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1809 Berlin - 1900. Known for: Figure and portrait painting.
Adolf Henning was born in Berlin in 1809 as son of the court conductor Karl Wilhelm Henning. He studied at the Berlin academy until 1823 and was appointed professor there in 1839. He mainly painted... Read full biography
Adolf Henning was born in Berlin in 1809 as son of the court conductor Karl Wilhelm Henning. He studied at the Berlin academy until 1823 and was appointed professor there in 1839. He mainly painted figures and portraits, and thus created medallions with mythological scenes for the Niobidensaal of... Read full biography
Adolf Henning was born in Berlin in 1809 as son of the court conductor Karl Wilhelm Henning. He studied at the Berlin academy until 1823 and was appointed professor there in 1839. He mainly painted figures and portraits, and thus created medallions with mythological scenes for the Niobidensaal of the Neues Museum in Berlin. Because of his great talent, Henning was already twelve years old when he was able to develop an artistic career. Henning attended from 1821-24 the academy in Berlin; and... Read full biography
Adolf Henning was born in Berlin in 1809 as son of the court conductor Karl Wilhelm Henning. He studied at the Berlin academy until 1823 and was appointed professor there in 1839. He mainly painted figures and portraits, and thus created medallions with mythological scenes for the Niobidensaal of the Neues Museum in Berlin. Because of his great talent, Henning was already twelve years old when he was able to develop an artistic career. Henning attended from 1821-24 the academy in Berlin; and from 1824-33 ibid. Stud. At the painting and drawing school of Wilhelm Wach, where he initially turned to history painting. In 1833 Henning went on a trip to Dusseldorf to the newly-founded Dusseldorf school of painting to get to know locally and to... Read full biography
Adolf Henning was born in Berlin in 1809 as son of the court conductor Karl Wilhelm Henning. He studied at the Berlin academy until 1823 and was appointed professor there in 1839. He mainly painted figures and portraits, and thus created medallions with mythological scenes for the Niobidensaal of the Neues Museum in Berlin. Because of his great talent, Henning was already twelve years old when he was able to develop an artistic career. Henning attended from 1821-24 the academy in Berlin; and from 1824-33 ibid. Stud. At the painting and drawing school of Wilhelm Wach, where he initially turned to history painting. In 1833 Henning went on a trip to Dusseldorf to the newly-founded Dusseldorf school of painting to get to know locally and to train in the environment of the KA. Henning befriended Düsseldorf history painter Heinrich Mücke and together went on a study trip... Read full biography