Ann Griffin Bernstorff: A noted artist known for her stylised magic realism and for portraiture, her work has been exhibited widely in Ireland and abroad
Born: January 28th, 1938
Died: September 15th, 2025
Ann Griffin Bernstorff who has died at 87, was an artist, designer, collector and historian best known for the Ros Tapestry, 15 large-scale intricate tapestries depicting the history of New Ross, the town founded by William Marshall in 1207. A Wexford, Kilkenny and Waterford community effort, it was reckoned to be one of the largest series of embroidered tapestries ever made in Europe and involved more than 150 local volunteers.
She also founded the Berkeley Costume and Toy Collection at her home Berkeley Forest, an early Georgian house with a tillage and sheep farm outside New Ross, and the Berkeley Bonneterie, a collection of
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