Still Life with Cat by Mary Fedden
Mary Fedden was a British artist known for her vibrant still lifes and landscape paintings. Her distinctive modernist style combined bold colours, simplified forms, and strong compositions to create evocative yet accessible works. Her paintings often depict domestic objects, flowers, and coastal scenes, rendered with a balance of abstraction and detail.
Fedden studied at the Slade School of Fine Art and later became the first female tutor in the Painting School at the Royal College of Art, where she influenced a new generation of British artists. She was married to the artist Julian Trevelyan, and their home and studio on the Thames at Chiswick played a central role in her artistic life. Her work remains widely collected and celebrated for its charm, clarity, and enduring appeal.
This painting, created in 1981, features a characteristic still-life arrangement of flowers, a vase, and lemons, accompanied by a cat. Fedden’s ability to balance everyday objects with playful yet refined composition is evident, as is her distinctive use of colour and form. The subject matter reflects her ongoing interest in domestic scenes, imbuing them with warmth and a sense of quiet contemplation.
Origin: British
Period/Style: 20th Century / Modern British Art
Date: 1981
Dimensions: 54cm height x 44cm width
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Mary Fedden was a British artist known for her vibrant still lifes and landscape paintings. Her distinctive modernist style combined bold colours, simplified forms, and strong compositions to create evocative yet accessible works. Her paintings often depict domestic objects, flowers, and coastal scenes, rendered with a balance of abstraction and detail.
Fedden studied at the Slade School of Fine Art and later became the first female tutor in the Painting School at the Royal College of Art, where she influenced a new generation of British artists. She was married to the artist Julian Trevelyan, and their home and studio on the Thames at Chiswick played a central role in her artistic life. Her work remains widely collected and celebrated for its charm, clarity, and enduring appeal.
This painting, created in 1981, features a characteristic still-life arrangement of flowers, a vase, and lemons, accompanied by a cat. Fedden’s ability to balance everyday objects with playful yet refined composition is evident, as is her distinctive use of colour and form. The subject matter reflects her ongoing interest in domestic scenes, imbuing them with warmth and a sense of quiet contemplation.
Origin: British
Period/Style: 20th Century / Modern British Art
Date: 1981
Dimensions: 54cm height x 44cm width
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Mary Fedden was a British artist known for her vibrant still lifes and landscape paintings. Her distinctive modernist style combined bold colours, simplified forms, and strong compositions to create evocative yet accessible works. Her paintings often depict domestic objects, flowers, and coastal scenes, rendered with a balance of abstraction and detail.
Fedden studied at the Slade School of Fine Art and later became the first female tutor in the Painting School at the Royal College of Art, where she influenced a new generation of British artists. She was married to the artist Julian Trevelyan, and their home and studio on the Thames at Chiswick played a central role in her artistic life. Her work remains widely collected and celebrated for its charm, clarity, and enduring appeal.
This painting, created in 1981, features a characteristic still-life arrangement of flowers, a vase, and lemons, accompanied by a cat. Fedden’s ability to balance everyday objects with playful yet refined composition is evident, as is her distinctive use of colour and form. The subject matter reflects her ongoing interest in domestic scenes, imbuing them with warmth and a sense of quiet contemplation.
Origin: British
Period/Style: 20th Century / Modern British Art
Date: 1981
Dimensions: 54cm height x 44cm width
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