20 August 1906 Heinz Henghes born 20th Aug in Hamburg
Heinz Henghes is born 20th Aug in Hamburg, Germany and christened Gustav Heinrich Clusmann

1924 Sails to New York
Stows away on board ship to New York after an earlier unsuccessful attempt

1925 Living on the breadline
Works washing dishes in restaurants and loading cargo at New York docks

1925 Starts sculpture.
Models for Isamu Noguchi and gains an interest in sculpture.

1927 Associates with authors and poets
Writes prose & poetry Meets EE Cummings, W.B. Yeats & others

1928 Life as a young artist
Noguchi tells Henghes that he is much like Gaudia-Brzeska as portrayed in "Savage Messiah"

1929 First exhibitions
Exhibits: Marie Sterner, - International, - Downtown, - Weyhe (all group shows)

1930 Marries
Marries Mary Elizabeth Crabtree after she elopes.

1931 First solo show
Exhibits: Friends of Art, Baltimore, first one-man show

27 August 1931 Son, Peter born
His son, Peter, is born in Ohio.

1931 Divorces in Reno
Goes to Reno, Nevada following his estranged wife. Attempts suicide and is confined to an asylum. Subsequently divorced.

1932 Return to Europe
Leaves USA for Germany

1933 Paris exhibition and work
Exhibits: Galerie de Paris and works as a guide at the Louvre

1933 With Ezra Pound in Italy
Goes to Rapallo in Italy Meets Ezra Pound who sets Henghes up with materials and space to sculpt. James Laughlin, Later Pound's publisher is also in Rapallo.

1934 A studio in Milan
Moves to Milan Meets Princess K. di San Faustino (K.S.F later Kay Sage) and Renato Wild who becomes a patron

1934 Starts working as 'Henghes'
Named as Henghes by Kay Sage (K.S.F.)

1935 Italian exhibitions
Exhibits: Galleria Genova, - Il Faro, Torino, - Il Milione, Milano, (June & December)

1937 In Paris
Meets Brancusi and works in his studio. Also meets Kandinsky, Henry Miller, Lawrence Durrell, Max Ernst, Andre Breton

1937 Features in Anais Nin's diaries
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".

1937 Introduces Kay Sage to Yves Tanguy
Introduces Kay Sage to the surrealist painter Yves Tanguy who she will later marry.

1937 New artistic connections in England
Arrives in England Meets Barbara Hepworth, Ben Nicholson, Alexander Calder, Naum Gabo, Herbert Read, Adrian Stokes

1938 Dordogne visit
Visits the Dordogne region of France in the company of Henry Miller and Jean Genet. They stay at Domme.

1939 Exhibiting and writing
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

1939 Writing on politics
Writes for Adelphi, a magazine promoting peace, on the future of Europe foreseeing the momentum towards European integration

1940 Internment as a German in Britain
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.

1941 Wartime in London
Returns to England with help from Herbert Read. Works for the BBC writing on current affairs. Writes play "Don Quixote".

1945-6 Exhibitions in the UK
Exhibits: St George"s Gallery, Grovesnor Street London W1, Exhibits: The Berkley Galleries, 20 Davies Street W1, Exhibits: Group Show - "Sculpture in the Home" organised by the Arts Council

1948 Life in London
Marries Daphne Gow, a Ballet Dancer with the Rambert Ballet. Exhibits: Battersea Park Open Air Exhibition - LCC & Arts Council. Changes name by deed poll to Henry Henghes and is naturalised British.

1949-53 Teaches Sculpture at Royal College of Art
Works under Frank Dobson as a Lecturer in Sculpture at the Royal College of Art London alongside John Skeaping.

1950 A 'Pagan' Madonna
Controversy surrounds "Madonna & Child" a large marble sculpture commissioned for St Mary le Park church and seen by some as "pagan".

1950 Exhibitions in UK and internationally
Exhibits: participated in Reading religious Arts Festival with "crucification" Exhibits: Exposition Internationale en plein air de Sculpture, Anvers

1950 Lascaux
Henghes Takes RCA students to Dordogne to visit Lascaux and prehistoric sites Arranges for publication of brochure on cave drawings in English

1951 Sculpture in the Home
Exhibits: Sculpture in the Home at the Bristol City Art Gallery with Henry Moore & others. Exhibits: Sculpture at Battersea Park - Arts Council

1952 Jean Genet
Jean Genet comes to London to have his bust made. The work is commissioned by Renato Wild

1953 Prehistory links
Meets Prof. Hal Movius from Harvard university who is running a dig in Les Eyzies. Meets Abbe Henri Breuil the prehistorian of whom he later makes a bust

1953 France
Moves to live and work in the Dordogne. Participates in "Unknown Political Prisoner" competition and show.

1956 Exhibitions around Europe
Exhibits: Galerie Simone Badinier, Paris Exhibits: Hanover Gallery, London, Contemporary Sculpture, Group show Lectures at the American Institute in Berlin on contemporary art in Europe and America

14 August 1959 Birth of son
Son, Ian, is born in Perigueux, France

1959 London and Paris exhibitions
Exhibits: Hanover Gallery, London. Exhibits: Musee Rodin "Histoires Naturelles" group show

1961 Church sculpture
Completes stations of cross and Christ for the church of Montpon in the Dordogne, France

1962-63 New York and London exhibitions
Exhibits: Catherine Viviano Gallery, New York. Exhibits: Piccadilly Gallery, 16a Cork Street, London

1964 Winchester School of Art
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.

1970-71 Group shows
Exhibits: 10 sculptors Two Cathedrals group show. Exhibits: Kunstkammer, Hanover

1972 Exhibitions
Exhibits: Archer Gallery, Grafton Street, London W1  Three Horses. Exhibits: Camden Arts Centre, London. Exhibits: Nuffield Gallery, Southampton. Exhibits: Two by Seven, Archer Gallery, Group show

1972 Moore and Patten
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.

1973-74 Exhibitions
Exhibits: Guildhall Picture Gallery Winchester, show with Robert Holding. Exhibits: The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition. Exhibits: Sculpture at South Hill Park, Bracknell, group show. Exhibits: The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition.

20 December 1975 Death
Dies in Bordeaux