About Kit Lewis
Lived 1911 – 1998 (aged 86–87). Kit Lewis was a British painter.
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 in Lichfield, Staffordshire. Her father was a probate officer and civil servant. She studied at the Chelsea College of Art under Graham Sutherland.
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.
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.
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British painter (1911-1998)
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Kit Lewis was born in 1911.
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Kit Lewis died in 1998.
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Kit Lewis was a painter.
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Kit Lewis was British.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Kit Lewis. https://biography.guide/kit-lewis/
MLA: "Kit Lewis." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/kit-lewis/.
Chicago: "Kit Lewis." Biography.guide. https://biography.guide/kit-lewis/.
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