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Bernard Meninsky (1891-1950)

Biography of painter Bernard Meninsky (1891-1950)

Bernard Meninsky (1891-1950) was born in the Ukraine, Russia. His family moved to England.

Meninsky studied at Liverpool and the Slade. Meminsky was an official war artist for 1914-1918. He exhibited at NEAC and The London Group.

Meninsky taught at the Central School of Arts & Crafts and from 1920 at the Westminster School of Art. His first solo exhibition was at the Goupil Gallery.

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Lot FS18/344: Bernard Meninsky [1891-1950] - Martha, A Reclining Female Nude

Bernard Meninsky [1891-1950] - Martha, a reclining female nude signed and titled bottom right red chalk and charcoal drawing 27.5 x 365cm.

Estimate: £400 - £600
Realised: £380

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Sale BK20; Lot: 0147: RACKHAM, Arthur (illustrator) - Grimm's Fairy Tales, rebound in full crimson gilt morocco signed Bayntun, original covers bound in at the rear, 40 colour plates, 4to, Heinemann, no date.

RACKHAM, Arthur (Illustrator) - Grimm's Fairy Tales (BK20/147)

Sold for £500

Sale MA14; Lot: 0179: A fine 'Foudroyant' oak and copper wall cabinet by Goodall Lamb & Heighway, Manchester, from ships timber and metal salvaged from HMS Foudroyant, styled in the form of the stern of the Foudroyant with copper and glass anchor light over arched transom, decorated with copper scroll mounts and circular portrait plaque of Nelson looking to sinister, flanked by domed finials, the copper mounted frieze inscribed '1798 Foudroyant 1801' over double glazed doors with copper strapwork and graduated laurel wreathes to sides and glazed quarter gallery style sections to either side, the base section with ropetwist border and inswept base in the manner of stern strakes, central rudder style foot and copper plaque ' Goodall Lamb & Heighway manufactured from the oak and copper salvaged from Nelson's 'Foudroyant', 163cm wide, 40cm depth, also together with a copy of an original brochure 'The ship of the century Nelson's flagship Foudroyant' in which the cabinet is illustrated as item number 36.

A Fine 'Foudroyant' Oak and Copper Wall Cabinet by Goodall Lamb & ... (MA14/179)

Sold for £16,000

Sale FS40; Lot: 0351: Thomas Cooper Gotch [1854-1931] - Patricia holding an Iris, 1917,- signed TC Gotch bottom right oil on canvas 66 x 45cm.

Thomas Cooper Gotch [1854-1931] - Patricia Holding An Iris, 1917, (FS40/351)

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Sale FS39; Lot: 0736: Rivers & Son, London, a Georgian ebonised verge bracket clock the eight-day duration, five-pillar movement having a verge escapement and striking the hours on a bell with pull repeat and having a fully engraved backplate, the seven-inch round enamelled dial having black Roman hour numerals, Arabic outer five-minute numerals and signed Rivers & Son, London, with decorative blued steel hands, the ebonised case having a full opening front door with brass fret work below and brass edging, brass side frets, a three-pad top with brass mounts, surmounted by a brass carrying handle and standing on brass bracket feet, height 34cm (handle down): 38cm (handle up). * Biography David Rivers is recorded as working in Sweetings Alley, London being free of the Clockmakers Company in 1766 with the business becoming Rivers & Son in circa 1782 with an address in Cornhill, where they were successors to Daniel de St Jeu, Clockmakers to her Majesty. David died in 1815.

Rivers & Son, London, A Georgian Ebonised Verge Bracket Clock (FS39/736)

Sold for £1,800

Sale FS37; Lot: 1035: An Edwardian enamel and silver-gilt boudoir clock the eight-day duration timepiece movement having a platform lever escapement, the round silvered dial having gold spade hands, the silver-gilt case with purple guilloché enamel decoration and stamped to the underside Argent Dore along with the maker's initials JTC within a cartouche and serial number 12055, complete with leather travelling box, height 5.5cm.

An Edwardian Enamel and Silver-gilt Boudoir Clock (FS37/1035)

Sold for £880

Sale FS41; Lot: 0850: An early 19th century carved white marble bust of a French gentleman unsigned, wearing a wig and neck tie with button jacket, bearing a breast star for the Order of the Holy Spirit, on a scagliola base, height of bust 73cm, overall height 175cm.

An Early 19th Century Carved White Marble Bust of A French Gentleman (FS41/850)

Sold for £1,400

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