Mary Webb (artist)

Webb was born in London in 1939. She studied Fine Art at Newcastle University under British artists Richard Hamilton and Victor Pasmore from 1958-63.[1] She went on to study at the Chelsea College of Arts, London and taught painting at the Norwich School of Art and Harrogate School of Art.[2] Webb met Sonia Delaunay in Paris during the 1960s and cites her as an influence.[3]

Webb’s paintings and prints are consistently square in shape and exist as an arrangement of vivid squares and rectangles.[4] Her work is held by several public art collections, including the Arts Council Collection, Sainsbury Centre (UEA), Kettle’s Yard, and The Sonia Delaunay Collection (Paris).[5] A one-person survey show of her work was held at the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts in 2011 which then toured to the Hatton Gallery, Newcastle University in 2012. Titled ‘Mary Webb: Journeys in Colour’, it contained more than 60 paintings, along with screen prints, drawings and collages including a series of paintings that were inspired by time she spent in Utah.[4]

• Abbot Hall Lakeland Arts Trust, UK[6]
• Apax Partners, London, UK[7]
• Archant, UK[8]
• Arts Council of England, London, UK[9]
• Bedfordshire Education Authority, UK[10]
• Credit Suisse First Boston Bank, Zurich, Switzerland[11]
• Deutsche Bank, London, UK[12]
• East Contemporary Art Collection, University Campus Suffolk, UK[13]
• Ernst and Young, London, UK[14]
• Falmouth Art Gallery, UK[15]
• Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge, UK[16]
• Kasser Foundation, USA[17]
• Kettle's Yard, University of Cambridge, UK[2]
• Leicestershire Education Authority, UK[18]
• Lucy and Henry Cohen Charitable Foundation, London, UK[19]
• Norfolk Education Authority, UK[20]
• Northern Arts Association, UK[21]
• Norwich Castle Museum, UK[22]
• Paintings in Hospitals, UK[23]
• Sainsbury Centre UEA, Constructivist Collection, UK[24]
• Smith and Nephew PLC, London, UK[25]
• Sonia Delaunay Collection Paris, France[26]
• St. Mary’s Hospital, Paddington London UK[27]
• Suffolk Education Authority, UK[28]

• 2011 - Journeys In Colour, Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, University of East Anglia, Norwich, England[29]
• 2012 - Journeys In Colour, Hatton Gallery, Newcastle University, England[30]
• 2013 - East Contemporary Art; A Collection of 21st Century Practice, UCS Waterfront Gallery, Ipswich, England[31]
• 2013 - 2013 Women Collectors, Women Artists, Lloyds Club, London[32]
• 2015 - Small is Beautiful: Flowers Gallery, London[33]
• 2018 - Visible Women, Norwich Castle Museum, Norwich, UK[34]
• 2018 - Reverie, Hales Gallery, London, UK[35]

• Grieve, A & Clark, M (2011) Mary Webb: Journeys in Colour. Norwich, University of East Anglia: Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts [36]

• 1970 - Northern Arts Print Award[37]
• 1984 - Eastern Arts Award[38]
• 1991 - Painting Award Wingfield Arts and Music[39]
• 1997 - Eastern Arts Award for travel and research in Portugal[40]
• 2004 - Arts Council Award for travel and research in Italy[41]

• Official website
• Contemporary British Painting