Kate Nicholson is the daughter of artist Ben Nicholson

Ben Nicholson

Benjamin Lauder "Ben" Nicholson, OM was a British painter of abstract compositions , landscape and still-life.-Background and Training:...

 and his first wife, artist Winifred Nicholson

Winifred Nicholson

Winifred Nicholson was an English painter, a colourist who developed a personalized impressionistic style that concentrated on domestic subjects and landscapes. In her work, the two motifs are often combined in a view out of a window, featuring flowers in a vase or a jug.Nicholson was born in...

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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

Barbara Hepworth

Dame Barbara Hepworth DBE was an English sculptor. Her work exemplifies Modernism, and with such contemporaries as Ivon Hitchens, Henry Moore, Ben Nicholson, Naum Gabo she helped to develop modern art in Britain.-Life and work:Jocelyn Barbara Hepworth was born on 10 January 1903 in Wakefield,...

. 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 working today.

In addition to Kate and her parents, the Nicholson family also produced three other artists, her grandfather William Nicholson

William Nicholson (artist)

Sir William Newzam Prior Nicholson was an English painter of still-life, landscape and portraits, also known for his work as a wood-engraver, illustrator, author of children's books and designer for the theatre....

, aunt Nancy Nicholson

Nancy Nicholson

Nancy Nicholson was a British painter and fabric designer.Born Annie Mary Pryde Nicholson, she was the only daughter of the artists Sir William Nicholson and Mabel Pryde. She had three brothers, sculptor Ben Nicholson, architect Christopher Nicholson and Anthony, who was killed in action in 1918...

 and half-brother Simon Nicholson

Simon Nicholson

Simon Hepworth Nicholson was the son of artist Ben Nicholson and his second wife, sculptor Barbara Hepworth who later became an artist himself....

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