Snow at Wharfdale II and Expanding Forms (Touch Point Series) No. 1 Entrance
Wilhelmina Barns-Graham, 1957 and 1980
Wilhelmina Barns-Graham was born in St Andrews and studied at Edinburgh College of Art. In 1940, she moved to St Ives, Cornwall, where she became associated with the famous school of abstract art that flourished there.
These two paintings illustrate the development of the Scottish artist’s work over a 23-year period. Snow at Wharfedale II (1957) shows the impact of American Abstract Expressionism on British artists in the 1950s. Expanding Forms (Touch Point Series) No. 1 Entrance (1980) shows a more minimalist approach to abstraction.
Both paintings now join three other works by the artist in the Pallant House Gallery collection.
More information
Title of artwork, date
Snow at Wharfdale II and Expanding Forms (Touch Point Series) No. 1 Entrance, 1957 and 1980
Date supported
2015
Medium and material
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
49.1 x 74.5 and 121.5 x 121.6
Gifted by
Wilhelmina Barns-Graham Trust
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