27th Mar, 2025 9:30
Kathleen Emily Temple-Bird (British 1879 - 1962)
'Young Westminster', portrait of John Temple-Bird in school uniform
signed 'K.E. Temple-Bird 1931' (lower right)
oil on canvas
74 x 51 cm, framed 83.5 x 60.5 cm
another of the artist's son in a College blazer, titled 'On Leave' signed and dated 1939 (lower left), oil on canvas mounted on board, 74 x 61 cm and another of the same sitter in Army uniform, unsigned, oil on canvas, 61 x 46 cm
Provenance: By family descent
Exhibited:
Young Westiminster:
1931 - Royal Society of Portrait Painters
1932 - Society of Women Artists
1933 - Ipswich Fine Art Club
1933 - Royal Academy
1936 - The Forum CLub
1937 - Royal Society of British Artists' Art Club
1942 - St Ives Art Club
1956 - Ridley Art Club
1956 - The Forum Club
Footnote:
The three portraits all depict the artists son, John Frank Temple-Bird (1917 - 1970). Educated at Westminster School, John joined the Royal Artillery in 1939, his career peaked as a Colonel and Garrison Commander in Shoeburyness, Essex in the mid 1960s. Click the following link for further details on John Temple-Bird - John Temple-Bird. With thanks to the artist’s family for providing these notes.
Biography:
Kathleen Temple-Bird was an artist, teacher and believer in Women’s suffrage. Having been brought up in Ipswich, she trained at the Slade School of Art before travelling to France and Italy. She later travelled alone across Canada, becoming Head of Art at Havergal College, Toronto. She married in 1911 and settled in London, where she exhibited the majority of her paintings, but moved to St Ives for the duration of the Second World War. Further details on the artist are available at the following website - Kathleen Temple-Bird Artist
Sold for £280
Condition Report
Young Westminister - edgewear to the right and left hand side, minor pin hole losses throughout,
On Leave - pin holes to the bottom of the canvas, dirt marks throughout, white mark to upper left side of left shoulder
Army uniform - cracking throughout, circle loss to the right side, edgewear, loss to area above left, loss to bottom centre
Kathleen Emily Temple-Bird (British 1879 - 1962)
'Young Westminster', portrait of John Temple-Bird in school uniform
signed 'K.E. Temple-Bird 1931' (lower right)
oil on canvas
74 x 51 cm, framed 83.5 x 60.5 cm
another of the artist's son in a College blazer, titled 'On Leave' signed and dated 1939 (lower left), oil on canvas mounted on board, 74 x 61 cm and another of the same sitter in Army uniform, unsigned, oil on canvas, 61 x 46 cm
ProvenanceProvenance: By family descent
Exhibited:
Young Westiminster:
1931 - Royal Society of Portrait Painters
1932 - Society of Women Artists
1933 - Ipswich Fine Art Club
1933 - Royal Academy
1936 - The Forum CLub
1937 - Royal Society of British Artists' Art Club
1942 - St Ives Art Club
1956 - Ridley Art Club
1956 - The Forum Club
Footnote:
The three portraits all depict the artists son, John Frank Temple-Bird (1917 - 1970). Educated at Westminster School, John joined the Royal Artillery in 1939, his career peaked as a Colonel and Garrison Commander in Shoeburyness, Essex in the mid 1960s. Click the following link for further details on John Temple-Bird - John Temple-Bird. With thanks to the artist’s family for providing these notes.
Biography:
Kathleen Temple-Bird was an artist, teacher and believer in Women’s suffrage. Having been brought up in Ipswich, she trained at the Slade School of Art before travelling to France and Italy. She later travelled alone across Canada, becoming Head of Art at Havergal College, Toronto. She married in 1911 and settled in London, where she exhibited the majority of her paintings, but moved to St Ives for the duration of the Second World War. Further details on the artist are available at the following website - Kathleen Temple-Bird Artist
