Painter and illustrator, born near Hitchin, Hertfordshire. She was especially noted for her pictures of flowers and children and won an Hon. Mention at Paris Salon. Kidman studied at the Slade School of Fine Art under Henry Tonks, Philip Wilson Steer and Walter Westley Russell, Frank Calderon’s School of Animal Painting and St John’s Wood School of Art. Her pictures occasionally appeared on the covers of women’s magazines. Exhibited RA, RP, SWA and RSA. Lived in Hitchin.

Text source: 'Artists in Britain Since 1945' by David Buckman (Art Dictionaries Ltd, part of Sansom & Company)


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