Ernest Martin Hennings II (1886 - 1956)
Ernest Martin Hennings II
Ernest Martin Hennings (Jr.) was an American artist and member of the Taos Society of Artists. In 1901 that Hennings began taking classes at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, which was largely based on the great European art schools and made particularly emphasis on the importance of drawing. Hennings took up work as a commercial artist, mostly painting murals and portraits around Chicago. Hennings' primary interest was in portrait painting, with his primary subject being the Native Americans living in and around Taos Pueblo. In 1922 he was awarded the Clyde M. Carr Prize from the Art Institute of Chicago as well as the Institute's Fine Arts Building Prize. By the 1920s, the now established painter was building his reputation on the national scene, with exhibitions and awards including. Many art collectors throughout America sought out his paintings. Today paintings by Hennings are housed in the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Stark Museum of Art, Booth Western Art Museum etc.
| Date and place of birt: | 5 february 1886, Penns Grove, USA |
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| Date and place of death: | 19 may 1956, Taos, USA |
| Nationality: | USA |
| Period of activity: | XX century |
| Specialization: | Artist, Genre painter, Graphic artist, Landscape painter, Marine painter, Painter, Portraitist |
| Genre: | Cityscape, Genre art, Mountain landscape, Landscape painting, Marine art, Portrait, Rural landscape |
| Art style: | American Realism, Modern art |
