Kay Kinsman, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Kay Kinsman

Date of Birth: 27-Jun-1909

Date of Death: 01-Jan-0001

Profession: painter

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Cancer


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About Kay Kinsman

  • Katherine Nixon Bell (June 27, 1909 - 1998), known as Kay Kinsman, was an artist, writer and student of history and languages.
  • She is noted for her works created with watercolour orin pen and ink depicting street views and everyday life.
  • As an artist and writer, Kinsman published three sketchbooks and her works were also exhibited in England and Quebec.
  • Kinsman was born in Los Angeles, and her father died before her birth.
  • After her mother's death at age 9, Kinsman lived with her grandmother in Cuba, schooling in Jamaica.
  • Throughout her life, Kinsman spent time abroad studying in Paris, living in Switzerland and England, and spent her final years living and studying in Quebec, Canada.
  • At the age of 89, Kinsman died at her final home of Sherbrooke, Quebec.
  • Kinsman spent the last two decades of her life focusing on her academic life studying art, history, languages, drama and classics at Bishop's University, Sherbrooke.
  • Kinsman accepted numerous degrees including a master's degree from McGill University and multiple bachelor's degrees from Bishop's University where she spent a significant portion of her later-life.
  • After her death, various drawings and materials used by Kinsman were donated to the Archives Department of the Eastern Townships Resource Centre, Sherbrooke

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