Kathleen Walne (3 October 1915 – 30 June 2011) was a British artist notable for her colourful style of watercolour painting.

Originally assigned to the design school she soon joined the painting class where she met her future husband, Frank Ward.

He also promoted Walne's works by taking examples to show West End galleries and dealers.

In 1939 Ward took a teaching post at Wilson's boys grammar school in Camberwell and, other than for his time in the army during the Second World War, remained there until his retirement in 1974.

[2] After the war, the couple lived in Chelsea but in 1968 moved to Brighton to nurse Lucy Wertheim, who had been diagnosed with cancer.