Sketches and notes of Bernard Meninsky
[c.1926–51]
![collection owner: Nora Meninsky, ‘Sketches and notes of Bernard Meninsky’ [c.1926–51]](https://media.tate.org.uk/art/images/work/TGA/TGA-9715/TGA-9715_10.jpg)
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This collection features a series of sketches and artworks by Bernard Meninsky which were donated to Tate by his second wife, Nora. The majority of this collection, which features sketches of landscapes, still-life drawings, portrait and profile view sketches of male and female figures, and sketches of the female form, with annotations by the artist, is now available to view online.
Further details on this collection are available on the archive catalogue.
- Collection Owner
- Nora Meninsky
- Collection
- Tate Archive
- Acquisition
- Presented to Tate Archive by the Contemporary Art Society in memory of Cecily Lowenthal, 1997.
- Reference
- TGA 9715
204 objects in this collection
- Title
- Sketches by Bernard Meninsky
- Date
- [c.1926–49]
- Description
- This series includes sketches and studies of portraits and figures, landscapes, costumes, characters and theatre props. Many of the sketches are annotated by the artist and include notes about the drawings, personal thoughts, lists of words, notes in shorthand, and calculations.
- Reference
- TGA 9715/1
Showing 141–160 of 204 objects
Bernard Meninsky Sketch of a still life with vase and flowers, and a sketch of a sitting female nude
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Bernard Meninsky Sketch of a still life with a vase of flowers and other objects on a table
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Bernard Meninsky Sketch of a still life with a plant on a table in front of a window
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Bernard Meninsky Sketch of a thin tree with branches and leaves
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Bernard Meninsky Sketch of a bay
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Bernard Meninsky Sketch of a landscape scene with large tree trunks, shrubs and grass
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Bernard Meninsky Sketch of abstract shapes
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Bernard Meninsky Sketch of abstract shapes
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Bernard Meninsky Sketch of a fan
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Bernard Meninsky Sketches of abstract still lives with vases and fruit
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Bernard Meninsky Sketch of abstract shapes resembling musical notes and wheels
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Bernard Meninsky Sketches of a female figure wearing a hat, and an abstract still life
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Bernard Meninsky Sketch of abstract shapes
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Bernard Meninsky Sketch of a sculpture-like abstract figure
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Bernard Meninsky Sketch of a still life with a vase standing in the corner of a room
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Bernard Meninsky Sketch of a still life with a fruit bowl
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Bernard Meninsky Sketch of a still life with bundled material spread over a table and chair
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Bernard Meninsky Sketch of a pillow on a bed
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Bernard Meninsky Sketch of a male and a female figure wearing costumes
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Bernard Meninsky Sketch of a sitting female figure in a dress
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