The following table provides a summary of Mary Potter's life:
| 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 It also draws on the unpublished diaries of his father, Stephen Potter.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.
