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 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. Kernoff's
artistic training began with night classes at the Dublin Metropolitan
School of Art. Upon winning the prestigious Taylor Scholarship however,
in 1923, he became a day student and henceforth devoted all his
energies to art.
Three years later he began exhibiting at the Royal Hibernian Academy,
continuing to do so nearly every year for the next five decades.
He also had two solo exhibitions with the Victor Waddington Galleries
in 1936 and 1937.
He supported himself largely through selling woodcuts;
three books of these were published - the first appearing in 1942.
Kernoff's depictions of working-class Dublin, it's streets of Georgian
houses crossed by lines of flapping washing, are now much sort after
by collectors. He was also a prolific portrait artist, painting
many of Ireland's leading literary and theatrical lights, some of
which now hang in the Dublin Writer's Museum.
His work is in most
major public collections in Ireland. | |
Exhibition Record (Museums, Institutions and Awards):
Whyte's Auction
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