John Renno

  • Artist (Painter)
John Renno worked as a scene-painter and theatre mechanist at Drury Lane, Covent Garden, the Princess's and the Surrey Theatre, London. In 1852 he migrated to Australia. His contribution to the production of This Great City (1891) at the Alexandra Theatre, Melbourne, was described by the Lorgnette as a 'masterpiece of mechanical effect with which Renno is so notably connected'.
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Citations

  • Renno, J. (1887), 'Report of the Royal Commission, Appointed on the 17th day of June, 1886, To Inquire into the Construction of Theatres, Public Halls, and Other Places of Public Amusement and Concourse’, Sydney, NSW, (Evidence given 1882-10-06).

Initial data sources

  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

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Related recognitions
  • Production of This Great City, at the Alexandra Theatre (received)
  • Testimony at the First Royal Commission into New South Wales Theatres (received)
  • Production of the Pantomime (1865), (last scene- the harlequinade) at the Royal Victoria Theatre, Sydney, NSW. (received)
  • Exhibited Panorama views of New South Wales and Victoria, Sydney School of Arts (received)
  • Exhibited Panorama of the Franco-Prussian War, 1871-03, Sydney School of Arts, Sydney, NSW. (received)
  • Exhibited Panorama views of New South Wales and Victoria, Sydney School of Arts (received)
  • Exhibited Panorama of the Franco-Prussian War, 1871-03, Sydney School of Arts, Sydney, NSW. (received)
  • Testimony at the First Royal Commission into New South Wales Theatres (received)
  • Production of the Pantomime (1865), (last scene- the harlequinade) at the Royal Victoria Theatre, Sydney, NSW. (received)
  • Production of This Great City, at the Alexandra Theatre (received)