Portrait of Lucien Henry, photograph by Creelman and Co.

SPF/3788

fonds

probably between 1886 and 1891

Graphic Materials, Photographs

9676418

1 photographic print - 17 x 10 cm - albumen on cardboard mount

Lucien Henry (1850-1896) arrived in Sydney in 1879 from political exile in New Caledonia, where he promoted the use of Australian floral and faunal motifs in the applied arts and was a seminal figure in the development of the decorative arts in Australia. He exhibited in the 1879 Sydney International Exhibition, and in the first annual exhibition of the Art Society of NSW in 1880, and annually thenceforth until 1887. In 1884 he was appointed first lecturer in Art at Sydney Technical College. In May 1891 Henry left Sydney, returning to Europe to arrange for the publication in Paris and London of his book on Australian decorative arts. He died in Paris in March 1896.

Reference
Dunn, Mark. "Henry, Lucien". Dictionary of Sydney. Accessed 23 April 2024. https://dictionaryofsydney.org/entry/henry_lucien

A cabinet card portrait of French-born artist, sculptor, and designer Lucien Henry

Out of copyright:
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales

Photographer's stamp on lower margin: 'Creelman & Co Photographers, Burlington Galleries, Sydney Arcade'. Inscriptions in pencil on verso: 'M Henri' and 'M. Lucien Henri[sic] in charge of art STC 1886'.

Date (earliest 1886) based on period Creelman and Co. was operating in Sydney. Date (latest 1891) based on Lucien Henry's return to Paris.