Wilhelmina Barns-Graham Trust
@barns-grahamtrust.org.uk
Charitable Trust set up by Wilhelmina Barns-Graham CBE (1912-2004) a leading 20th century British artist.
A final group (for now) of recent finds from WBG's archive of 35mm slide records of her work. Here we go back to 1942 and three 'Grey Days' in St Ives, certainly appropriate for Edinburgh today, and possibily St Ives too?
February 4, 2026 at 10:12 AM
A final group (for now) of recent finds from WBG's archive of 35mm slide records of her work. Here we go back to 1942 and three 'Grey Days' in St Ives, certainly appropriate for Edinburgh today, and possibily St Ives too?
Following on from our previous post, 3 more rarely seen WBG works recovered in full (if unverified!) colour from the artist's archive of 35mm slide record shots. These 3 works from 1966-71, similarly to the previous post's works using circles, here WBG uses squares to create movement and energy.
January 29, 2026 at 4:22 PM
Following on from our previous post, 3 more rarely seen WBG works recovered in full (if unverified!) colour from the artist's archive of 35mm slide record shots. These 3 works from 1966-71, similarly to the previous post's works using circles, here WBG uses squares to create movement and energy.
We have recently been methodically going through and scanning the 35mm slides that WBG kept to record her works, recent discoveries include these three gems, all from 1971, when WBG would use circles and ellipses (and also squares) as the vehicle for colour and movement across the picture surface.
January 19, 2026 at 2:37 PM
We have recently been methodically going through and scanning the 35mm slides that WBG kept to record her works, recent discoveries include these three gems, all from 1971, when WBG would use circles and ellipses (and also squares) as the vehicle for colour and movement across the picture surface.
2026 will see 2 major WBG shows - the 1st in June at Museum Belvedere, Heerenveen, Netherlands, will be her first major show outside the UK - buff.ly/UyODvdN. In Oct Tate St Ives will then host 1st ever full WBG retrospective (the previous one in 1989 was 15 years before she died) - buff.ly/qmVh0rR
January 6, 2026 at 5:30 PM
2026 will see 2 major WBG shows - the 1st in June at Museum Belvedere, Heerenveen, Netherlands, will be her first major show outside the UK - buff.ly/UyODvdN. In Oct Tate St Ives will then host 1st ever full WBG retrospective (the previous one in 1989 was 15 years before she died) - buff.ly/qmVh0rR
Wishing everyone a peaceful and happy New Year!
Wilhelmina Barns-Graham - 'January Sea' 1979.
Wilhelmina Barns-Graham - 'January Sea' 1979.
January 1, 2026 at 12:04 PM
Wishing everyone a peaceful and happy New Year!
Wilhelmina Barns-Graham - 'January Sea' 1979.
Wilhelmina Barns-Graham - 'January Sea' 1979.
Apparently the chances of a white Xmas in the UK are slim, & highly unlikely in St Ives It definitely did snow in St Ives in early 1947, when the UK suffered a severe deep freeze and WBG painted this scene on Back Road West.
Wishing everyone a peaceful festive season from all at the WBG Trust.
Wishing everyone a peaceful festive season from all at the WBG Trust.
December 23, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Apparently the chances of a white Xmas in the UK are slim, & highly unlikely in St Ives It definitely did snow in St Ives in early 1947, when the UK suffered a severe deep freeze and WBG painted this scene on Back Road West.
Wishing everyone a peaceful festive season from all at the WBG Trust.
Wishing everyone a peaceful festive season from all at the WBG Trust.
We are now posting regularly on Linkedin - if you are a Linkedin user - please do follow us there too - search for Wilhelmina Barns-Graham Trust. Have a great weekend! This is Barns-Graham's great 1950s oil painting 'Linked Forms'.
December 19, 2025 at 3:06 PM
We are now posting regularly on Linkedin - if you are a Linkedin user - please do follow us there too - search for Wilhelmina Barns-Graham Trust. Have a great weekend! This is Barns-Graham's great 1950s oil painting 'Linked Forms'.
A viewing of Mark Cousins' WBG film 'A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things' by knitter Cath Hood lead to an interest in WBG's use of colour and how it might be translated into knitting. We are delighted that Cath has shared with us her fabulous knitted version of one of WBG's 'Expanding Forms' pictures.
December 18, 2025 at 2:33 PM
A viewing of Mark Cousins' WBG film 'A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things' by knitter Cath Hood lead to an interest in WBG's use of colour and how it might be translated into knitting. We are delighted that Cath has shared with us her fabulous knitted version of one of WBG's 'Expanding Forms' pictures.
The Trust has been been delighted to be working with Johnstons of Elgin to celebrate the launch of the ‘From St Andrews to St Ives’ Pre-Spring Collection with events in Edinburgh and St Andrews. Designed by Angie Bell, the new collections were inspired particularly by WBG's use of colour.
December 16, 2025 at 11:05 AM
The Trust has been been delighted to be working with Johnstons of Elgin to celebrate the launch of the ‘From St Andrews to St Ives’ Pre-Spring Collection with events in Edinburgh and St Andrews. Designed by Angie Bell, the new collections were inspired particularly by WBG's use of colour.
Following the previous 2 posts regarding WBG related works on display at the Portrait gallery and at the VAS show at the RSA - some more Edinburgh opportunites - Dovecot Studios are showing their incredible tapestry version of WBG's 1951 painting 'Glacier Ice Face' - not to be missed!
December 12, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Following the previous 2 posts regarding WBG related works on display at the Portrait gallery and at the VAS show at the RSA - some more Edinburgh opportunites - Dovecot Studios are showing their incredible tapestry version of WBG's 1951 painting 'Glacier Ice Face' - not to be missed!
ON VIEW - at the NGS: Portrait gallery in Edinburgh is Mary Millar Watt's beautiful watercolour of WBG in 1942. (buff.ly/S8h4tq3). The teenage Watt met WBG when they both attended war time art classes in St Ives. You can discover more about Watt and her artistic family here - buff.ly/D45u82i
December 10, 2025 at 1:37 PM
ON VIEW - at the NGS: Portrait gallery in Edinburgh is Mary Millar Watt's beautiful watercolour of WBG in 1942. (buff.ly/S8h4tq3). The teenage Watt met WBG when they both attended war time art classes in St Ives. You can discover more about Watt and her artistic family here - buff.ly/D45u82i
NOW OPEN! - At the RSA in Edinburgh is the VAS exhibition The Thread That Pulls, until 2 Jan 2026, open daily 10am-5pm. The Trust is delighted to be lending WBG's 'Birsay I' to hang alongside Charlene Scott's 3 collage studies, made on a month-long funded residency at Birsay on Orkney.
December 9, 2025 at 2:33 PM
NOW OPEN! - At the RSA in Edinburgh is the VAS exhibition The Thread That Pulls, until 2 Jan 2026, open daily 10am-5pm. The Trust is delighted to be lending WBG's 'Birsay I' to hang alongside Charlene Scott's 3 collage studies, made on a month-long funded residency at Birsay on Orkney.
Time is running short to pick up any Barns-Graham books or cards before Xmas, we have a particulalry wide-range of postcards and greetings cards availble all a very good prices! Visit our shop now to see more!
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December 8, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Time is running short to pick up any Barns-Graham books or cards before Xmas, we have a particulalry wide-range of postcards and greetings cards availble all a very good prices! Visit our shop now to see more!
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To coincide with Museum Shop Sunday and give everyone chance to grab a fantastic WBG gift for Xmas we are offering 10% off Books and Cards (automatically applied). Offer excludes Prints and some Limited Edition books. Discount available from Fri 28 Nov to Sun 30 Nov. Don't miss out!! buff.ly/d3wEIWZ
November 29, 2025 at 12:04 PM
To coincide with Museum Shop Sunday and give everyone chance to grab a fantastic WBG gift for Xmas we are offering 10% off Books and Cards (automatically applied). Offer excludes Prints and some Limited Edition books. Discount available from Fri 28 Nov to Sun 30 Nov. Don't miss out!! buff.ly/d3wEIWZ
The Art UK shop is a brilliant place get all your Xmas gifts with an amazing range of art from collections across the UK, with all sales helping support the work of those collections. The WBG Trust range is particularly rich with homeware, prints, books & cards all available - buff.ly/8m1Esjo
November 28, 2025 at 11:01 AM
The Art UK shop is a brilliant place get all your Xmas gifts with an amazing range of art from collections across the UK, with all sales helping support the work of those collections. The WBG Trust range is particularly rich with homeware, prints, books & cards all available - buff.ly/8m1Esjo
Following on from the successful exhibition of WBG's prints at the Sidney Nolan Trust earlier this year, we are delighted to be collaborating with them again on one of the number of wonderful awards being offered under the 'Sidney Nolan Art Prize' banner. For full details - buff.ly/rHzFYsl
November 27, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Following on from the successful exhibition of WBG's prints at the Sidney Nolan Trust earlier this year, we are delighted to be collaborating with them again on one of the number of wonderful awards being offered under the 'Sidney Nolan Art Prize' banner. For full details - buff.ly/rHzFYsl
TOMORROW!! Do not miss - Radiophrenia presents: Sun 23 Nov - French composer Félicia Atkinson performing a new radiophonic work ‘Wilhelmina, Glacier Chasms’, an electro-acoustic piece for voice, field recordings, fender Rhodes and electronics - buff.ly/PefVcmP / buff.ly/X55fECO / buff.ly/pcoKzpI
November 22, 2025 at 5:30 PM
TOMORROW!! Do not miss - Radiophrenia presents: Sun 23 Nov - French composer Félicia Atkinson performing a new radiophonic work ‘Wilhelmina, Glacier Chasms’, an electro-acoustic piece for voice, field recordings, fender Rhodes and electronics - buff.ly/PefVcmP / buff.ly/X55fECO / buff.ly/pcoKzpI
CLOSING SOON! in Harlow - Touch Point – The Graham Collection Re-presented (until 13 Dec) an exhibition celebrating a major gift to the Harlow Art Trust – the art collection of architect & local gallery owner, John Graham. 8 WBG works are on show including 'Touch Point Series No.7' - buff.ly/eZ6lfpC
November 21, 2025 at 1:06 PM
CLOSING SOON! in Harlow - Touch Point – The Graham Collection Re-presented (until 13 Dec) an exhibition celebrating a major gift to the Harlow Art Trust – the art collection of architect & local gallery owner, John Graham. 8 WBG works are on show including 'Touch Point Series No.7' - buff.ly/eZ6lfpC
TOMORROW! - this Saturday 15 November, 11am - 3pm, the Trust will be holding a special Winter book sale at its Edinburgh base at 77 Brunswick Street, off Leith Walk. We are ready to go with a huge range of WBG books & catalogues (all with a one-day only 20% discount), postcards, posters & cards.
November 14, 2025 at 3:20 PM
TOMORROW! - this Saturday 15 November, 11am - 3pm, the Trust will be holding a special Winter book sale at its Edinburgh base at 77 Brunswick Street, off Leith Walk. We are ready to go with a huge range of WBG books & catalogues (all with a one-day only 20% discount), postcards, posters & cards.
COMING SOON! - this Sat 15 Nov, 11am- 3pm, the Trust will be holding a special Winter book sale at its Edinburgh base at 77 Brunswick Street, off Leith Walk. A huge range of WBG books and catalogues (all with a one-day only 20% discount), postcards, posters, cards & prints - will all be available!!
November 11, 2025 at 5:30 PM
COMING SOON! - this Sat 15 Nov, 11am- 3pm, the Trust will be holding a special Winter book sale at its Edinburgh base at 77 Brunswick Street, off Leith Walk. A huge range of WBG books and catalogues (all with a one-day only 20% discount), postcards, posters, cards & prints - will all be available!!
NOW OPEN - we are delighted to be lending two WBG pieces, a work on paper from 1949 and the final painting in the series from 1994, to the Walker Art Gallery's 'Turner: Always Contemporary' (until 22 Feb 2026). The exhibition marks 250 years since the birth of JMW Turner - details - buff.ly/mUZkZ8p
October 25, 2025 at 11:04 AM
NOW OPEN - we are delighted to be lending two WBG pieces, a work on paper from 1949 and the final painting in the series from 1994, to the Walker Art Gallery's 'Turner: Always Contemporary' (until 22 Feb 2026). The exhibition marks 250 years since the birth of JMW Turner - details - buff.ly/mUZkZ8p
COMING SOON! - a date for your diary - the Trust will be holding a special Winter book sale at its Edinburgh base off Leith Walk on Sat 15 Nov, 11am-3pm, a huge range of WBG books and catalogues (all with a one-day only 20% discount), cards, posters & prints will all be available! Not to be missed!
October 24, 2025 at 11:04 AM
COMING SOON! - a date for your diary - the Trust will be holding a special Winter book sale at its Edinburgh base off Leith Walk on Sat 15 Nov, 11am-3pm, a huge range of WBG books and catalogues (all with a one-day only 20% discount), cards, posters & prints will all be available! Not to be missed!
LAST CHANCE - to see at the wonderful Hales gallery in London, their first WBG exhibition - Mirage -amongst the range of works dating from 1952-94 is the subtle radiance of 'Umber & Black on Red', painted by WBG in gouache on paper in 1961. Final day of the extended exhibition is now this Fri 24 Oct
October 22, 2025 at 12:50 PM
LAST CHANCE - to see at the wonderful Hales gallery in London, their first WBG exhibition - Mirage -amongst the range of works dating from 1952-94 is the subtle radiance of 'Umber & Black on Red', painted by WBG in gouache on paper in 1961. Final day of the extended exhibition is now this Fri 24 Oct
COMING SOON! On Sat 8 Nov the ICA in London hosts a special screening of A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things, Mark Cousins' film diving into the life and art of WBG. Introduced by Professor Annette Kuhn & followed by a tour of the WBG works on display at the British Academy. Details - buff.ly/yiQE3FF
October 11, 2025 at 4:30 PM
COMING SOON! On Sat 8 Nov the ICA in London hosts a special screening of A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things, Mark Cousins' film diving into the life and art of WBG. Introduced by Professor Annette Kuhn & followed by a tour of the WBG works on display at the British Academy. Details - buff.ly/yiQE3FF
Many thanks to everyone who came to our event on Sunday, the Portobello Book Festival for inviting us & of course our speakers, poet Alyson Hallett, filmmaker Mark Cousins, glaciologist Prof Pete Nienow & the WBG Trust's Tilly Heydon & Rob Airey, where we talked about 'The Glaciers' book.
October 7, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Many thanks to everyone who came to our event on Sunday, the Portobello Book Festival for inviting us & of course our speakers, poet Alyson Hallett, filmmaker Mark Cousins, glaciologist Prof Pete Nienow & the WBG Trust's Tilly Heydon & Rob Airey, where we talked about 'The Glaciers' book.