| Barbara Banister | |
| Birth Date: | 1895 |
| Birth Place: | Epsom, England |
| Death Place: | Uckfield, Surrey |
| Nationality: | British |
| Alma Mater: | Royal College of Art |
| Occupation: | Jewellery designer, painter, silversmith |
Barbara Gillian Banister (1895–1984) was a British jewellery designer, silversmith and painter.
Banister was born in Epsom to Annie Rita Barrow and Frederick Banister, an architect.[1] After attending Worcester Park School at Westgate-on-Sea in Kent, Banister took private art lessions before entering the Royal College of Art.[1] After a period working for the Hydrographic Department of the Admiralty Banister returned to her art, both as a silversmith making decorative jewellery and as a painter.[1] She was commissioned to paint a portrait of the jockey Lester Piggott winning the 1954 Derby on Never Say Die.[2] Banister had a solo exhibition at Fletching in Sussex during 1958.[2] She exhibited with the Society of Women Artists and in arts and crafts fairs, the British Industries Fair and won a gold medal at the Home Arts and Industries Association exhibition.[1] The Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths holds examples of her work in their art collection at Goldsmiths' Hall in London.[2] She died at Uckfield in Sussex.[1]