Kit Lewis

Kathleen Margaret "Kit" Lewis (27 September 1911 – 1998) was a British painter, a member of The London Group.

Early life and education

The second daughter of Henry Bryan Godfrey Godfrey-Faussett-Osborne and Margaret Sydney Bourns, she was born Kathleen Margaret Godfrey-Faussett-Osborne[1] in Lichfield, Staffordshire. Her father was a probate officer and civil servant.[2][3] She studied at the Chelsea College of Art under Graham Sutherland.[4]

Career

Lewis joined The London Group in 1948. In 1953, she had her first solo show at the Leicester Galleries and continued to show there on a frequent basis.[5][6]

Personal life

On 20 May 1940, she married Edward Morland Lewis, an artist who died in North Africa in 1943 while employed as a war artist.[3] In 1954, she married Sir James Maude Richards, an architectural writer. The couple had one son Alexander, who died in 1972 age only sixteen, having been hit by a car.[7][2]

References

  1. ^ Wright, David (2016). Tracing Your Kent Ancestors: A Guide for Family and Local Historians. p. 25. ISBN 978-1473875241.
  2. ^ a b Stamp, Gavin (2016). "Richards, Sir James Maude [Jim] (1907–1992)". www.oxforddnb.com. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/51298. Retrieved 10 January 2026.
  3. ^ a b Baron, Wendy (23 September 2004). Sickert, Walter, pupils (act. 1890–1939), painters. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/64748.
  4. ^ Frances Spalding (1990). 20th Century Painters and Sculptors. Antique Collectors' Club. ISBN 1-85149-106-6.
  5. ^ "Amphytrion". Arts Council Collection.
  6. ^ "History of The London Group". The London Group. Archived from the original on 23 February 2015. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
  7. ^ Matthew, Henry Colin Gray; Harrison, Brian Howard; Academy, British (2004). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 46. pp. 782–84. ISBN 0-19-861396-2.

3 artworks by or after Kit Lewis at the Art UK site

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