Ann Griffin-Bernstorff is best known for her imaginative and idiosyncratic works. Born and raised in Limerick, Ann won the prestigious Taylor Art Scholarship in 1963 which allowed her to extend her education in France and study at the Atelier Yves Brayer and at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris. Later she returned to Dublin where she trained and worked as a picture restorer for five years until she met her late husband Count Gunner Bernstorff of Denmark.