Butterflies

(Collage and gouache, 18cm x 20cm, 7" x 8" )

Mary Fedden OBE RA was born in 1915. She studied at the Slade School and became the first woman tutor in the Painting School at the Royal College of Art. She has held annual solo shows in the UK since 1950, including at the Redfern Gallery, the New Grafton and the Arnolfini, Bristol. She has carried out many mural commissions, with locations including the Festival of Britain in 1951 and Charing Cross Hospital in 1980.

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