[1] At the outbreak of World War II the pair moved to Ireland to try to avoid the conflict that was consuming Europe.
[3] Despite the success of the exhibition and the growing depth and influence of the group in Dublin, as well as support from Wertheim in London, Hall was always racked by personal demons, and people found him hard to connect with.
According to Irish art critic Bruce Arnold, "No one understood anything about Kenneth Hall… He was depressive, he was gay, he had this love affair with Basil, who was bisexual and very active emotionally and sexually.
Kenneth Hall couldn’t take that.”[4] In 1945 he returned to London and had an exhibition at Redfern Gallery, before moving to Wertheim's flat in Manchester.
[3] Several of Hall's oil paintings are in UK public collections, including the National Museums Northern Ireland.