Sketches and notes of Bernard Meninsky

[c.1926–51]

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

Sketches and notes of Bernard Meninsky

204 Objects
- Sketches by Bernard Meninsky
  
  204 Objects

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

204 objects in this collection

Showing 161–180 of 204 objects

Sketch of a female nude

Eight pages removed from a sketchbook containing untitled sketches of abstract female and male figures, a profile of a female face and a vase

Sketches of the back of a standing male and female nudes

Sketch of the back of a standing male nude drawn from the shoulders down

Sketch of a profile of a female face, and a sketch of a male nude’s right arm and right side of torso

Sketch of what appears to be a landscape scene with a tree and hills

Sketch of a goblet-shaped vase with distorted flowers

Sketch of a still life of a goblet with foliage and grapes

Sketch of a still life with a bowl of fruit on a flat surface

Sketch of a still life with a tall thin goblet holding grapes and flowers

Sketch of a still life of a tall goblet with flowers and leaves

Sketch of a still life with a bowl of fruit on a flat surface

Sketch of a partially nude female figure, a profile of a female face, and notes about the artist’s wife, Nora Meninsky

Sketch of a standing female nude, and notes by the artist about resentment and Mozart

Sketch of a female nude and notes by the artist on the back of a private view card for, ‘Twenty-five paintings by Vivien Roth’, at The London Gallery, London

Sketches of a sitting female nude, a standing female nude, a profile of a woman’s face, and notes and calculations

Sketch of the back of a female nude with arms raised, drawn on an envelope

Sketches by Bernard Meninsky of male and female faces, and a hand drawn on the front and back of a letter from Gerald Marks, Artists International Association, to Bernard Meninsky

Sketch of the head and torso of a female nude

Sketch of the neckline and bust of a woman wearing a necklace

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