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Mary Potter Crag Path, Aldeburgh |
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About the artist
(This text appears on the back of the greeting card)
MARY POTTER (1900-1981)
MARIAN ('MARY') ATTENBOROUGH was born in 1900. After studying at the Beckenham School of Art and the Slade, she became briefly involved with the New English Art Club. In 1927 she married the writer Stephen Potter, who would later become a BBC producer and the well-known author of Gamesmanship. In 1951 the Potters moved to Aldeburgh where they lived at The Red House and became close friends of Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears. Four years later, after the break-up of her marriage, Mary swapped houses with Britten and Pears, moving to Crag House on the sea-front. Throughout her time at Aldeburgh she remained dedicated to her painting. Her work, which often depends on a subtle interplay of closely related colours, had already achieved national recognition. Admirers of her art included Stephen Spender, Laurens van der Post, and the art historian Kenneth Clark (later Lord Clark). After Britten's death, Mary became close to Clark and marriage was discussed. In his autobiography Clark wrote: 'Her husband, the noted humorist, left her. Of all the women in the world whom I would not have left, Mary Potter is the first. She accepted the law of nature and went on painting better than ever . . .'
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