Beatrix Potter was a talented watercolourist, particularly of the natural world, from an early age and her paintings and drawings are now in collections, both private and public, all over the world.
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To celebrate the life of Beatrix Potter
The Beatrix Potter Society has been registered as a charity in the UK since 1980. We exist to promote the study and appreciation of the life and works of Beatrix Potter (1866 – 1943). She was not only the author of The Tale of Peter Rabbit and other classics of children’s literature but also a landscape and natural history artist, diarist, farmer and preservationist. Beatrix Potter was responsible for preserving large areas of the Lake District through her gifts to the National Trust.
The Beatrix Potter Society upholds and protects the integrity of the inimitable and unique work of Beatrix Potter, her aims and bequests and brings together those who share these interests worldwide.
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Beatrix Potter – The Artist documentary
With a grant from The Linder Foundation, we were able to make a documentary about the work and life of Beatrix Potter. We are very proud of the result! Special thanks to Penguin Random House, The Armitt Museum and Library in Ambleside, the National Trust, the Daito Bunka University in…
Mary Noble Table at Birnam Arts in Scotland
When scientist and botanist Dr Mary Noble (1911-2002) died, The Beatrix Potter Society commissioned a wooden table in her memory and presented it to the Perth Art Gallery in 2004. In 2023, the table was brought to the Beatrix Potter Exhibition at Birnam Arts, another Pertshire institution with which both Dr…
Join the Beatrix Potter Society and become a Member
If you are not a member of the Society, please consider joining us. The membership year is January to December, but if you join us after 1 October 2023, your membership will be until 31 December, 2024! Journal and Newsletter You will receive the Journal and Newsletter, which is published…