Sketches and notes of Bernard Meninsky
[c.1926–51]
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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 161–180 of 204 objects
Bernard Meninsky Sketch of a female nude
date not known
Bernard Meninsky Sketches of the back of a standing male and female nudes
date not known
Bernard Meninsky Sketch of the back of a standing male nude drawn from the shoulders down
date not known
Bernard Meninsky Sketch of a profile of a female face, and a sketch of a male nude’s right arm and right side of torso
date not known
Bernard Meninsky Sketch of what appears to be a landscape scene with a tree and hills
date not known
Bernard Meninsky Sketch of a goblet-shaped vase with distorted flowers
date not known
Bernard Meninsky Sketch of a still life of a goblet with foliage and grapes
date not known
Bernard Meninsky Sketch of a still life with a bowl of fruit on a flat surface
date not known
Bernard Meninsky Sketch of a still life with a tall thin goblet holding grapes and flowers
date not known
Bernard Meninsky Sketch of a still life of a tall goblet with flowers and leaves
date not known
Bernard Meninsky Sketch of a still life with a bowl of fruit on a flat surface
date not known
Bernard Meninsky Sketch of a partially nude female figure, a profile of a female face, and notes about the artist’s wife, Nora Meninsky
[c.February 1940]
Bernard Meninsky Sketch of a standing female nude, and notes by the artist about resentment and Mozart
date not known
Bernard Meninsky Sketches of a sitting female nude, a standing female nude, a profile of a woman’s face, and notes and calculations
date not known
Bernard Meninsky Sketch of the back of a female nude with arms raised, drawn on an envelope
date not known
Bernard Meninsky Sketch of the head and torso of a female nude
[c.1949]
Bernard Meninsky Sketch of the neckline and bust of a woman wearing a necklace
date not known