John Hennings b. 6 July 1835

Also known as Johann Friedrich Hennings
  • Artist (Painter)
Painter, scene-painter and decorator, was born in Germany and arrived in Melbourne in 1855 where he painted theatre scenes for about four decades. Hennings's contribution to Australian scene-painting was considerable.

Citations

  • 'Hennings Papers’, (Owned by Hennings’ great-grandson Mr Geoff Morris), (mentioned in Colligan).

  • Callaway, Anita (2000), 'Visual Ephemera’, University of New South Wales Press, Sydney, NSW.

  • Colligan, Mimi (2002), 'Canvas Documentaries’, Monash University Press, Vic.

  • Irvin, Eric (1985), 'Dictionary of the Australian Theatre 1788-1914’, Marrickville, NSW.

  • Thieme, U. & Becker, F. (1907), 'Allgemeines Lexikon der Bildenden Künstler’, Leipzig, Germany (37 vols), 1907-50.

  • (1986), Trade Art and Antiques 2.

  • Information sourced from Colligan, Mimi.

  • (18 January 1862), Illustrated Australian Mail.

  • Colligan, Mimi (1987), 'Canvas and wax: Images of information in Australian panoramas and waxworks 1849-1920’, Monash University, Vic. (PhD thesis).

  • Information sourced from Lennon, J.

  • Information sourced from Bruce, C.

See also

  • 'PORTRAIT: Still Life with Self Portrait (on spoon inside a glass of water) 1857, w/c, p.c. (ill. Colligan, p.100, colour)'.

Initial data sources

  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870