Kate Nicholson

Who is Kate Nicholson?

Kate Nicholson is the daughter of artist Ben Nicholson and his first wife, artist Winifred Nicholson.

Born at Bankshead, Brampton in 1929, Kate Nicholson studied at the Bath College of Art from 1949 to 1954 where she was a pupil of Peter Lanyon, a St Ives artist and friend of her father and stepmother Barbara Hepworth. Kate moved to St Ives herself in 1957 and became an associate member of the Penwith Society of Arts. She painted alongside her mother in the 1960s and 1970s. She is still actively working as an artist today.

In addition to Kate and her parents, the Nicholson family also produced 4 other artists, her grandfather William Nicholson, aunt Nancy Nicholson and half-brother Simon Nicholson, and half sister Painter Rachel Nicholson.