Oil on Canvas, dated 42, 20 ins x 16ins (51cms x 41cms )

British artist who painted , landscapes, still lifes, coastal views and scenes from her studio window. Using restrained colours

and tones, her oils and watercolours were very acclaimed during her life and today.

Lived for many years in Aldeburgh.

Studied at the Slade under Tonks and upon graduating , started exhibiting with the London group and Seven and Five Group.

Her work was very popular, culminating in a exhibition at the Whitechapel Gallery in 1965, which was very successful.

Kenneth Clark who curated the exhibition wrote the Mary Potter’s paintings “exist in the domain of seeing and feeling; we know that they are exactly right in the same way that we know a singer to be perfectly in tune”; he described her paintings as “enchanting moments of heightened perception”.^[6]

There were two major restrospective exhibitions of her work at the Tate and The Serpentine Gallery.

This unusual nude , painted in 1942, painted with palette knife and brush, on a dark ground is unrestored or cleaned.

So as it comes.