Discover the work of Wilhelmina Barns-Graham, one of the most innovative figures in British modernism and a key member of St Ives’s mid-century artistic community, in the largest survey of her work ever presented. More than 170 paintings, drawings and rarely seen archive pieces trace her eight-decade career, from early landscapes and studio interiors to the bold colour and sweeping gestures of her later abstract work.
At its heart is the largest-ever museum presentation of her glacier works, inspired by a visit to Switzerland’s Grindelwald Glacier in 1949, which captured ice, light and movement and marked a turning point in her art. The exhibition ends with the vibrant Scorpio paintings of her final decades, charged with colour and energy.
Image: Wilhelmina Barns-Graham Glacier Crystal, Grindelwald, 1950 © Wilhelmina Barns-Graham Trust
