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Title

Breton woman carrying a basket

Artist

Bernard Meninsky

England

25 Jul 1891 – 12 Feb 1950

  • Details

    Media category
    Print
    Materials used
    black chalk
    Dimensions
    30.0 x 20.8 cm
    Signature & date

    Not signed. Not dated.

    Credit
    Gift of Hendrik Kolenberg 2013. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
    Location
    Not on display
    Accession number
    155.2013
    Copyright
    © Estate of Bernard Meninsky/Bridgeman Art Library

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  • About

    MENINSKY was born in the Ukraine but his family emigrated to England shortly after he was born. He studied at the Liverpool School of Art then worked in Paris in 1911 before returning to study at the Slade School in London. He taught life drawing at the Westminster School of Art from 1920. There were subsequent working trips to France in 1922 and 1937. Meninsky was an accomplished and prolific figure draughtsman, and his paintings in oil, gouache and watercolour consist mainly of landscapes and figurative compositions.

  • Provenance

    Hendrik Kolenberg, Sydney/New South Wales/Australia, Gift of Hendrik Kolenberg 2013.

    Bonhams, London, London/England, Purchased by Kolenberg 1973

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