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Heinz Henghes Chronology
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| 1906 | Born 20th Aug in Hamburg, Germany and christened Gustav Heinrich Clusmann
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| 1921 | Prevents mother committing suicide
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| 1924 | Stows away on board ship to New York after an earlier unsuccessful attempt
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| 1925 | Works washing dishes in restaurants and loading cargo at New York docks
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| Models for Isamu Noguchi and gains an interest in sculpture. | |
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| 1927 | Writes prose & poetry
Meets EE Cummings, W.B. Yeats & others |
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| 1928 | Noguchi tells Henghes that he is much like Gaudia-Brzeska as portrayed in "Savage Messiah"
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| 1929 | Exhibits: Marie Sterner, - International, - Downtown, - Weyhe (all group shows)
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| 1930 | Helps strikers by driving food lorries.
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Female Figure
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| 1931 | Marries | |
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| Exhibits: Friends of Art, Baltimore, first one-man show
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| 1932 | Goes to Reno Nevada following his estranged wife. Attempts suicide and is confined to an asylum. Subsequently divorced.
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| Leaves USA for Germany
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| 1933 | In Paris from May. Works as a guide at the Louvre
Exhibits: Gallerie de Paris
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| Goes to Rapallo in Italy
Meets Ezra Pound who sets Henghes up with materials and space to sculpt. James Laughlin is also in Rapallo. | 
Erda
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| 1934 | Moves to Milan
Meets Princess K di San Faustino (K.S.F later Kay Sage) and Renato Wild who becomes a patron | |
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| Named as Henghes by K.S.F.
Meets Yves Tanguy | 
Study
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| 1935 | Exhibits: Galleria Genova, - Il Faro, Torino, - Il Milione, Milano, (June & December)
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Eothea
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| 1936 | Exhibits: Galleria d"arte Genova (with K.S.F.)
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Ballerina
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| 1937 | Visits Paris
Meets Brancusi, Kadinsky | |
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| Leaves Milan for Switzerland where he thinks he may settle but is only there for 2 months.
Corresponds with Ezra Pound | |
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| Goes to Paris for 3 months.
Meets Henry Miller, Lawrence Durrel, Max Ernst, Andre Breton |
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| Anais Nin writes of her relationship with Henghes. They are attracted, but she is deeply involved with Henry Miller and Gonzalo More and calls herself a "vampire".
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| Introduces Kay Sage to the surrealist painter Yves Tanguy who she will later marry. | |
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| Arrives in England
Meets Barbara Hepworth, Ben Nicholson, Sandy Calder, Gabo, Herbert Read, Adrian Stokes | |
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| 1938 | Visits the Dordogne region of France in the compnay of Henry Miller and Jean Genet. They stay at Domme.
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| 1939 | Featured in Living Art in England edition of the London Bulletin alongside major sculptors of the day
Exhibits: Guggenheim Jeune gallery, Cork Street, London
Meets Prunella Clough | 
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| Writes on the naming of sculpture in April London Bulletin
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| Writes for Adelphi, a magazine promoting peace, on the future of Europe foreseeing the momentum towards European integration
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| Called up by Germany whilst in London, Henghes applies for British nationality. As hostilities threaten he must wait until the war is over before this is possible and is in the meantime registered as an alien.
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| 1940 | As a German citizen in Britain Henghes is interned for a few months in Australia. He travels out on the notorious ship the "Dunera". Passengers include many artists and writers. Works on surrealist drawings.
Meets Hein Heckroth with whom he establishes a firm friendship, Klaus Friedeberger and others. | |
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| 1941 | Returns to England with help from Herbert Read Works as an Air Raid Protection warden
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| Writes play "Don Quixote"
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| 1943 | Works over 8 years for BBC with Else Knight Thompson on the Radio Newsreel and BBC Overseas Radio Service
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| 1945 | Exhibits: St George"s Gallery, Grovesnor Street London W1
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| 1946 | Exhibits: The Berkley Galleries, 20 Davies Street W1
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Bust
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| Exhibits: Group Show - "Sculpture in the Home" organised by the Arts Council
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Composition
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| 1948 | Marries Daphne Gow, a Ballet Dancer with the Rambert Ballet | |
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| Exhibits: Battersea Park Open Air Exhibition - LCC & Arts Council
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| Naturalised British Oct 10th
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| James Laughlin the founder of New Directions publishing comes to stay on the first of many visits from America. They are to form a firm friendship and correspond for the rest of Henghes" life. | |
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| 1949 | Works under Frank Dobson as a Lecturer in Sculpture at the Royal College of Art London alongside John Skeaping.
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| Exhibits: Royal Society of British Artists, Suffolk Street, (Group show)
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| 1950 | Controversy surrounds "Madonna & Child" a large marble sculpture commissioned for St Mary le Park church and seen by some as "pagan".
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Madonna & Child
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| Exhibits: participated in Reading religious Arts Festival with "crucification"
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| Exhibits: Exposition Internationale en plein air de Sculpture, Anvers
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| Takes RCA students to Dordogne to visit Lascaux and prehistoric sites
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| Arranges for publication of brochure on cave drawings in English
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| 1951 | Works on various radio broadcasts on Art for the BBC
Exhibits: Festival of Britain
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Orpheus
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| Exhibits: Sculpture in the Home" at the Bristol City Art Gallery with Henry Moore & others
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The Dancers
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| Exhibits: Sculpture at Battersea Park - Arts Council
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| Buys holiday cottage in the Dordogne area where he is attracted by discovery of Lascaux cave
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| Meets Michael Powell the filmmaker as a result of friendship with Hein Heckroth and subsequently does some work on props for films. | |
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| 1952 | Jean Genet comes to London to have his bust made. The work is commissioned by Renato Wild | |
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| Changes name by Deed poll to Henry Henghes from Gustav Heinrich Clusmann
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| Friendly with Artists Barry Hart, Marc Clark, Roland Penrose | |
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| 1953 | Moves to live in the Dordogne in France at a newly bought house with a studio
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| The First Thing short story published in New Directions anthology No. 14 - half of a two part novello written in 1930
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| Participates in "Unknown Political Prisoner" competition and show.
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| Meets Prof. Hal Movius from Harvard university who is running a dig in Les Eyzies | |
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| Meets Abbe Henri Breuil the prehistorian of whom he later makes a bust | 
Henri Breuil
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| 1954 | Eric and Salome Estorick come to stay in Tursac | |
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| 1956 | Exhibits: Galerie Simone Badinier, Paris
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| Exhibits: Hanover Gallery, London, Contemporary Sculpture, Group show
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| Lectures at the American Institute in Berlin on contemporary art in Eurpoe and America
Lectures are organised by John McCormick | |
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| 1957 | Completes a swimming pool surrounded by birds on columns in Como, Italy
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| 1959 | Son, Ian, is born in Perigueux, France
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| Exhibits: Hanover Gallery, London
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Little Venus
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| Writes article for Architectural Design
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| Exhibits: Musee Rodin "Histoires Naturelles" group show
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| 1961 | Completes stations of cross for the church of Montpon in the Dordogne, France
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| 1962 | Exhibits: Catherine Viviano Gallery, New York
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Sunbather
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| 1963 | Exhibits: Piccadilly Gallery, 16a Cork Street, London
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| 1964 | Appointed Head of Fine Art at Winchester School of Art Henghes moves to England and helps the school to achieve diploma status.
The sculptor Bob Holding joins Henghes to teach sculpture. They are later to share a studio. | |
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| Meets Thomas Balogh (subsequently Lord Balogh) in France - later to sculpt a bust of him | |
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| 1967 | Meets the Painter Jenni Notton then a student at Winchester. | |
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| 1970 | Exhibits: 10 sculptors Two Cathedrals group show.
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| 1971 | Exhibits: Kunstkammer, Hanover
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| 1972 | Exhibits: Archer Gallery, Grafton Street, London W1
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Three Horses
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| Visits Henry Moore in Forte dei Marmi region with Jenni Notton. Sees the Poet Brian Patten & Mary Moore. Patten is subsequently to write about Henghes. | |
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| Exhibits: Camden Arts Centre, London
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| Exhibits: Nuffield Gallery, Southampton.
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| Exhibits: Two by Seven, Archer Gallery, Group show
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| 1973 | Exhibits: Guildhall Picture Gallery Winchester, show with Robert Holding
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| Retires from Winchester Art School where he was latterly Head of the Sculpture School.
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| Exhibits: The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition
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| Exhibits: Sculpture at South Hill Park, Bracknell, group show
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| Represented by Jean Pierre Lehman | |
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| Joins the London Group
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| 1974 | Exhibits: The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition
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| Writes poetry in French
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Torso
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| 1975 | Exhibits: The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition
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| Exhibits: Chateau l"Eveque & Sarlat, Dordogne
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| Dies in Bordeaux on the 20th of December.
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