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195:. There, Kinsman created works "High Street Broadway" and "Pershore Abbey," now in the Archives Department of the Eastern Townships Resource Centre in Sherbrooke, Quebec. Also in the collection is her "The Bells of Paradise," an essay describing her time in Pershore. In England, Kinsman's work was displayed at multiple solo exhibitions in both Pershore and Malvern as well as in a group exhibition at the
234:, leading to a second BA in classics, achieved in 1989. At the same ceremony, Kinsman was awarded an honorary doctorate by Bishop's University (DCL Honoris Causa). Kinsman's final class was taken in 1996 at the age of 86. Through these years of Kinsman's studies, "her artistic career continued with great vigour," as she travelled to Europe during the summers, bringing back new works.
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died in 1986), Jocelyn, and Jeremy. After her husband's death in 1965, Kinsman travelled back to
England, where she spent time creating art depicting scenes of daily life and quiet streets. Once back in Canada, Kinsman spent the rest of her life fulfilling her love of learning in (Lennoxville) Sherbrooke, Quebec at Bishop's University. At the age of 89, Kinsman died of
119:, where her grandfather worked on a railway. After her grandfather's imprisonment during the revolution, in 1911, Kinsman and her mother fled back to the United States. There is a story about how Kinsman, aged four, was expelled from a convent school in Texas after she drew a priest sitting on a bathroom toilet. After Kinsman's mother remarried, the family moved to
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Kinsman was married to Ronald
Desmond Lewis Kinsman in 1932. The two met in Paris while Kinsman studied fine art. From there, the couple moved to Switzerland for her husband's business, then to New York City, and finally to Montreal. She "loved her children." She had three children: Michael Jon (who
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Kinsman spent her lifetime working with watercolour, pen, and ink. The subject matter of many of her works, especially later in her life, were scenes of streets, buildings, nature, and people caught in moments of daily life. Kinsman's works provided a quick glimpse but included detail such as words
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Academy of Graphic Artists in London. Kinsman's time in Broadway influenced her publication of "Broadway Sketchbook," a compilation of scenes from her time there, including depictions of village people whom she "mocked a little." Her works created in Broadway, specifically one of her old
72:, was an artist, writer and student of history and languages. She is noted for her works created with watercolour or in 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.
79:, 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
166:. Kinsman's works created in Montreal illustrate her "interest in the city." She was described in the Montreal Star: "Kay Kinsman waits for a sunny day without much wind. Then she bundles together her watercolours and sets off by bus from her Cote des Neiges apartment to the foot of
219:, following the famous pilgrimage route across Spain. Kinsman's experiences from that trip were later recounted in a lecture "The Way to Compostela" later that same year at Bishop's University, as well as in French at the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Sherbrooke.
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Kinsman's first move to Montreal with her husband and children, Kinsman continued her studies of fine arts at the Montreal Museum School of Fine Arts from 1945 to 1949 while painting and raising her children. There, Kinsman studied under
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After receiving an inheritance in 1930 and leaving the reporting job at the Havana Times, Kinsman travelled to study at the Parson's School of Fine and
Applied Art in Paris, France. Afterward, Kinsman also studied in at L’Ecole Ozenfant under
90:, 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
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where she explores along St. Paul to St. Gabriel, or
Bonsecours, in search of something worth preserving." At the age of 57, Kinsman had earned her diploma in piano from the Royal Toronto Conservatory of Music. In 1967, Kinsman published her
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Kinsman published three sketchbooks in her lifetime: Montreal
Sketchbook (1967), Broadway Sketchbook (1974), and Lennox Sketchbook (1990). As part of her master's degree from McGill University, Kinsman published a work entitled
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England, and the Musée des beaux-arts de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec. After her death, drawings and materials used by Kinsman were donated to the Archives Department of the Eastern Townships Resource Centre,
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Kinsman were donated to the Archives Department of the Eastern Townships Resource Centre, Sherbrooke
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Kinsman's life were dedicated to studying and creating artworks, essays, and other publications in Lennoxville, Quebec. In the 1980s at the age of 71, Kinsman returned to
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In 1983, Kinsman reapplied to Bishop's University as a special undergraduate, now for the second time, taking history, classics, and language courses. Kinsman also began a masters of English from
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Kinsman's works are currently located in various private collections around the world including the Rothchild Collection (Montreal), the R. Martindale Collection (
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Kinsman's work was displayed in numerous solo and group exhibitions in Quebec and in various locations in England. A full list of exhibitions are detailed below.
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