Mary Potter - Artist Info

About Mary Potter

  • Biography

    Mary Potter was born on the 9th of April, 1900 in Beckenham, Kent.

    Potter studied, in 1916, at the Beckenham School of Art. She continued her education at the Slade School from 1918 to 1920. It was here Potter was awarded, in a New English Art Club, first prize for portrait painting.

    Mary married Stephen Potter and the couple had two sons, Andrew and Julian. In 1957, Mary and Stephen were divorced.

    Potter exhibited with the 7 & 5 Society in 1922 and 1923, at the New English Art Club from 1920 and with the London Group from 1927. Potter's first solo exhibition was at the Bloomsbury Gallery in 1931. She also showed in London galleries from the 1930s on. By 1940, her wo...

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