John Henshaw
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JOHN HENSHAW (1929 – 2006)
Born New Zealand February 1929
Teacher, Art Critic and Painter
Studies:
Elam School of Art Auckland 1947;
Julian Ashton Art School Sydney 1951-1954 under John Passmore;
Central School of Arts and Crafts London 1957-1958 with Keith Vaughan;
British School Rome 1959;
Sculpture Studies Basle 1959
Travel Studies: Europe, USA and Pacific Islands 1959
Teaching Appointments: East Sydney Technical College 1960-1966;
General Education with Lansdowne Australian Art Library 1966 – 1970
Art Critic with The Australian 1969-1970
Manager in Australia for Christie Manson & Woods (Auctioneers) 1970 – 1975
Senior Lecturer in Visual Arts Sydney College of the Arts 1976 - ?
Awards:
Travelling Scholarship 1956, Warringah Prize 1956, Bendigo Art Prize 1964
Represented:
National Collection Canberra, Art Gallery of NSW,
National Gallery Wellington New Zealand
Between the years 1962 and 1992 Travel Studies to Iran, Mexico, India,
Egypt, Europe, USA and the UK interspersed with Solo Exhibitions.
These exhibitions include
Artarmon Galleries, Sydney 1964
Darlinghurst Gallery, Sydney 1967
David Jones, Sydney 1979 and
Niagara Gallery Melbourne 1992.
Selected Group Exhibitions:
Contemporary Art Society Sydney in the 1950s
Archibald Prize 1973
Wynne Prize 1974.
Publications by John Henshaw include
40 Drawings by Godfrey Miller, John Henshaw (Ed) 1962
Godfrey Miller, John Henshaw (Ed) Darlinghurst Galleries 1965
Also catalogues on Godfrey Miller exhibitions include
Godfrey Miller Memorial Exhibition, Darlinghurst Galleries 1965
Godfrey Miller, Newcastle Art Galleryproduced in 1968
Niagara Galleries Catalogue (1982) and
David Jones Catalogue (1990)
Over many years John has contributed widely to art journals such as
Art and Australia**. In 1989 to 1991 John was instrumental in training
craftspeople in India in the art of stained glass art.
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ART AND AUSTRALIAVol 18 No 3, p. 219, 1981 ‘Frank and Margel Hinder 1930 – 1980’
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Artists & Galleries of Australia and New Zealand. Max Germaine. Lansdowne 1979, p. 255
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Encyclopaedia of Australian ArtAlan McCulloch (Ed) Hutchinson Group (Aust)1984, p.568
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Encyclopaedia of Australian Art Revised and Updated Susan McCullock Allen & Unwin 1994, p.335