Kathryn Kynoch (18 August 1941 – 27 February 2025) was a Scottish painter known for her painted portraits of many prominent Scots.

Biography

Kynoch was born in

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in 1941. She attended grammar school in

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. From 1959 to 1964, she studied at the

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, where she studied under David Donaldson and Geoffrey Squire. After finishing her postgraduate diploma, she studied for four months in

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at the

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. Kynoch's work has been widely exhibited in Scotland. Among those notable that she painted include Lord Wheatley,

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, Lilian McDonald, and Sir Donald Liddle. In 1994, Kynoch was elected as an artist member of the

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and in 2021, she was made an artist member of the

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kynoch, Kathryn 1941 births 2025 deaths Scottish women painters Scottish women artists Alumni of the Glasgow School of Art People from Portobello, Edinburgh