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KITTO, Margaret E.
- Born
- London, England, 1871
- Died
- Victoria, British Columbia, 1925
- Biography synopsis
- A professional artist and an art teacher, Margaret Kitto moved to Victoria with her family at the age of twenty after studying art in England. From 1922, she operated the Deco Art Studio with fellow artist Lillian Sweeney. Together, they produced and exhibited lampshades, murals, plaster casts, table runners, postcards, and framed souvenirs. She supplemented her income by teaching at the Sacred Heart Convent School, the Western Art Studio and, later on, evening courses organized by the school board. She also led sketching parties with Josephine Crease. Active in the Island Arts and Crafts Society, she was on the executive committee from 1911-17, served as second vice president 1918-19, and vice president in 1925. Kitto worked primarily in watercolour, and her work can be found in the collections of the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria and the British Columbia Provincial Archives.
- Media used
- Drawing
- Mural painting and decoration
- Painting
- Textiles
- Watercolour
- Memberships
- Island Arts and Crafts Society, 1909
- File & Archive locations
- Canadian Women Artists History Initiative Documentation Centre, QC
- Library and Archives Canada / Bibliothèque et Archives Canada, ON
- British Columbia Archives
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
Writings about- Aitkens, Fran. "Margaret Elizabeth Kitto, Artist." Stories in Stone 20.2 (Fall 2010):17-21
- Amos, Robert. "Artist brought modernism to Victoria." Times-Colonist (Victoria) 21 Aug. 2003: F4
- Finlay, K.A. and Shea, T.. "A Woman's Place" Art and the Role of Women in the Cultural Formation of Victoria B.C. 1850s-1920s Victoria, B.C.: Maltwood Art Museum and Gallery, University of Victoria, 2004
- Hembroff-Schleicher, Edythe. Emily Carr, The Untold Story Seattle: Hancock House, 1978
- Hembroff-Schleicher, Edythe. The Modern Room Victoria: Emily Carr Gallery of the Provincial Archives of BC, 1981
- Island Arts and Crafts Club. Catalogue of the Eighth Annual Exhibition: Island Arts and Crafts Club, Held in the Pemberton Building, Third Floor, October 23rd to 27th, 1917 Victoria: Island Arts and Crafts Club, 1917
- Island Arts and Crafts Club. Catalogue of the Eleventh Annual Exhibition: Island Arts and Crafts Club, held in the Belmont Building, 4th Floor, October 25th to 30th, 1920 Victoria: Island Arts and Crafts Club, 1920
- Island Arts and Crafts Club. Catalogue of the Fifth Annual Exhibition: Island Arts and Crafts Club, to be held November 19th, 20th and 21st, 1914, Alexandra Club Victoria: Island Arts and Crafts Club, 1914
- Island Arts and Crafts Club. Catalogue of the Fourth Annual Exhibition: Island Arts and Crafts Club, October 16th, 17th and 18th, 1913, at the Alexandra Club Victoria: Island Arts and Crafts Club, 1913
- Island Arts and Crafts Club. Catalogue of the Ninth Annual Exhibition: Island Arts and Crafts Club, held in the Pemberton Building, Third Floor, January 14th to 18th, 1919 Victoria: Island Arts and Crafts Club, 1919
- Island Arts and Crafts Club. Catalogue of the Seventh Annual Exhibition: Island Arts and Crafts Club, to be held October 24 to 28, 1916, Union Bank Building Victoria: Island Arts and Crafts Club, 1916
- Island Arts and Crafts Club. Catalogue of the Sixth Annual Exhibition: Island Arts and Crafts Club, to be held November 23rd to 27th, 1915, Union Bank Building Victoria: Island Arts and Crafts Club, 1915
- Island Arts and Crafts Club. Catalogue of the Tenth Annual Exhibition: Island Arts and Crafts Club, held in the Belmont Building, fourth floor, October 23rd to 29th, 1919 Victoria: Island Arts and Crafts Club, 1919
- Island Arts and Crafts Club. Catalogue of the Third Annual Exhibition: Island Arts and Crafts Club, at the Alexandra Club, October 17, 18 and 19, 1912 Victoria: Island Arts and Crafts Club, 1912
- Island Arts and Crafts Club. Catalogue of the Twelfth Annual Exhibition: Island Arts and Crafts Club, Held in the Belmont Building, Fourth Floor, October 18th to 25th, 1921 Victoria: Island Arts and Crafts Club, 1921
- Island Arts and Crafts Society. Catalogue of the Fifteenth Annual Exhibition of the Island Arts and Crafts Society, held in the Belmont Building (5th Floor) - Oct. 20 to 25, 1924 Victoria: Island Arts and Crafts Society, 1924
- Island Arts and Crafts Society. Catalogue of the Fourteenth Annual Exhibition of the Island Arts and Crafts Society, held in the Private Dining Hall of the Hudson's Bay Company's Building, October 23rd to 30th, 1923 Victoria: Island Arts and Crafts Society, 1923
- Island Arts and Crafts Society. Catalogue of the Thirteenth Annual Exhibition: The Island Arts and Crafts Society, Held in the Belmont Building, Fifth Floor, October 19th to 25th, 1922 Victoria: Island Arts and Crafts Society, 1922
- Island Arts Club. Catalogue of Second Annual Exhibition: Island Arts Club, at the Alexandra Club, October 5, 6 and 7, 1911 Victoria: Island Arts Club, 1911
- Island Arts' Club. Island Arts' Club, Victoria, B.C.: First Exhibition, September 1910 Victoria: Island Arts' Club, 1910
- Johnson-Dean, Christina. "British Columbia. Women Artists, 1885-1920." British Columbia Women Artists, 1885-1985 Victoria: Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, 1985
- Johnson-Dean, Christina B. The Crease Family and the Arts in Victoria, British Columbia Ottawa: National Library of Canada, 1983
- Lover, John Gordon. The Victoria Sketch Club: A Centennial Celebration, 1909-2009 Victoria, B.C.: Victoria Sketch Club, 2008
- Nesbitt, James K. "Well-known Artist." The Daily Colonist (Victoria) 11 Apr. 1925
- Pazdro, Roberta J. "From Pastels to Chisel: The Changing Role of BC Women Artists." Not Just Pin Money Victoria: Camosun, 1984
- Salmon, Peter. "Sunday Reader - Islander - History of Painting in Victoria." Times-Colonist (Victoria) 12 May 1996: 1
- Tippett, Maria and Douglas Cole. From Desolation to Splendour: Changing Perceptions of the British Columbia Landscape Toronto: Clarke, Irwin and Company Ltd, 1977
