Painter, printmaker and teacher, born in Southport, Lancashire, who attended Liverpool College of Art, 1943–6; Royal Academy Schools, 1947–8; then gained a French Government Scholarship, with Johnny Friedlander/Atelier Friedlander/Academy Ranson, all 1954–5. He taught briefly at Southport School of Art, then 1950–2 at Wimbledon School of Art, Birmingham School of Art, 1959–62. Group shows included Preston, Southport and Bradford municipal art galleries from 1940; St George’s Gallery, 1956–63; and Editions Alecto, from 1963. Kay exhibited with Roland, Browse and Delbanco from 1957–70, having solo shows there in 1960 and 1962. The Print Club of Philadelphia (International Purchase Prize); Museum of Modern Art, New York; Victoria & Albert Museum; Seattle Museum of Modern Art; British Council; and other public collections hold both paintings and prints by Kay.