Katherine Kitt was born in Chico, California, and educated at San Jose Normal School.
11 Facts About Katherine Kitt
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Katherine Kitt received her bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Arizona in 1911 and her master's degree in 1928.
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Katherine Kitt was an artistic pioneer in early twentieth century Tucson.
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Katherine Kitt offered art classes in her Tucson studio before becoming a lecturer in Art at the University of Arizona in 1924.
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Katherine Kitt headed the program for seventeen years retiring a month before her death.
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In 1929 Katherine Kitt drafted the book Long Ago Told: Legends of the Papago Indians that was published under the authorship of Harold Bell Wright.
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Katherine Kitt envisioned Tucson as an important center of art in the Southwest and United States and tirelessly worked to achieve that goal.
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Katherine Kitt spent summers on Mount Lemmon and in Mexico, she made multiple trips to Europe and North Africa, painting scenes of Spain and Morocco.
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Katherine Kitt retired from the University of Arizona in 1945 and a month later at the age of 69 died from a cerebral hemorrhage at a hospital in Phoenix.
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Katherine Kitt was called by the Tucson papers after he death an iconoclast.
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Katherine Kitt's influence was derived from the countless students she taught at the University of Arizona, the salons held at her home.