Bernard Meninsky, Portrait of a Boy, 1917 Frame:natural The Hepworth Wakefield have collaborated

The Hepworth Wakefield have collaborated with Kettle's Yard

through a little hole

Hepworth was known to be extremely proud of this work

Holly Hendry

The cushion measures 45cm square

Bernard Meninsky, Portrait of a Boy, 1917 Frame:natural The Hepworth Wakefield have collaboratedBernard Meninsky was born in Ukraine and later trained as an artist in Liverpool. He was an official war artist for the British Ministry of Information during the First World War, when this portrait was made. The colours used show the influence of Post Impressionist artists such as Vincent Van Gogh and Paul Gauguin, who had featured in the 1910 exhibition in London, Manet and the Post Impressionists. The exhibition had a huge impact on young artists,