 Although his family name was Menushkin, ‘it was unceremoniously entered as ‘Menisky’ by an English customs officer, whilst Meninsky himself added the second ‘n.’’
The family moved to Liverpool whilst Menisky was a baby.He attended the Liverpool School of Art from 1906 after initially attending evening classes in art.He won the King’s Medal in 1911 and went on to study briefly at Royal College of Art in London and the Académie Julian in Paris.