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Mary Fedden Paintings

British, 1915-2012
Mary Fedden was a Modern British painter, printmaker and illustrator. Born in Bristol to a family of surgeons, from childhood Fedden had wanted to become a painter. At the age of sixteen Fedden left Badminton School to study at the Slade School of Art, London, where she stayed for four years. She studied under the designer Vladimir Polunin who had previously worked with the Ballets Russes. She was employed by Sadlers Wells Theatre to create sets but decided to return to Bristol soon after. Here she taught and painted portraits, before serving in the Land Army and Women's Voluntary Service during the Second World War. She was called up in 1944 and was sent abroad to work as a driver for the Navy, Army and Air Force Institutes (NAAFI). Fedden settled back in London after the war, where she worked for the Arts Theatre in Great Newport Street as a stage painter whilst also producing propaganda murals. Fedden decided against a career of stage design and in 1946 was able to resume easel painting and her first solo exhibition followed the next year at the Mansard Gallery in Heal's Department Store, where several of her still life flower paintings were displayed. 'Woman' magazine commissioned her to paint covers shortly after, and at the end of the 1940s, she moved to a complex of studios, Durham Wharf, on the Thames at Chiswick, where she lived and worked until her death. Fedden married the artist Julian Trevelyan in 1951, having met before the war, and they travelled to Europe, Africa, India, Russia and America together. Since then she has continued painting, and the Redfern Gallery, New Grafton Gallery and many others throughout the country exhibit her work. In 1951 she painted murals for the Festival of Britain Television pavilion and later began teaching painting at the Royal College of Art. She was elected to the Royal Academy in 1992 and since the mid-1930s has been a member of the Royal West of England Academy at Bristol, where she was president between 1984 and 1988. Fedden's work is in the collection of Yale Centre for British Art (Pritzker Gift). A monograph on Fedden was published in 2014 by Lund Humphries and written by Christopher Andreae.
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Artist: Mary Fedden
The White Umbrella
The White Umbrella

The White Umbrella

By Mary Fedden

Located in Belgravia, London, London

Oil on Canvas Canvas Size: 36 x 39.75 inches Framed Size: 47 x 51 inches Signed lower left and dated 1995

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mary Fedden Paintings

Materials

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Still Life
Still Life

Still Life

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Category

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Materials

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The Mauve Table: Signed Oil on Canvas Still Life, Framed 50x61 cm
The Mauve Table: Signed Oil on Canvas Still Life, Framed 50x61 cm

The Mauve Table: Signed Oil on Canvas Still Life, Framed 50x61 cm

By Mary Fedden

Located in Stratford-Upon-Avon, GB

Mary Fedden RA, British (1915 – 2012) The Mauve table, 2009 Medium: Oil on canvas Unframed size: 50.5 x 61 cm Signature: Signed ‘Fedden 09’ (Lower Left) Provenance Private collecti...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Mary Fedden Paintings

Materials

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Flower
Flower

Flower

By Mary Fedden

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Mixed Media on paper Paper Size: 5.75 x 4.75 inches Framed Size: 16.5 x 14.5 inches Signed and dated 1991

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mary Fedden Paintings

Materials

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Still Life
Still Life

Still Life

By Mary Fedden

Located in Belgravia, London, London

Oil on canvas Canvas size: 16 x 20 inches Framed size: 18.5 x 23 inches Signed lower right

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mary Fedden Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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Mary Fedden OBE RA RWA (British, 1915 -2012) The black horse Gouache on paper Signed and dated ‘Fedden 1986’ (lower right) 5.5/8 x 7.7/8 in. (14.3 x 20 cm.) Mary Fedden is viewed as a highly important figure to British 20th-century art history. She is one of Britain’s best loved and most collectible artists. Her paintings can be found in many private art collections including HM The Queen for Windsor Castle, Prince Hassan of Jordan, the Tate Gallery, Bristol City Art Gallery and The Royal Academy. This beautiful example of Fedden’s work highlights the rustic charm and simplicity that Fedden is so brilliant at conveying. With only a few elements to her composition and with a limited colour palette she manages to create a bold and intriguing image that stands out in its own right. Mary Fedden studied at the Slade from 1932 – 1936. She returned to Bristol where she painted and taught until World War II. After the war was over Fedden developed her own style, reminiscent of Matisse and Braque. In 1951 Mary Fedden married Julian Trevelyan. In 1956 she became a member of the London Group and the chair person...

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