Making Her Mark: A Celebration of Women in Art

A new exhibition exploring the role, impact and legacy of women in art.

Women have made huge impacts on the development of British art. However, they have often been underrepresented, overlooked and undervalued in their fields.

Making Her Mark celebrates notable female artists from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day, with extraordinary works by Elizabeth Forbes, Laura Knight, Dod Procter, Caroline Walker, Tracey Emin and Wilhelmina Barns-Graham, amongst many more.

This unique collaboration between Penlee House Gallery & Museum, Worcester City Art Gallery & Museum and Kirkcaldy Galleries, part of cultural charity OnFife, brings together over 50 works by women artists from their respective collections.

This major exhibition is part of Going Places, an Art Fund programme made possible with major support from The National Lottery Heritage Fund and the Julia Rausing Trust.

Collage Image Credits 

Column 1 top to bottom: Sybarite (1993) Dorothy Black. Pastel on paper ©The Artist Image credit: OnFife, on behalf of Fife Council. Yellow Light (2003) Marian Leven. Acrylic on paper ©The Artist Image credit: OnFife, on behalf of Fife Council.

Column 2 top to bottom: Span (1999 ) Kate Downie. Lithograph ©The Artist Image credit: OnFife, on behalf of Fife Council. Winter Cattle(2005/6) Bridget MacDonald. Oil on linen ©The Artist. Self Portrait (1920-1930) Dod Procter R.A. Oil on canvas. Image courtesy Penlee House Gallery & Museum, on loan from Private Collection. ©Bridgeman Images.

Column 3 top to bottom: Peille, A Hillside Village(1959) Anne Redpath. Oil on canvas ©Royal Scottish Academy/Bridgeman Images 2025. A Zandvoort Fishergirl (1884) Elizabeth Adela Forbes. Oil on canvas. Image courtesy Penlee House Gallery & Museum, on loan from Newlyn Art Gallery. Gurnards Head, No.2 (1947) Wilhelmina Barns-Graham. Gouache on paper. Image courtesy Penlee House Gallery & Museum ©Wilhelmina Barns-Graham Trust.

Column 4 top to bottom: Lantern Light (c.1888) Marianne Stokes. Oil on canvas. Image courtesy Penlee House Gallery & Museum. Portrait of Stanhope at the Easel (1890s) Elizabeth Forbes. Charcoal and pencil. ©Worcester City Museum & Art Gallery.