Linda Kitson

Place: London

Born: 1945

Biography:

Linda Kitson is a British artist, best known for her work as an official war artist during the Falklands War. She studied at Saint Martin's School of Art and the Royal College of Art, specializing in illustration. Kitson then taught at various art schools, including Camberwell College of Arts, Chelsea College of Art and Design, City and Guilds Art School, and the Royal College of Art. In 1982, she was commissioned by the Artistic Records Committee of the Imperial War Museum as the official war artist for the Falklands Task Force, becoming the first female artist to accompany troops in battle. Kitson's drawings from the Falklands War are now part of the Imperial War Museum’s art collection and have been exhibited to the general public. She has also published a visual diary of the Falklands War in 1982.