Samuel James Kitson
Born 1 January 1848
Died 9 November 1906
Active: 1870 - 1906
Country of birth: England
Country of death: United States
Sculptor, architectural sculptor
Born in Berry Brow Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. He was the son of John Kitson, a tailor. His older brother was John William Kitson (1845-88) an architectural sculptor who was the first of the family to move to the USA and his younger brother was Henry Hudson Kitson (c.1863-1945) who was also a sculptor. Another brother was Robert Lewellyn Kitson (no dates) a water colour painter who is also said to have lived in America. Samuel James studied in Rome from about 1870 to 1874 and then set up a studio in Italy. He exhibited in London and maintained a studio in Rome until 1880 but was also in the process of moving permanently to the USA in the late 1870s. There is quite a lot of information about the Kitson family and Samuel James's career available online including an entry in Wikipedia written by a descendant http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_James_Kitson (accessed 15 December 2013).
Works
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Locations
Address Rome | View on map
1870 (Circa) - 1880 (Circa)
Not necessarily in Rome throughout this time as exhibited in London and in the process of moving to New York towards the end of the decade.
Address 10 via dei Greci Rome | View on map
1880
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at Royal Manchester Institution, Exhibition of the Works of Modern Artists, 1875
'Isaac'
Exhibited at Royal Manchester Institution, Exhibition of the Works of Modern Artists, 1874
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts (Summer Exhibition), 1768-
1877 - 1880
Exhibited 3 times, exhibited three works (Abel, cat. no. 1455, 1877; A Greek Spinning, statue, marble, cat. no. 1504, 1879; David, cat. no. 1588, 1880).
Sources
Catalogue of the Exhibition of the Works of Modern Artists, City of Manchester Art Gallery, 1874
1874
Cat. No. 705, pp. 64, 72
Catalogue of the Exhibition of the Works of Modern Artists, City of Manchester Art Gallery, 1875
1875
Cat. No. 814, p. 76
West Yorkshire, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906
2011
Name: Samuel Kitson
Birth Date: 1 Jan 1848
Parish: Armitage Bridge, St Paul
Baptism Date: 7 Jan 1849
Father's Name: John Kitson
Mother's Name: Emma Kitson
Citing this record
'Samuel James Kitson', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 [http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/person.php?id=msib5_1227194371, accessed 10 Jun 2023]
