Kathleen Browne

Kathleen Browne (1905 – 14 May 2007) was a New Zealand-born artist and teacher who established her artistic career in the United Kingdom.

Biography Browne was born in Christchurch in New Zealand and studied at the Canterbury College School of Art between 1920 and 1924. Browne taught in New Zealand before, in 1931, moving to England where she trained at the Chelsea School of Art during 1932 and 1933 and then at the Royal College of Art in 1934. In 1947, she won a bronze medal at the Paris Salon. In 1950, she was part of a three-artist exhibition at the Prince Galitzine Gallery. The British Museum holds a number of prints and drawings by Browne. The National Portrait Gallery in London has her portrait of Arnold Dolmetsch in its collection.