Caroline Kininmonth
Lady Caroline Kininmonth (1907-1978) was a British artist, known for her paintings of flowers and landscapes in both oil and watercolours.
Biography[edit]
Kininmonth spent most of her life in Edinburgh and studied at the Edinburgh College of Art from 1926 to 1930.[1] Working in oils, she painted still-life and botanic subjects plus rural scenes and landscapes.[2] During the 1940s and 1950s she was a regular exhibitor at the Royal Scottish Academy, showing some 25 works there.[3] Kininmonth also exhibited with the Scottish Society of Women Artists and the Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts.[3][2]
She was married to the architect Sir William Kininmonth.
The University of Edinburgh and the Arts Council of Scotland hold examples of her paintings.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b David Buckman (2006). Artists in Britain Since 1945 Vol 1, A to L. Art Dictionaries Ltd. ISBN 0-953260-95-X.
- ^ a b Paul Harris & Julian Halsby (1990). The Dictionary of Scottish Painters 1600 to the Present. Canongate. ISBN 1-84195-150-1.
- ^ a b Peter J.M. McEwan (1994). The Dictionary of Scottish Art and Architecture. Antique Collectors' Club. ISBN 1-85149-134-1.
External links[edit]
- 2 artworks by or after Caroline Kininmonth at the Art UK site