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Request artist overview Wilhelmina Barns-Graham (b. 1912 St Andrews, UK - d. 2004 St Andrews, UK) was a pioneer of British abstraction and a prominent member of the St Ives group. She was elected honorary member of the Royal Scottish Academy in 1999 and was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 2001. Recently Barns-Graham was the subject of Mark Cousins' award-winning documentary, A Sudden Glimpse of Deeper Things (2024). A major retrospective of her work is due to open at Tate St Ives in October 2026.
