Adolf Henning
Carl Adolf Henning (born February 28, 1809 in Berlin ; † March 25, 1900 there ) was a German painter .
Life
Adolf Henning was born on February 28, 1809 in Berlin as the son of court conductor Karl Wilhelm Henning (1784–1867). From 1823 he studied at the Berlin Academy a . a. with Wilhelm Wach . In 1833 he was proven to be a history and portrait painter at the Düsseldorf Art Academy in first class with Wilhelm von Schadow . Together with the painter Heinrich Mücke , he traveled to Italy from 1833 to 1835 . After his return to Berlin, he earned his living as a successful portrait painter . In 1839 he became a member and professor at the Berlin Academy. Henning was married to Marie Jordan (* 1816 in Berlin, † 1899 ibid.) Since 1836. His brother-in-law and friend was the painter Rudolf Jordan .
Adolf Henning died on March 25, 1900 in Berlin.
On April 7, 2019, an episode of the NDR's Lieb & Teuer program was broadcast, moderated by Janin Ullmann and filmed in Reinbek Castle . A lacquer painting on tinplate was discussed with the art historian Wilhelm Hornbostel , which was painted around 1840 by a painter from the Braunschweig Manufactory by Heinrich Wilhelm Stockmann based on a lost portrait of Adolf Henning showing the actress and opera singer Wilhelmine Schröder-Devrient .
Works
- 1833: Altenberg Cathedral , paper on canvas, Administration of the State Palaces and Gardens, Charlottenburg Palace, Berlin
- 1838: Girls from Frascati , Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin
- Wall paintings in the Niobidensaal of the Neues Museum , Berlin
- 1857: Allegorical representation of the Prussian provinces in the coves of the White Hall of the Berlin City Palace during the redesign by Friedrich August Stüler and Albert Dietrich Schadow
- Portrait of Laura Countess von Arnim-Boitzenburg geb. von Lotzbeck (Muskau), oil on canvas, inscribed. A. Henning 1879, (Germany, family property)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Wend von Kalnein : The Düsseldorf School of Painting . Verlag Philipp von Zabern, Mainz 1979, ISBN 3-8053-0409-9 , p. 333
- ↑ Video paint image on metal on ndr.de
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Henning, Adolf |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Henning, Carl Adolf (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 28, 1809 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 25, 1900 |
| Place of death | Berlin |