Kitty Wilmer O'Brien
| Kitty Wilmer O'Brien | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Kitty Wilmer 1910 India |
| Died |
1982 Dublin, Ireland |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Known for | Landscapes |
Kitty Wilmer O'Brien (1910–1982) was an Irish oil and watercolour landscape artist.[1]
Life
Kitty Wilmer was born in India in 1910.[2] She learned her skills in the Royal Hibernian Academy schools in Dublin, starting in 1926, where she won a number of awards for her art.[3] She was trained by Lilian Davidson who was working out of her studio in Earlsfort terrace in Dublin.[4] She won the Taylor Scholarship in 1933 which sent her to the Slade School of Fine Art in London.[3]
In 1936 she married Dr Brendan O’Brien, a Dublin surgeon and son of Dermod O'Brien. She and her husband settled in Dublin after working abroad for a few years.[3] They had at least one son, Anthony, who is also an artist.[1]
In the period from the 1940s and 1950s O’Brien exhibited with Roseleen Ganley in Dublin[5] as well as submitting to the Society of Dublin Painters, Royal Hibernian Academy and the Water Colour Society of Ireland. O'Brien was elected member of Royal Hibernian Academy in 1976.[2] She was president of the Watercolour Society from 1962 to 1981.[3]
References
- 1 2 Aine O'Brien (9 September 2014). "INTERVIEW: Poems, paintings and passion". Mayo News.
- 1 2 "Kitty Wilmer O'Brien". National Visual Arts Library.
- 1 2 3 4 "Kitty Wilmer O'Brien RHA PWCSI".
- ↑ "Biography of Lilian Davidson".
- ↑ "Auction archive Roseleen Ganly".