetery is a major cemetery in the New Zealand city of Dunedin. It is located to the southeast of the city centre, on a rocky outcrop which forms the inland part of Lawyers Head, a promontory which juts into the Pacific Ocean. The ...

References

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:

(1940) 1895 births 1946 deaths New Zealand painters New Zealand women painters Artists from Dunedin Alumni of Saint Martin's School of Art Otago Polytechnic alumni Alumni of the Slade School of Fine Art People associated with the Canterbury Society of Arts People associated with the Auckland Society of Arts Women watercolorists New Zealand watercolourists People associated with The Group (New Zealand art) Kathleen Burials at Andersons Bay Cemetery {{NewZealand-painter-stub

Early life and education

Career

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