Kenneth Hall

Charles Kenneth Hall (1913–1946), known as Kenneth Hall, was a British artist, painter, drafter and designer known for co-founding the Irish The White Stag art group with Basil Rákóczi.

Early life and education Charles Kenneth Hall was born in Lewisham, London (Commonly misattributed as Farnham, Surrey.) Hall's father was an assistant mechanical engineer at the Royal Arsenal and later became the Chief Superintendent at Royal Aircraft Establishment. Hall's mother was Irish and was born in Cork. In 1931, Hall moved to London and studied furniture design at an interior design firm. Whilst studying Hall began drawing and painting in his spare time.

In July 1935, Hall meet Rákóczi at a meeting for the Society for Creative Psychology. The same year Hall and Rákóczi founded The White Stag Group with the aim of promoting the advancement of subjectivity in psychological analysis and art.

In 1945 he returned to London and had an exhibition at Redfern Gallery, before moving to Wertheim's flat in Marylebone, London whilst she was in Manchester.

Style Hall received some art lessons from Juan Stoll, an architect, designer and fellow member of The White Stag Group, but was largely self-taught.

On 26 July 1946 Hall died by suicide in Wertheim's Marylebone flat, aged 33.

Legacy Several of Hall's oil paintings are in UK public collections, including the National Museums Northern Ireland.