Bernard Meninsky

1891–1950

Bernard Meninsky, ‘Portrait of a Boy’ 1923
Portrait of a Boy 1923
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Biography

Bernard Meninsky (25 July 1891 – 12 February 1950) was a figurative artist, painter of figures and landscape in oils, watercolour and gouache, draughtsman and teacher.

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Artworks

Bernard Meninsky, ‘Portrait of a Boy’ 1923

Bernard Meninsky Portrait of a Boy

1923
N04118
Bernard Meninsky, ‘Standing Female Nude in a Landscape’ c.1940–3

Bernard Meninsky Standing Female Nude in a Landscape

c.1940–3
T01993
Bernard Meninsky, ‘Sleeping Woman in a Landscape’ c.1945–50

Bernard Meninsky Sleeping Woman in a Landscape

c.1945–50
On display at Tate Britain part of Spotlights T03348
Bernard Meninsky, ‘Head of a Girl’ 1944

Bernard Meninsky Head of a Girl

1944
T00170

Sketches, letters, etc.

Anonymous Photograph of Bernard Meninsky’s mother in the garden

date not known
TGA 8225/5/3/5
Anonymous, ‘Two mounted photographs of Bernard Meninsky with his son, David and a dog’ 1929

Anonymous Two mounted photographs of Bernard Meninsky with his son, David and a dog

1929
TGA 8225/5/2/4
Bernard Meninsky, ‘Slide plans for Meninsky’s talk at the Arts Council’ [1948]

Bernard Meninsky Slide plans for Meninsky’s talk at the Arts Council

[1948]
TGA 8225/3/1/5
British Home Office (London, UK), ‘Photocopy of Certificate of Naturalization’ [1918]

British Home Office (London, UK) Photocopy of Certificate of Naturalization

[1918]
TGA 8225/1/1/2

Bernard Meninsky Sketches of a woman wearing a cloak, and a female nude leaping

date not known
TGA 9715/1/39

Bernard Meninsky Sketches of two female nudes

date not known
TGA 9715/1/112

Bernard Meninsky Four pages from a sketchbook containing notes by the artist about Rembrandt and Oriental art, and an untitled sketch of a clothed woman sitting in an arm chair

date not known
TGA 9715/1/65

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

date not known
TGA 9715/1/162
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