Wilhelmina Barns-Graham
By: Virginia Button
Publisher: Sansom and Company
Published: 2020
Place of publication: Bristol
Language: eng
Number of pages: 112
ISBN-13: 9781911408642
Subjects: Women painters; Biography; Abstract Painting
Description: The book offers both the non-specialist and specialist reader an accessible and affordable, concise introduction to the artist?s life and work, written by an established expert on British modern art. Alongside a biographical overview, shorter chapters explore key aspects of her work in more depth. Currently no such book on the artist exists. Barns-Graham's contribution to the story of 'St Ives' modernism has been relatively overlooked. The book provides an opportunity to assess her work as a woman artist in an overtly masculine, post-war art world milieu, and tells how, following early promise and success, she overcame personal and professional challenges in mid-career to achieve recognition at the end of her life.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.