Mary Fedden, OBE, RA, RWA (1915 – 2012, British) was born in Bristol and attended the Slade School of Fine Arts from 1932-1936. After completing her studies there, she returned to Bristol where she taught until the beginning of WWII. In 1951, she married the artist Julian Trevelyan with whom she completed the Charing Cross Hospital Mural. From 1958-1964, she taught at the Royal College of Art
where she was the first woman ever to do so. One of her pupils was David Hockney.
Mary Fedden’s style evolved with the influence of Matisse and Braque. Her still lifes of cats place the cats in front of a wide range of landscapes and interiors and are executed in a bold manner. Fedden was a prolific artist and continued painting up until her death at 96. Her works continue to be exhibited in numerous galleries.

Black Cat and Red Poppy

Black Cat Café, 1996

Black Cat on Blue

Black Cat on Cushion

Black Cat Watching Fish

Black Cat

Black Cat 2

Brown Tabby Cat

Cat Along the Shore

Cat and Apple, Mary Fedden

Cat and Butterfly

Cat and Compass

Cat and Fruit

Cat and Jug

Cat and Lemon

Cat and Pears

Cat and Sailboat

Cat and Snow Landscape

Cat in a Landscape

Cat on a Chair

Cat on a Rug

Cat

Julian and Sunflower

Julian

Litter and Ladybird, 1953

Cats by the sea, 1981

Lulu, 1991

The stalker

A Cat In Mousehole

Cat on Cornish Beach

Cats and Fruit, 1990

Black Cat

Cat and Flowers

Cat and Mouse and Orange Chair

Tabby Cat on the Beach

Michael

Michael 2

Motely Cat

Motely Cat 2

Motley Returns

Motley Takes Over

‘Sleeping Cat’

Sleeping Cat 2

Sleeping Tabby

Sleeping White Cat

Stalker

Still life with Cat and Flowers

Striped Cat and Black Bird

Tabby at the Wharf

Tabby Cat and Fish

Tabby Cat and Floral Display

Tabby Cat and Melon

Tabby Cat on the Sand

Tabby Cat with Flowers, 1989

Tabby Cat

Tabby Cat2

Tabby in Orange

The Chinese Teapot

The Stalkers

Three Cats, Mary Fedden

Tiger Cat

Two Cats

White Cat
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