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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'EXTENSION IN TIME SPACE, OR, TIME SPACE IS CURVED, 1941'
- Price Realised: 12,500
- Sale: 21 February 2006
- oil on panel
- 30 by 41cm., 12 by 16in.
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'INTERIOR WITH VASE OF GLADIOLI, 1957 and STILL LIFE WITH MIXED FLOWERS ON A GLASS-TOP TABLE (A PAIR)'
- Price Realised: 12,000
- Sale: 26 November 2007
- watercolour over pencil
- 37 by 29cm., 14.5 by 11.5in.
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''GOD BLESS THE WORK', SAID HE POLITELY - FROM A CROCK OF GOLD BY JAMES STEPHENS'
- Price Realised: 12,000
- Sale: 17 September 2007
- oil on board
- 84 by 65cm., 33 by 25.7in.
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'A FUNERAL IN MAYO'
- Price Realised: 12,000
- Sale: 27 April 2004
- watercolour over pencil
- 43 by 56cm., 17 by 22in.
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'O'MAHONY'S POINT, KILLARNEY, ON THE 18TH HOLE, circa 1944'
- Price Realised: 11,500
- Sale: 21 February 2006
- watercolour over pencil
- 24 by 33cm., 9.5 by 13in.
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'BACK OF ROOKERY NOOK FARM, CARRANTUOHILL MOUNT, KERRY, IRELAND (CIRCA 1943)'
- Price Realised: 11,427
- Sale: 13 March 2001
- oil pastel on card
- 30 by 39cm., 12 by 15.5in.
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'WHISKEY ROW, RINGSEND'
- Price Realised: 11,000
- Sale: 01 October 2012
- watercolour
- 9 by 12.75in., 23 by 32cm.
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'THE HORSEMAN'
- Price Realised: 10,919
- Sale: 13 March 2001
- oil on board
- 15 by 20cm., 6 by 8in.
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'SUN TERRACE, DΪN LAOGHAIRE PIER, 1931'
- Price Realised: 10,500
- Sale: 28 May 2018
- watercolour
- 10½ x 15Όin. (26.67 x 38.74cm)
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'DONABATE, COUNTY DUBLIN, 1939'
- Price Realised: 10,000
- Sale: 17 September 2007
- watercolour over pencil
- 23 by 30cm., 9 by 12in.
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'CAPTAIN DOYLE, BUGLER, GAP OF DUNLOE, KILLARNEY, 1944'
- Price Realised: 9,500
- Sale: 31 May 2021
- oil on board
- 29Ύ x 22Όin. (75.57 x 56.52cm)
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'PUB SCENE'
- Price Realised: 9,200
- Sale: 28 May 2018
- gouache
- 18½ x 21½in. (46.99 x 54.61cm)
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'EXTENSION IN TIME SPACE, OR, TIME SPACE IS CURVED'
- Price Realised: 9,000
- Sale: 30 November 2004
- oil on panel
- 30 by 41cm., 12 by 16in.
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'WESTERN COLLEEN, CONNEMARA, 1954'
- Price Realised: 8,800
- Sale: 29 February 2016
- oil on board
- 20 x 15in. (50.80 x 38.10cm)
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'CLADACH THEAMPAILL MHUIRE'
- Price Realised: 8,700
- Sale: 15 March 2010
- watercolour over pencil
- 23 by 33cm., 9 by 13in.
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'EXTENSION IN TIME SPACE, OR, TIME SPACE IS CURVED, 1941'
- Price Realised: 8,500
- Sale: 26 September 2022
- oil on panel
- 12 x 16in. (30.48 x 40.64cm)
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![ANGLESEA MARKET [OFF MOORE STREET] 1933 by Harry Kernoff sold for 8,500 at Whyte's Auctions](/images/archive/20111010/033.jpg "ANGLESEA MARKET [OFF MOORE STREET] 1933 by Harry Kernoff sold for 8,500 at Whyte's Auctions")
'ANGLESEA MARKET [OFF MOORE STREET] 1933'
- Price Realised: 8,500
- Sale: 10 October 2011
- watercolour with gouache
- 38 by 27cm., 15 by 10.7 5in.
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'FROM THE CUSTOM HOUSE STEPS, DUBLIN, 1933'
- Price Realised: 8,200
- Sale: 27 May 2013
- watercolour
- 11 by 15.25in., 27.5 by 38.125cm.
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'THE TWELVE PINS, RENVYLE, CONNEMARA'
- Price Realised: 8,000
- Sale: 01 October 2012
- oil on board
- 12 by 16in., 30 by 41cm.
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'HILLSIDE WITH ARTIST SKETCHING BENEATH BIRCH TREES, 1933'
- Price Realised: 8,000
- Sale: 25 February 2008
- watercolour
- 36 by 25cm., 14 by 10in.
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'PLAN FOR THE IRISH PAVILION, NEW YORK WORLD FAIR, 1939'
- Price Realised: 8,000
- Sale: 22 February 2005
- watercolour over pencil heightened with white
- 42 by 25cm., 16.5 by 10in.
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'DUBLIN CHILDREN'
- Price Realised: 7,999
- Sale: 13 March 2001
- watercolour
- 36 by 24cm., 14 by 9.5in.
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![REFLECTIONS ON THE DODDER, CLONSKEA [SIC], 1934 by Harry Kernoff sold for 7,700 at Whyte's Auctions](/images/archive/20110530/021.jpg "REFLECTIONS ON THE DODDER, CLONSKEA [SIC], 1934 by Harry Kernoff sold for 7,700 at Whyte's Auctions")
'REFLECTIONS ON THE DODDER, CLONSKEA [SIC], 1934'
- Price Realised: 7,700
- Sale: 30 May 2011
- oil on board
- 30 by 40cm., 12 by 15.7 5in.
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'THE PARADE AND CITADEL, HALIFAX, 1957'
- Price Realised: 7,700
- Sale: 19 February 2007
- watercolour over pencil
- 29 by 37cm., 11.5 by 14.7 5in.
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'VIEW OF DΪN LAOGHAIRE PIER, 1931'
- Price Realised: 7,500
- Sale: 28 May 2018
- watercolour
- 10½ x 15in. (26.67 x 38.10cm)
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'WINDMILL'
- Price Realised: 7,500
- Sale: 24 November 2014
- oil on canvas
- 22 x 18in. (55.88 x 45.72cm)
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'BELLEVUE PARK STEPS, BELFAST, circa 1936-37'
- Price Realised: 7,500
- Sale: 17 September 2007
- watercolour over pencil
- 23 by 33cm., 9 by 13in.
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'BYZANTINE MADONNA, 1934'
- Price Realised: 7,400
- Sale: 04 October 2010
- oil on board
- 39 by 29cm., 15.5 by 11.5in.