Charles Kidson (7 November 1867–2 October 1908) was a New Zealand art teacher, artist, craftsman and sculptor. He was born in
Bilston
Bilston is a market town in the City of Wolverhampton in the West Midlands County, West Midlands, England. It is in the Black Country, south east of Wolverhampton city centre and close to the borders of Sandwell Metropolitan Borough, Sandwell ...
, Staffordshire, England on 7 November 1867 and died in Christchurch New Zealand on 2 October 1908.
He was a leading figure in the Canterbury Arts & Crafts movement along with Leonard Booth and Francis Shurrock.
[Calhoun, Ann, Simplicity and Splendour: The Canterbury Arts & Crafts Movement from 1882, exh. Cat. Christchurch, Christchurch Art Gallery, 2004. p. 20]
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1867 births
1908 deaths
New Zealand art educators
People from Bilston
English emigrants to New Zealand
20th-century New Zealand sculptors
20th-century New Zealand male artists
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