WORKS by one of Britain’s great landscape painters are coming to Brighton for a major exhibition.

Watercolours by the late Ian Potts have been included in public collections at the V&A in London and the Ashmolean Museum at Oxford University, as well as exhibitions in France and Italy.

Now a Brighton exhibition is being hosted by the University of Brighton’s College of Arts and Humanities – formerly Brighton College of Art, where for many years Potts was a tutor in painting.

The public exhibition will be held at the university’s gallery in Grand Parade, Brighton, from July 30 to August 21, 2016.

Many pieces of work, all signed by the artist, will be available to buy for prices ranging from £80-£2,000.

Commenting on what is the first retrospective exhibition of Potts’ work, Christopher Le Brun, President of the Royal Academy of Arts, said: “I am sure the exhibition will be a revelation to those who do not know of Ian's work and a welcome reminder and deepening of experience for those who do."

Professor Anne Boddington, Dean of the College of Arts and Humanities, said: “This inspiring and beautiful exhibition is a retrospective celebration of Ian’s life as an artist and the development of his painting. It is hosted by the University of Brighton in honour of his achievements during the 40 years he taught here."

Works being shown at the exhibition are of land and seascapes from Brighton, Hastings, Bath, Windsor, the Lake District and of scenes in France, Italy, Spain, Egypt, Yugoslavia and Greece. 

The one oil landscape is a large, early work depicting Brighton’s lost West Pier. 

Potts lived in Lewes for many years and was an innovative force at Brighton College of Art, subsequently the University of Brighton College of Arts and Humanities, from the 1950s until 1995. 

As Head of Painting and Deputy Head of Fine Art, he assembled a team which included Antony Gormley, Dennis Creffield, Madeleine Strindberg and Brendan Neiland, all of whom have had considerable influence on the development of British painting.  

The exhibition has been organised in collaboration with Helen Potts, the late artist's wife, and daughter Clare Pott.

Entrance is free and there will be a private view on 29 July from 4pm.