Evelyn Gibbs

When Goldsmiths was evacuated to Nottingham during World War II, she created the Midlands Group of Artists: two exhibitions in a large empty building led to permanent gallery premises and a range of other activities supporting artists in the region.

The Midlands Group of Artists painted murals at five locations throughout the region but none were thought to have survived.

In 2009, workmen rewiring St Martin's Church in Bilborough, Nottingham uncovered two of Gibbs's murals, which had thought to have been destroyed in the 1970s.

[6] Remaining in Nottingham after the war, she married Hugh Willat, later Secretary-General of the Arts Council.

[1] In 2000, Aberystwyth University purchased a collection comprising 98 prints, drawings and watercolours from throughout her career from her husband's estate.