Wilhelmina Barns-Graham (British, –2004)

Timeline

1912
Born St Andrews, Fife
1932–1937
Edinburgh College of Art, Diploma course (Painting) DAE
1940
Went to Cornwall with award as recommended by Hubert Wellington
1942
Became member of Newlyn Society of Artists and St Ives Society of Artists
1946
First meetings of Crypt Group in her studio
1948
Worked on glacier drawings and gouaches in Switzerland
1949
Founder member of the Penwith Society of Artists
1949
Resigned from the St Ives Society of Artists with 16 others
1951
Worked in Italy and Scilly Isles
1954–1955
Worked in Tuscany, Calabria and Sicily
1956–1957
On staff of Leeds School of Art
1960–1963
Studio in London
1963
Returned to St Ives
1963–1965
Worked in Scotland and St Ives
1984–1985
Working in Orkney
1991
Visit to Barcelona
1992
Received Honorary Doctorate, University of St.Andrews
1989–1993
Visits to Lanzarote
1999
Elected Honorary RSA
2000
Awarded Honorary Doctorate from University of Plymouth
2001
Awarded the CBE
2001
Awarded Honorary Doctorate, University of Exeter
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
The New South Wales Art Gallery, Australia

Exhibitions

2008
Wilhelmina Barns-Graham 1912 - 2004 & Sandra Blow 1925 - 2006: Energy in Abstraction, Art First, London
2007
Wilhelmina Barns-Graham, Prints and Book launch, Art First, London (solo)
2006
Wilhelmina Barns-Graham (1912-2004), Art First, London (solo)
2005
Wilhelmina Barns-Graham: New Prints, Art First, London (solo)
2004
Wilhelmina Barns-Graham 1912-2004: A Tribute- Recent Paintings and New Prints, Art First, London (solo)
2004
Spoilt for Choice: A Christmas Exhibition, 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 (solo)
1998–2004
Royal Scottish Academy (RSA), Edinburgh
1998–2004
Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour (RSW), Edinburgh
1979–2003
New Craftsman Gallery, St Ives
2002
A Critic’s Choice (Mel Gooding), Newlyn Art Gallery
2002
Wilhelmina Barns-Graham – A Celebration at 90, Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh (solo)
2002
Wilhelmina Barns-Graham: A Tribute from Art First, Art First, London (solo)
2001
W. Barns Graham Prints, Exeter University (solo)
2001
Art First, London (solo)
2001
Art First in Print , Art First, London
2001
New Work from Scotland , Bohun Gallery, Henley on Thames
2001
Eigse, Carlow Arts Festival, Ireland
1999–2000
An Enduring Image, Tate Gallery, St. Ives (solo)
1999
Liberation and Tradition – Scottish Art 1875-1963, Aberdeen Art Gallery and McMagnus Gallery, Dundee
1999
The McGeary Gallery, Brussels (solo)
1999
Art First, London (solo)
1998
Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition, London
1998
Displays 1997-78, Tate St. Ives
1998
Curwen Print Makers , Curwen Gallery, London
1997
Critics Choice , RSW, Edinburgh
1997
Art First, London (solo)
1997
The New Millennium Gallery, St. Ives (solo)
1996–1997
The National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh (solo)
1996
The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh (solo)
1996
Art Miami, International Art Fair, with Art First, London
1995
Porthmeor Beach: A century of Images , Tate St. Ives
1995
100 Years Context & Continuity , Newlyn Art Gallery
1995
A Cornish Midsummer , Royal West of England Academy, in collaboration with Penwith Society
1995
William Gear Friends Past and Present , Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
1995
Art First, London (solo)
1994
Drawing 1945 – 1960, Art First, London (solo)
1994
The Woof at the Door, Penzance (solo)
1994
Painters Prints , Curwen Gallery, London
1994
New Academy Gallery Contemporary Prints , Coach House Gallery, Guernsey
1992–1993
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
1992–1993
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 (solo)
1992
The Royal Cornwall Museum, Truro (solo)
1992
Contemporary Painters and Sculptors from Cornwall , Royal West of England Academy, Bristol
1992
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
1990
Scottish Drawing ,The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh
1989–1990
Scottish Art since 1900 , Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh and on tour to Barbican Art Gallery, London
1989–1990
Retrospective exhibition, touring: Newlyn Art Gallery, Penzance, City Art Centre Edinburgh; Perth Museum and Art Gallery; Crawford Art Centre, St Andrews (solo)
1988–1990
Ancrum Gallery, Roxburghshire (solo)
1989
Scottish Gallery, London (solo)
1989
Post-War British Art , Austin/Desmond Fine Art, London
1989
A Century of Art in Cornwall 1889-1989 , The County Museum and Art Gallery, Truro, Cornwall
1989
Song of the Sea , Dundee Museum and Art Gallery
1989
40 years at the Penwith , Penwith Society, St. Ives
1989
St Ives , Beaux Arts, Bath Festival
1988–1989
Freeing the Spirit, Contemporary Scottish Abstraction, Crawford Arts Centre, St Andrews
1973–1989
Wills Lane Gallery , St Ives
1988
The Experience of Landscape , Arts Council touring exhibition
1987
Aspects of Landscape , SAC touring exhibition
1987
Looking West , Newlyn Art Gallery and the Royal College of Art, London
1987
Gillian Jason Gallery, London (solo)
1985
St Ives , 1939-64, The Tate Gallery, London
1984
Homage to Herbert Read , University of Kent, Canterbury
1984
The Pier Arts Centre, Orkney (solo)
1981–1983
Contemporary Art from Scotland , The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh
1982
Art from Cornwall , Galerie Artica, Cuxhaven
1982
The Crawford Centre, St Andrews (solo)
1982
Henry Rothschild Exhibition, Germany (solo)
1981
Newlyn Society of Artists , Galerie Artica, Cuxhaven, Germany
1981
LYC Museum and Art Gallery, Cumbria (solo)
1981
The Byre Theatre, St Andrews (solo)
1980
Contemporary Art Society Exhibition , Sothebys Edinburgh
1980
St. Ives Summer Festival Exhibition , Penwith Galleries, St. Ives
1978
Painters in Parallel , SAC (Festival Exhibition)
1978
The New Art Centre, London (solo)
1977
British Artists of the 60’s , The Tate Gallery, London
1976
Wills Lane Gallery, St Ives (solo)
1972
Annual Exhibition , Plymouth Society of Art (invited artist)
1971
Helen Sutherland Collection , Arts Council touring exhibition
1971
Marjorie Parr Gallery, London (solo)
1970
Sheviock Gallery, Cornwall (solo)
1970
Park Square Gallery, Leeds (solo)
1969
Painting 1940-1949 , SAC touring Edinburgh
1968
Richard De Marco Gallery, Edinburgh (solo)
1968
The Bear Lane Gallery, Oxford (solo)
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
1960
Tenth anniversary of Penwith Scoiety of Art, (invited artist)
1960
Contemporary Scottish Artists , SAC touring exhibition of Canada
1960
International Exhibition of Works in Gouache , New York
1960
British Watercolours , Waddington Gallery, London (tour to Sweeden)

Literature

2007
Gunn, Ann, The Prints of Wilhelmina Barns-Graham. A Complete Catalogue, Lund Humphries, 2007, £35
2007
Wilhelmina Barns-Graham, The Scottish Gallery, 2007
2006
Wilhelmina Barns-Graham 1912-2004, Important Works From Her Career, Art First, 2006, £6
2004
Wilhelmina Barns-Graham 1912–2004, A Tribute: Recent Paintings and New Prints, 2004, £10
2004
Wilhelmina Barns-Graham 1912-2004, Art First, 2004, £10
2002
Wilhelmina Barns-Graham at 90: A Tribute from Art First, 2002, £8
2002
Wilhelmina Barns-Graham. A Celebration at 90, The Scottish Gallery, 2002
2001
Wilhelmina Barns-Graham, Paintings, Art First, 2001, £10
2001
W. Barns-Graham - A Studio Life by Lynne Green, 2001, published by Lund Humphries, £40
1999
Wilhelmina Barns-Graham: New Paintings, 1999, Art First, £5
1995
W. Barns-Graham, New Paintings, 1995, £5
1992
W. Barns-Graham at 80, William Jackson Gallery, 1992
1989
W. Barns-Graham, Retrospective 1940-1989, City of Edinburgh Museums and Art Galleries, 1989
English (US)

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