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[[File:Mary Adshead04.jpg|thumb|<center>Lady [[Louis Mountbatten]] waiting at a puncture on her way to [[Newmarket Racecourse|Newmarket]]]]
[[File:Mary Adshead04.jpg|thumb|<center>Lady [[Louis Mountbatten]] waiting at a puncture on her way to [[Newmarket Racecourse|Newmarket]]]]
'''Mary Adshead''' (15 February 1904 [[London]] - 3 September 1995 London), was an English painter, designer and [[muralist]]. She was the only child of Stanley Adshead, architect, watercolourist and Professor of Civic Design first at Liverpool and later at [[London University]]. <ref>http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-mary-adshead-1599840.html</ref>
'''Mary Adshead''' (15 February 1904 [[London]] - 3 September 1995 London), was an English painter, designer and [[muralist]]. She was the only child of Stanley Adshead, architect, watercolourist and Professor of Civic Design first at Liverpool and later at [[London University]]. <ref>http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-mary-adshead-1599840.html</ref>


Mary Adshead enrolled at the [[Slade School]] in 1921 under [[Henry Tonks]], who recognised her ability and arranged her first mural commission in [[Wapping]], working with [[Rex Whistler]]. Her next mural, carried out in 1924, was for Professor [[Charles Reilly]] at Liverpool. Fortuitously it still exists on display at [[Liverpool University]].
Mary Adshead enrolled at the [[Slade School]] in 1921 under [[Henry Tonks]], who recognised her ability and arranged her first mural commission in [[Wapping]], working with [[Rex Whistler]]. Her next mural, carried out in 1924, was for Professor [[Charles Reilly]] at Liverpool. Fortuitously it still exists on display at [[Liverpool University]].


Another commission was for [[Lord Beaverbrook]]'s [[Newmarket Racecourse|Newmarket]] house. Her mandate was to decorate his dining-room with Newmarket racing scenes and portraits of his friends, such as [[Arnold Bennett]], Lady [[Louis Mountbatten]] and [[Winston Churchill]] on their way to the racecourse.
Another commission was for [[Lord Beaverbrook]]'s [[Newmarket Racecourse|Newmarket]] house. Her mandate was to decorate his dining-room with Newmarket racing scenes and portraits of his friends, such as [[Arnold Bennett]], Lady [[Louis Mountbatten]] and [[Winston Churchill]] on their way to the racecourse.

Her first solo exhibition was held in 1930 at the [[Goupil & Cie|Goupil]] Gallery.


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Revision as of 09:39, 30 November 2009

Self-portrait
Lady Louis Mountbatten waiting at a puncture on her way to Newmarket

Mary Adshead (15 February 1904 London - 3 September 1995 London), was an English painter, designer and muralist. She was the only child of Stanley Adshead, architect, watercolourist and Professor of Civic Design first at Liverpool and later at London University. In 1929 she was married to Stephen Bone, son of the artist Sir Muirhead Bone. The marriage produced two sons and a daughter. [1]

Mary Adshead enrolled at the Slade School in 1921 under Henry Tonks, who recognised her ability and arranged her first mural commission in Wapping, working with Rex Whistler. Her next mural, carried out in 1924, was for Professor Charles Reilly at Liverpool. Fortuitously it still exists on display at Liverpool University.

Another commission was for Lord Beaverbrook's Newmarket house. Her mandate was to decorate his dining-room with Newmarket racing scenes and portraits of his friends, such as Arnold Bennett, Lady Louis Mountbatten and Winston Churchill on their way to the racecourse.

Her first solo exhibition was held in 1930 at the Goupil Gallery.

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