Image ID: 26264

Gravestone of William Kiddier and family, Redhill Cemetery, Redhill, Arnold , 1987

Courtesy of Mr S J Best

Redhill Cemetery
Arnold
England

William Kiddier (1860-1934) was born at Loughborough but spent almost the whole of his life in Nottingham. He was an artist, poet, writer and businessman, owning an old established brush making business on South Parade, Nottingham. He painted in oils, chiefly landscapes, also black and white drawings. He exhibited at the Royal Academy and at Nottingham Castle Art Gallery. He was a founder member and the first president of 'the Atelier Society' Nottingham in the early 1890's which ultimately became the Nottingham Society of Artists. He lost his only son Ernest in the First World War and his brother John's son John Thomas continued the brushmakers business. John Thomas married Catherine Culley whose family originated from Whatton and Granby. (Additional information very kindly supplied by Helen Deakin).

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