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Open: Tuesday–Sunday, 11am–5pm

We are closed on Bank Holiday Mondays.

Please note: On Wednesday 4 February, the Kettle’s Yard house will be closing early. Last entry to the house will be at 3.30pm.

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Open: Tuesday–Sunday, 11am–5pm

We are closed on Bank Holiday Mondays.

Please note: On Wednesday 4 February, the Kettle’s Yard house will be closing early. Last entry to the house will be at 3.30pm.

Mary Kessell

Born 1914 – Died 1978
Mary Kessell was born in London. She studied at the Clapham School of Art and the Central School of Arts and Crafts. A landscape and mural painter as well as an illustrator, in 1945 she worked in Germany as an Official War Artist.