Birds

Location

Country: Finland
City: Helsinki
Place: British Embassy

Born in Beckenham, Kent, Mary Potter studied at the local art school. She studied at the Slade School of Art (1918–20) and exhibited with the 7 and 5 Society. Having painted portraits, after 1924, she focused on still life and landscapes. Living in Chiswick in the 1930s, she raised her family and had solo exhibitions. She briefly left London during the War. In 1951, Potter moved to Aldeburgh, Suffolk, and met musicians, Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears. A retrospective was held in London (Whitechapel, 1964) followed by other solo and group shows. Potter’s 80th birthday was celebrated with a Tate exhibition (1980) and a Serpentine Gallery exhibition (1981). She won a John Moores Liverpool Exhibition prize shortly before her death in 1981.

Places

Subjects

landscape C20th, tree, bird, garden, house

Materials & Techniques

canvas, oil, oil painting

Artist

Mary Potter (1900 - 1981)

Title

Birds

Date

1962

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

height: 70.00 cm, width: 90.00 cm

Acquisition

Purchased from Leicester Galleries, May 1964

Inscription

none

Provenance

Consigned by the artist to Leicester Galleries, London; from whom purchased by the Ministry of Works in April 1964

GAC number

6413