John Renno

  • Artist (Painter)
John Renno worked as a scene-painter and theatre mechanist at Drury Lane, Covent Garden, the Princess's and the Surrey Theatre, London. In 1852 he migrated to Australia. His contribution to the production of This Great City (1891) at the Alexandra Theatre, Melbourne, was described by the Lorgnette as a 'masterpiece of mechanical effect with which Renno is so notably connected'.
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Name
John Renno
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
Other Occupation
  • Scene-painter
  • Publican
  • Theatre mechanist
Active Period
  • c.1827 - c.1891
Arrival
  • 1852 (Sydney, NSW.)
Residence
  • 1827 - 1852 Drury Lane, Covent Garden, London, the Princess's and Surrey Theatre, UK
  • 1891 Alexandra Theatre, Melbourne, Vic.
  • 1852 - 1890 Sydney, NSW
  • 1868 Castlereagh Street, Sydney, NSW
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

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Related stub people
  • Renno, 'Young' (parent of)
  • Clint, Alfred (associate of)
  • Alta (associate of)
Related stub person groups
  • Sydney School of Arts (associate of)
Related recognitions
  • Exhibited Panorama views of New South Wales and Victoria, Sydney School of Arts (received)
  • Exhibited Panorama of the Franco-Prussian War, 1871-03, Sydney School of Arts, Sydney, NSW. (received)
  • Testimony at the First Royal Commission into New South Wales Theatres (received)
  • Production of the Pantomime (1865), (last scene- the harlequinade) at the Royal Victoria Theatre, Sydney, NSW. (received)
  • Production of This Great City, at the Alexandra Theatre (received)
Related events
  • Sydney School of Arts Exhibition (exhibited at)