Mary Potter

9 April 1900

Marian Anderson Attenborough born.

1916

Beckenham School of Art. Taught by A K Browing.

October 1918 - June 1921

Slade School of Art, where she wins bursaries and scholarships. Taught by Professor Tonks.

1922

Exhibited with New English Art Club

1922 - 1923

Member of the Seven & Five.

1927

Marries Stephen Potter. Lives in Chiswick.

1928

Son, Andrew Potter born.

1931

Son, Julian Potter born.

1932

Exhibits in Bloomsbury Gallery, London.

1934

Exhibits in Redfern Gallery, London.

1939

First show at Arthur Tooth & Sons, London.

1939 - 1942

Moves with Stephen and BBC to Evesham and Manchester.

1942 - 1945

Lives in country in Essex.

1945 - 1951

Lives in Harley Street, London.

1951

First show with Leicester Galleries, London.

1951

Moves to Aldeburgh, Suffolk. Lives at Red House.

1955

Divorced from Stephen Potter.

1957

Swaps houses with Benjamin Britten. Moves to Crag House in Aldeburgh.

1963

Moves to the Red Studio, built for her by Benjamin Britten in the grounds of the Red House, Aldeburgh.

1964

Retrospective show at The Whitechapel.

1967

First exhibition at New Art Centre, London.

1979

Awarded OBE.

1980

Retrospective show at the Tate Gallery.

1981

Retrospective show at the Serpentine.

September 1981

Dies.

1989 - 1990

Touring retrospective, organised by Oriel 31 Gallery, visits Newtown, Welshpool, Kendal, Bath, Norwich and Lincoln.

1991

Exhibition during Aldeburgh Festival.

April 1996

Watercolour exhibition at The Fine Art Society in London.

1998 - 1999

Retrospective exhibition during Aldeburgh Festival, followed by exhibitions at The Fine Art Society in London and the Brighton Museum and Art Gallery.

Biography

You can find out more information about Mary Potter in the biography, Mary Potter, a Life of Painting, written by her son, Julian Potter, and published by Scolar Press in 1998 (ISBN 1 84014 208 1).

Julian Potter's text carefully weaves together the story of Mary Potter's life and career, and is compiled from his own memories and from talks with many of his mother's surviving friends. It also draws on the unpublished diaries of his father, Stephen Potter.

You can purchase Mary Potter, a Life of Painting, from Amazon.co.uk by clicking here.