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| W. Barns-Graham CBE 1912-2004 |
Born: St Andrews, Fife
Studied: Edinburgh College of Art 1932-37
Biographical Overview:
After attending Edinburgh College of Art (1932 - 37), Wilhelmina Barns-Graham went to St. Ives in 1940. She quickly became part of the group that included Ben Nicholson and Barbara Hepworth. She was a founder member of the Penwith Society in 1949. She travelled regularly over the next 20 years to Switzerland, Italy, Paris, and Spain. With the exception of a short teaching term at Leeds School of Art (1956-57), and three years in London (1960-63), she lived and worked in St Ives with regular stays in St Andrews where, in 1992, she received an Honorary Doctorate from the University. In 1999, Wilhelmina Barns-Graham was elected an honorary member of the Royal Scottish Academy (RSA) and the Royal Scottish Watercolourists (RSW). She also received Honorary Doctorates from the Universities of Plymouth and Exeter. In 2001 she was awarded CBE. In 2001 Lund Humphries published a study of her life and work.
Further information about the artist is available at: http://www.barns-grahamtrust.org.uk/
Selected Solo Exhibitions:
2004
Wilhelmina Barns-Graham 1912-2004: A Tribute- Recent Paintings and New Prints, Art First, London
2002
Wilhelmina Barns-Graham - A Celebration at 90, Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh
Wilhelmina Barns-Graham: A Tribute from Art First, Art First, London
2002-2004
W. Barns-Graham: Painting as Celebration, Crawford Art Centre, St Andrews, travelling to Aberdeen Art Gallery; Royal Cornwall Museum, Truro; Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield; City Art Gallery and Museum, York; Peter Scott Gallery, Lancaster University; Ferens Art Gallery, Kingston upon Hull; Lillie Art Gallery, Milngavie, Harwick
2001
W. Barns Graham Prints, Exeter University
1999-2000
An Enduring Image, Tate Gallery, St. Ives
1999
The McGeary Gallery, Brussels
1997
The New Millennium Gallery, St. Ives
1996-7
The National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh
1996
The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh
1995
Art First, London
1994
Drawing 1945 - 1960, Art First, London
The Wolf at the Door, Penzance
1992-3
W. Barns- Graham at 80, William Jackson Gallery, London, touring to Lillie Art Gallery, Milngavie; Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Kendal; Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter; Dundee Art Galleries and Museum, Dundee; Wakefield Art Gallery, Wakefield
1992
Crawford Art Centre, St Andrews
The Royal Cornwall Museum, Truro
1989-90
Retrospective exhibition, touring: Newlyn Art Gallery, Penzance, City Art Centre Edinburgh; Perth Museum and Art Gallery; Crawford Art Centre, St. Andrews
1989
Scottish Gallery, London
1988/90
Ancrum Gallery, Roxburghshire
1987
Gillian Jason Gallery, London
1984
The Pier Arts Centre, Orkney
1982
The Crawford Centre, St Andrews
Henry Rothschild Exhibition, Germany
1981
LYC Museum and Art Gallery, Cumbria
The Byre Theatre, St Andrews
1978
The New Art Centre, London
1976
Wills Lane Gallery, St Ives
1971
Marjorie Parr Gallery, London
1970
Sheviock Gallery, Cornwall
Park Square Gallery, Leeds
1968
Richard De Marco Gallery, Edinburgh
The Bear Lane Gallery, Oxford
1957
City Art Gallery, Wakefield
1956/59/60/81
Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh
1954
Roland, Browse and Delbanco, London
1949/52
Redfern Gallery, London
1947/49/54
Downing Gallery, St. Ives, Cornwall
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2004
Spoilt for Choice: A Christmas Exhibition , Art First, London
2002
A Critic's Choice (Mel Gooding), Newlyn Art Gallery
2001
Art First in Print , Art First, London
New Work from Scotland , Bohun Gallery, Henley on Thames
Eigse, Carlow Arts Festival, Ireland
1999
Liberation and Tradition - Scottish Art 1875-1963, Aberdeen Art Gallery and McMagnus Gallery, Dundee
1998-2004
Royal Scottish Academy (RSA), Edinburgh
Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour (RSW), Edinburgh
1998
Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition, London
Displays 1997-78, Tate St. Ives
Curwen Print Makers , Curwen Gallery, London
1997
Critics Choice , RSW, Edinburgh
1996
Art Miami, International Art Fair, with Art First, London
1995
Porthmeor Beach: A century of Images , Tate St. Ives
100 Years Context & Continuity , Newlyn Art Gallery
A Cornish Midsummer , Royal West of England Academy, in collaboration with Penwith Society William Gear Friends Past and Present, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
1994
Painters Prints , Curwen Gallery, London
New Academy Gallery Contemporary Prints , Coach House Gallery, Guernsey
1992
Contemporary Painters and Sculptors from Cornwall , Royal West of England Academy, Bristol
New Beginnings; Postwar British Art, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art
1991
St. Ives , Austin/Desmond Fine Art, London
1990
Festival of Fifty-One , Arts Council Collection, touring exhibition
Scottish Drawing ,The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh
1989/90
Scottish Art since 1900 , Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh and on tour to Barbican Art Gallery, London
1989
Post-War British Art , Austin/Desmond Fine Art, London
A Century of Art in Cornwall 1889-1989 , The County Museum and Art Gallery, Truro, Cornwall
Song of the Sea , Dundee Museum and Art Gallery
40 years at the Penwith , Penwith Society, St. Ives
St Ives , Beaux Arts, Bath Festival
1988/9
Freeing the Spirit, Contemporary Scottish Abstraction, Crawford Arts Centre, St. Andrews
1988
The Experience of Landscape , Arts Council touring exhibition
1987
Aspects of Landscape , SAC touring exhibition
Looking West , Newlyn Art Gallery and the Royal College of Art, London
1985
St Ives , 1939-64, The Tate Gallery, London
1984
Homage to Herbert Read , University of Kent, Canterbury
1982
Art from Cornwall , Galerie Artica, Cuxhaven
1981/83
Contemporary Art from Scotland , The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh
1981
Newlyn Society of Artists , Galerie Artica, Cuxhaven, Germany
1980
Contemporary Art Society Exhibition , Sothebys Edinburgh
St. Ives Summer Festival Exhibition , Penwith Galleries, St. Ives
1979-2003
New Craftsman Gallery, St Ives
1978
Painters in Parallel , SAC (Festival Exhibition)
1977
British Artists of the 60's , The Tate Gallery, London
1973-89
Wills Lane Gallery , St Ives
1972
Annual Exhibition , Plymouth Society of Art (invited artist)
1971
Helen Sutherland Collection , Arts Council touring exhibition
1969
Painting 1940-1949 , SAC touring Edinburgh
1966
WIAC Exhibition , Whitechapel Art Gallery (invited artist)
1964
Pictures for Schools , Royal College of Art Gallery, London
1960
Painters from Cornwall , Plymouth City Art Gallery
Tenth anniversary of Penwith Scoiety of Art, (invited artist)
Contemporary Scottish Artists , SAC touring exhibition of Canada
International Exhibition of Works in Gouache , New York
British Watercolours , Waddington Gallery, London (tour to Sweeden)
1958-60
Waddington Gallery, London, 1 st House Exhibition
1955
Seven Scottish Artists , Scottish Arts Council (SAC), touring exhibition
Abstract Art 2 , Milan (invited artist)
1954
British Painting and Sculpture , Whitechapel Art Gallery,
1953
International Watercolour Exhibition , Brooklyn Museum, New York
Artists of Fame and Promise , Leicester Galleries, London
1952
WIAC Exhibition, RBA Galleries, London (invited artist)
Contemporary Artists, Chapel House Penzance
1951
British Abstract Art, Gimpel Fils, London
Danish, British and American Abstract Artists, Riverside Museum, New York
WIAC Exhibition, RBA Galleries, London (invited artist)
1949-2004
Penwith Society of Arts, St Ives
1947/48
Crypt Group, St Ives
1946
Living Artists , National Gallery of Scotland
1945-7
Modern Artists , Downings Gallery, St.Ives
1945-46
St Ives Society of Artists , travelling exhibition in UK and South Africa
1945
The Moderns, Castle Inn, St Ives
1942-49
St Ives Society of Artists
1942-2003
Newlyn Society of Artists
1941/44/86/88
Royal Scottish Academy (RSA), Edinburgh
Selected Collections:
The Arts Council of Great Britain
The British Museum
The Fleming -Wyfold Art Foundation London
Glasgow Museum of Modern Art
The Governmant Art Collection
Tate Gallery
Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art
Victoria and Albert Museum
Birmingham, Dundee, Leeds, Manchester, Portsmouth, Sheffield, Wolverhampton City Art Galleries
The New South Wales Art Gallery, Australia.
Selected Publications:
W. Barns-Graham 1912-2004, Important Works From Her Career, Art First
Wilhelmina Barns-Graham 1912-2004, Art First, 2004
Wilhelmina Barns-Graham at 90: A Tribute from Art First, 2002
Wilhelmina Barns-Graham. A Celebration at 90, The Scottish Gallery, 2002
Wilhelmina Barns-Graham, Paintings, Art First, 2001
W. Barns-Graham - A Studio Life by Lynne Green, 2001, Lund Humphries
W. Barns-Graham: painting as celebration, Crawford Art Centre, 2001
Wilhelmina Barns-Graham: New Paintings, 1999, Art First
W. Barns-Graham, New Paintings, 1995
W. Barns-Graham at 80, William Jackson Gallery, 1992
W. Barns-Graham, Retrospective, City of Edinburgh Museums and Art Galleries, 1989
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