Kathleen (Kitty) Airini Vane (née Mair; 22 January 1891 – 1965) was a New Zealand painter who specialised in watercolours and tempera landscape paintings.[1] Her work is included in the collections of Whangārei Museum, Reyburn House (Whangarei) and Dunedin Public Art Gallery.[2][3] Two portraits of Vane are in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery, London.[4]
Biography
editVane was born in Wainuiomata, the daughter of Gilbert Mair and Eleanor Katherine (née Sperry) Mair. She had an older brother, John Gilbert, who died in childhood.[2][5][6][7] Her mother, a noted portrait artist, died when she was three years old and she was raised by a Scottish nurse. She attended a private school, Misses Bews' Ladies College in Mt Eden, Auckland and also studied art. In 1912 she travelled to London, England and studied at the Royal College of Art and the Slade School of Fine Art.[1][8] During World War I she served as a nurse aide in France. After the war she travelled and painted extensively, exhibiting in London, Paris and Malta. During World War II she returned to New Zealand, and again returned in 1953 to retire.[2]
She died at Laings Beach (now Langs Beach) near Mangawhai, Northland, in 1965.[2]
Personal life
editIn 1917 she married Ralph Frederick Vane, a son of Lord and Lady Barnard of Raby Castle, England. He died in 1928.[8]
References
edit- ^ a b "Vane, Kathleen Airini, 1891–1965". Vane, Kathleen Airini, 1891–1965 | Items | National Library of New Zealand | National Library of New Zealand. 1 January 1891. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
- ^ a b c d "Internationally renowned artist's works at Whangārei Museum". NZ Herald. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
- ^ "Search Results – Dunedin Public Art Gallery". collection.dunedin.art.museum. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
- ^ "Kathleen Airini Vane (née Mair) – National Portrait Gallery". www.npg.org.uk. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
- ^ "Like Mother Like Daughter | Exhibitions". Tauranga Art Gallery. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
- ^ Taonga, New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage Te Manatu. "Sperrey, Eleanor Catherine". teara.govt.nz. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
- ^ "Mair, Gilbert – Biography – Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand". 10 June 2017. Archived from the original on 10 June 2017. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
- ^ a b "Kathleen (Kitty) Airini Vane New Zealand, 1891–1965". Australian and New Zealand Art Sales Digest. Retrieved 6 March 2022.