Johann Gottlieb Wenig, commonly russified as Bogdan Bogdanovich Wenig (Russian: Богдан Богданович Вениг; 30 July 1837 – 13 May 1872[1]) was a Russian Baltic German painter of historical and religious scenes.
Bogdan Wenig | |
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| Богдан Вениг | |
 Ivan Kramskoi, Bogdan Wenig, April 1861, pencil and sauce on paper, Russian Museum, Saint Petersburg | |
| Born | Johann Gottlieb Wenig July 30, 1837 Reval, Governorate of Estonia, Russian Empire |
| Died | May 13, 1872 Saint Petersburg, Saint Petersburg Governorate, Russian Empire |
| Resting place | Volkovo Cemetery, St. Petersburg |
| Education | Fyodor Bruni |
| Alma mater | Imperial Academy of Arts (1863) |
| Known for | painting |
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| Spouse |
Katharina Nummelin (m. 1866) |
| Children | 3 |
Biography edit
His father, Gottlieb (1804–1874), was a music teacher and organist at St. Nicholas Church in Reval. His mother Agathe (1808–1895), an amateur artist, was the aunt of Peter Carl Fabergé.[2] In 1848, he and his family moved to Saint Petersburg, where his father had found employment with the Directorate of the Imperial Theatres. In 1851, he joined his brother Carl at the Imperial Academy of Arts, studying historical painting with Fyodor Bruni.[3]
He was especially noted for his draftsmanship; receiving three small silver medals (1854, 1856, 1857), two large silver medals (1856, 1857), a small gold medal (1859) and, finally, a large gold medal for his sketch depicting the Kiss of Judas (1862).[3]
In 1863, he was one of the artists involved in the "Revolt of the Fourteen"; refusing to participate in the 100th anniversary competition for a large gold medal. From then until 1871, he was a member of the Artel of Artists, led by Ivan Kramskoi.[4]
He graduated from the academy in 1864 with the title of "Artist 2nd Class". In 1865, together with Kramskoi and Nikolay Koshelev, he worked on painting the main dome at the Cathedral of Christ the Savior.[5] During his last years, he worked as a portrait painter. The cause of his early death was apparently not recorded.
Gallery edit
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![Sophia of Lithuania at Vasily II of Moscow's Wedding, 1861, oil on canvas, 62,5 by 77,5 cm, Museum of the Academy of Arts [ru], St. Petersburg](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Bogdan_Wenig_%28%3F%29%2C_Sophia_of_Lithuania_at_Vasily_II_of_Moscow%27s_Wedding%2C_1861%2C_Russian_Academy_of_Arts_Museum_%D0%9D%D0%98%D0%9C_%D0%A0%D0%90%D0%A5_%D0%9A%D0%9F-11425._%D0%96-3227.jpg/375px-Bogdan_Wenig_%28%3F%29%2C_Sophia_of_Lithuania_at_Vasily_II_of_Moscow%27s_Wedding%2C_1861%2C_Russian_Academy_of_Arts_Museum_%D0%9D%D0%98%D0%9C_%D0%A0%D0%90%D0%A5_%D0%9A%D0%9F-11425._%D0%96-3227.jpg)
Sophia of Lithuania at Vasily II of Moscow's Wedding, 1861, oil on canvas, 62,5 by 77,5 cm, Museum of the Academy of Arts, St. Petersburg -
![Johann Reimers [ru], 1869, oil on canvas, 73 by 58 cm, Museum of the Academy of Arts, St. Petersburg](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Bogdan_Wenig%2C_Johann_Reimers%2C_1869%2C_Russian_Academy_of_Arts_Museum_%D0%9D%D0%98%D0%9C_%D0%A0%D0%90%D0%A5_%D0%9A%D0%9F-632-1._%D0%96-215.jpeg/241px-Bogdan_Wenig%2C_Johann_Reimers%2C_1869%2C_Russian_Academy_of_Arts_Museum_%D0%9D%D0%98%D0%9C_%D0%A0%D0%90%D0%A5_%D0%9A%D0%9F-632-1._%D0%96-215.jpeg)
Johann Reimers, 1869, oil on canvas, 73 by 58 cm, Museum of the Academy of Arts, St. Petersburg
![Sophia of Lithuania at Vasily II of Moscow's Wedding, 1861, oil on canvas, 62,5 by 77,5 cm, Museum of the Academy of Arts [ru], St. Petersburg](/wiki/File:Bogdan_Wenig_(%3F),_Sophia_of_Lithuania_at_Vasily_II_of_Moscow%27s_Wedding,_1861,_Russian_Academy_of_Arts_Museum_%D0%9D%D0%98%D0%9C_%D0%A0%D0%90%D0%A5_%D0%9A%D0%9F-11425._%D0%96-3227.jpg)
![Johann Reimers [ru], 1869, oil on canvas, 73 by 58 cm, Museum of the Academy of Arts, St. Petersburg](/wiki/File:Bogdan_Wenig,_Johann_Reimers,_1869,_Russian_Academy_of_Arts_Museum_%D0%9D%D0%98%D0%9C_%D0%A0%D0%90%D0%A5_%D0%9A%D0%9F-632-1._%D0%96-215.jpeg)
References edit
- ^ EAD; Popova-Yatskevich 2015, p. 360 n. 2.
- ^ Valentin Skurlov, "Фаберже и Эстония" (Fabergé and Estonia), In : Aрхив Валентина Скурлова, 2009
- ^ a b S. N. Kondakov, List of Russian artists for the jubilee reference book of the Imperial Academy of Arts, СПб, 1914 (Online)
- ^ O. L. Leykind and D. R. Severyukhin, "Артель художников", In: Encyclopedia of Saint Petersburg (Online)
- ^ Y. V. Alekseyev-Alyurvi, Painting technology in the dome of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior in Moscow (Online)
Further reading edit
- Barsheva, Irina N.; Sazonova, Kira K. (1962). "Богдан Богданович Вениг". In Leonov, Alexei I. (ed.). Русское искусство. Очерки о жизни и творчестве художников. Вторая половина XIX века (in Russian). Vol. 1. Moscow: Iskusstvo. pp. 149–154. OCLC 71538004.
- Bogdan, Veronika-Irina T.; et al. (2003). Russian Academy of Arts, Moscow; et al. (eds.). Немцы и Академия художеств (exhibition catalog) (in Russian). Moscow: Russian Academy of Arts Museum. pp. 35–37, 76–77; cat. nos. 40–41, 166–169. OCLC 886361785.
- Gudymenko, Yuri Y. (2022). "Wenig". In Beyer, Andreas; Savoy, Bénédicte & Tegethoff, Wolf (eds.). Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon (in German). Vol. 115. Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter. pp. 477–479. ISBN 978-3-11-055066-5.
- Kondakov, Sergei N. [in Russian] (1915). Юбилейный справочник Императорской Академии художеств. 1764–1914 (in Russian). Vol. 2. Saint Petersburg: Golike and Vilborg. p. 35. OCLC 707072219.
- Neumann, Wilhelm (1902). Baltische Maler und Bildhauer des XIX. Jahrhunderts (in German). Riga: A. Grosset. p. 111. OCLC 25471919. Archived from the original on November 10, 2021.
- Popova-Yatskevich, Yelena G. (2015). "Российские Вениги". In Sakharov, Igor V. (ed.). Выходцы из Германии и их российские потомки [Einwanderer aus Deutschland und ihre Nachkommen in Russland] (conference papers) (in Russian). St. Petersburg: Presidential Library. pp. 351–366. ISBN 978-5-905273-44-5.
External links edit
- "Wenig, Johann Gottlieb (fried) / Bogdan Bogdanovič". Erik-Amburger-Datenbank (in German). Leibniz-Institut für Ost- und Südosteuropaforschung (IOS). Retrieved 2024-04-09.
- Brief biography @ Yavarda
- Brief biography @ ArtInvestment.ru