Harry Kernoff
The son of Jewish parents of mixed Russian and Spanish descent, Kernoff was born in London but moved to Dublin at an early age when his father opted to begin a cabinet-making business there. Kernoffs artistic training began with night classes at the Dublin Metropolitan School of Art. Upon winning the prestigious Taylor Scholarship in 1923, he became a day student and henceforth devoted all his energies to art, working also for a time on designing stage sets in the company of actors such as Mνcheαl MacLνammσir and Hilton Edwards. Some time after this he visited Paris, staying for a month painting and sketching. In 1926 Kernoff began exhibiting at the RHA, continuing to do so nearly every year for the next five decades. He joined the Dublin Society of Painters in 1927 and held many solo exhibitions at their studio in no. 7 St. Stephens Green. He also had two solo exhibitions with the Victor Waddington Galleries in 1936 and 1937 and numerous shows abroad in London, Glasgow, Paris, Amsterdam, New York, Chicago and Toronto. In 1930 he visited Russia and later published on article on his experiences there prior to the Stalinist regime. At home, from his Dublin studio at no. 13 Stamer Street, Kernoff supported himself largely through selling woodcuts; three books of these were published, the first in 1942. He also contributed to other publications such as James Stephens Crock of Gold and A Broadside (Cuala Press) among others. His depictions of working-class Dublin and smaller towns across the country are much sought after by collectors, as are his portraits of Irelands leading literary and theatrical figures, some of which now hang in the Dublin Writers Museum among other public collections.
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'YOUNG BEARDED GENTLEMAN, 1942'
- Price Realised: 1,100
- Sale: 05 October 2020
- pastel
- 15Ό x 11Όin. (38.74 x 28.58cm)
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'1916-1966 DESIGNS FOR COMMEMORATING THE EASTER RISING INCLUDING LILY OF THE VALLEY AND CELTIC WARRIOR HEAD'
- Price Realised: 1,100
- Sale: 09 July 2018
- watercolour and woodcut; (6); (all unframed)
- 10 x 9in. (25.40 x 22.86cm)
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'SWEET PEAS'
- Price Realised: 1,100
- Sale: 04 October 2010
- watercolour
- 27 by 36cm., 10.5 by 14in.
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'A JEWISH MAN WITH A NEWSPAPER, 1956'
- Price Realised: 1,100
- Sale: 06 December 2008
- pastel
- 38 by 28cm., 15 by 11in.
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'PORTRAIT OF SHEILA FITZPATRICK'
- Price Realised: 1,100
- Sale: 08 May 2002
- pastels on buff coloured paper
- 51 by 38cm., 20 by 15in.
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'THE PATCHWORK QUILT'
- Price Realised: 1,050
- Sale: 04 March 2024
- oil on board
- 6Ό x 8Όin. (15.88 x 20.96cm)
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'THIRTY-SIX WOODCUTS, 1951'
- Price Realised: 1,050
- Sale: 24 October 2016
- limited edition book; (no. 189 from an edition of 400)
- 10 x 8½in. (25.40 x 21.59cm)
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'FACES'
- Price Realised: 1,050
- Sale: 30 November 2015
- oil on board
- 5Ύ x 7Ύin. (14.61 x 19.69cm)
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'GEORGIAN HOUSES [HARCOURT ST.], DUBLIN, c.1926'
- Price Realised: 1,050
- Sale: 28 September 2015
- oil on panel
- 15 x 20in. (38.10 x 50.80cm)
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'ARBUTUS AND THE KERRY HILLS, KILLARNEY'
- Price Realised: 1,050
- Sale: 25 November 2013
- watercolour
- 8.75 by 12.75in., 21.875 by 31.875cm.
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'WOODCUTS'
- Price Realised: 1,050
- Sale: 30 May 2011
- limited edition book
- 27 by 22cm., 10.5 by 8.5in.
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'12 WOODCUTS'
- Price Realised: 1,050
- Sale: 06 December 2008
- limited edition book
- 29 by 23cm., 11.5 by 9in.
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'PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG GIRL'
- Price Realised: 1,000
- Sale: 28 March 2022
- pastel
- 17Ύ x 13½in. (45.09 x 34.29cm)
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'ISEULT'
- Price Realised: 1,000
- Sale: 05 October 2020
- oil on board
- 8½ x 6½in. (21.59 x 16.51cm)
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'HARLEQUIN'
- Price Realised: 1,000
- Sale: 17 September 2002
- hand-coloured print
- 13 by 11cm., 5 by 4.5in.
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'PORTRAIT OF GINGER'
- Price Realised: 950
- Sale: 26 September 2022
- charcoal and pastel over pencil
- 14 x 10Ύin. (35.56 x 27.31cm)
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'COLLECTION OF HISTORICAL PORTRAITS AND SCENES'
- Price Realised: 950
- Sale: 28 May 2018
- woodcuts; (6); (all unframed)
- 11 x 8in. (27.94 x 20.32cm)
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'PORTRAIT OF A LADY, 1928'
- Price Realised: 950
- Sale: 25 November 2013
- chalk pastel on buff-coloured paper; (1); woodcuts; (2)
- 21 by 15in., 52.5 by 37.5cm.
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'MAN OF ARAN'
- Price Realised: 900
- Sale: 05 October 2020
- pastel on tinted paper
- 20 x 16in. (50.80 x 40.64cm)
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'FLOATING CUBES, 1960 and UNTITLED ABSTRACT WITH STAR OF DAVID (A PAIR)'
- Price Realised: 900
- Sale: 28 May 2018
- oil on card; (2)
- 8 x 6in. (20.32 x 15.24cm)
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'12 WOODCUTS'
- Price Realised: 900
- Sale: 15 March 2010
- limited edition book
- 29 by 23cm., 11.5 by 9in.
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'JAMES CONNOLLY, 1935'
- Price Realised: 900
- Sale: 09 December 2006
- woodcut print
- 20 by 15cm., 8 by 5.75in.
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'12 WOODCUTS'
- Price Realised: 850
- Sale: 31 May 2010
- limited edition book (no. 65 from an edition of 300)
- 29 by 23cm., 11.5 by 9in.
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'SAINT MICHAEL'S HILL, WINETAVERN STREET, DUBLIN, 1940'
- Price Realised: 850
- Sale: 02 March 2009
- handcoloured woodcut print
- 20 by 24cm., 8 by 9.5in.
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'GERARD CROFTS, 1930'
- Price Realised: 850
- Sale: 06 December 2008
- crayon and pencil on card
- 35 by 25cm., 13.7 5 by 10in.
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'FROM A PLANE, BOSTON TO SHANNON [9 HOURS] 1957'
- Price Realised: 800
- Sale: 04 March 2019
- pencil and watercolour
- 11½ x 14in. (29.21 x 35.56cm)
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'WOODCUTS'
- Price Realised: 800
- Sale: 13 December 2010
- limited edition book (no. 36 from 220)
- 27 by 22cm., 10.5 by 8.75in.
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'JAMES CONNOLLY AND THE IRISH CITIZEN ARMY, DUBLIN (EXECUTED 1916)'
- Price Realised: 800
- Sale: 05 April 2008
- woodcut print, framed
- 37 by 27cm., 14.5 by 10.7 5in.