Henry Winkles

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Henry Winkles, Untitled [inside view of tent], 1850s, watercolour, pencil on paper.
Courtesy Art Gallery of Ballarat, Purchased with funds from the Colin Hicks Caldwell Bequest, 2004.

Background

Born in 1901[1], printer, artist and engraver, Henry Winkles,[2] sailed to Australia on the Mobile in 1852,[3] and was on the Ballarat goldfields in late 1852 to visit his son, who had recently moved into the area with his family. During Henry Winkles’ time in the region he sketched the landscape between Ballarat and Buninyong, documenting the material existence of diggers in the early years of the gold rush. His fascination with the rough and contorted eucalypts of the region is also a recurrent theme.[4]

Having trained as a draughtsman in England and Germany before journeying to Australia, Winkles parallels Eugene von Guerard, who was also at Ballarat in 1853. The work of these two contemporaries provides an interesting historical counterbalance. If Von Guérard's interpretations of Ballarat are stunning in their scope and their magnitude, Winkles’ sketches are equally so in their ability to capture the minute and the intimate.[5]

Henry Winkles died in 1860.[6]

Goldfields Involvement, 1854

Post 1854 Experiences

In 1854 Winkles returned to England where he pursued a successful career as book illustrator. He is best remembered for illustrating a popular series called The Cathedrals of England and Wales, which played an important role in the Gothic revival in Britain. [7]

Henry Winkles, Digging in winter, Cobblers Gully, 1850s, pencil on paper.
Courtesy Art Gallery of Ballarat, Purchased with funds from the Colin Hicks Caldwell Bequest, 2004.

Legacy

Together with Karl Ludwig Frommel, Winkles founded the first studio for steel engraving in Germany.[8]

See also

Further Reading

References

  1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Winkles, accessed 09/07/2013.
  2. http://www.egold.net.au/biogs/EG00291b.htm, accessed 09/07/2013.
  3. Index to Unassisted Inward Passenger Lists to Victoria 1852-1923, http://prov.vic.gov.au,accessed 20 December 2013.
  4. http://www.egold.net.au/biogs/EG00291b.htm, accessed 09/07/2013.
  5. http://www.egold.net.au/biogs/EG00291b.htm, accessed 09/07/2013.
  6. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Winkles, accessed 09/07/2013.
  7. http://www.egold.net.au/biogs/EG00291b.htm, accessed 09/07/2013.
  8. http://www.etsy.com/listing/109062315/original-antique-henry-winkles-steel, accessed 09/07/2013.
Henry Winkles, Canadian Gully, 1850s, watercolour, pencil on paper.
Courtesy Art Gallery of Ballarat, Purchased with funds from the Colin Hicks Caldwell Bequest, 2004.