Wilhelmina Barns Graham (1912-2004)
Wilhelmina Barns Graham was born in St Andrews and attended Edinburgh College of Art. William Gear and Margaret Mellis were among her contemporaries. She was a painter, draughtswoman and printmaker. In 1940 she moved to St Ives, dividing her time between studios in St Ives and St Andrews for the rest of her life. She briefly attended the St Ives School of Painting. In 1947 she was a member of the Crypt Group and in 1949 became a founding member of the Penwith Society of Arts.