Carl Wenig
Carl Wenig | |
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Born | |
Died | January 24, 1908 | (aged 77)
Education | Member Academy of Arts (1860) Professor by rank (1862)[1] |
Alma mater | Imperial Academy of Arts (1853)[1] |
Known for | Painting |
Style | Academism |
Awards | [1] |
Carl Bogdanovich Wenig or, in German, Carl Gottlieb Wenig (Russian: Карл Богданович Вениг; 26 February 1830, in Tallinn – 6 February 1908, in Saint Petersburg) was a Baltic-German painter of historical and religious scenes. For many years, he was a Professor at the Imperial Academy of Arts.
Biography[]
His father, Gottlieb, was a music teacher and organist at St. Nicholas' Church. His mother, Agata, was an amateur painter and the aunt of Peter Carl Fabergé.[2] From 1844 to 1853, he studied at the Imperial Academy of Arts with Fyodor Bruni. During his time there, he won several medals, including a gold medal for his depiction of Esther before Ahasuerus.[3] Upon graduating, he was awarded a stipend that enabled him to continue his studies in Rome, where he remained for six years.[2]
In 1860, he was awarded the title of "Academician" for his painting "The Entombment". Two years later, he was recognized as an Artist of Historical Painting on the strength of his depiction of two angels proclaiming the death of Sodom.[3] He began to teach drawing at the Academy that same year.
In 1869, he became an Associate Professor and was promoted to a fully tenured Professor of the second-degree in 1876. He was advanced to the first-degree in 1888. After 1871, he served as a member of the Academy's governing board. In addition to his canvases, he created several decorative murals and icons at the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour.[2]
His brothers,
and Pyotr (1849-1888) also became painters.Selected paintings[]
Burial of Jesus (1859)
Last Minutes of the
False Dmitri.Nurse Visiting a Sick Child.
Russian Girl in Folk Costume
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Directory of the Imperial Academy of Arts 1915, p. 36.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Biographical notes Archived 2019-10-08 at the Wayback Machine @ RusArtNet.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Brief biography @ Biografiya.ru
Literature[]
- С. Н. Кондаков (1915). Юбилейный справочник Императорской Академии художеств. 1764-1914 (in Russian). 2. p. 36.
External links[]
Media related to Carl Wenig at Wikimedia Commons
- Members of the Imperial Academy of Arts
- Professors by rank of the Academy of Arts
- Imperial Academy of Arts alumni
- Awarded with a large gold medal of the Academy of Arts
- 1830 births
- 1908 deaths
- People from Tallinn
- People from the Governorate of Estonia
- Baltic-German people
- 19th-century Russian painters
- Russian male painters
- Russian genre painters
- History painters
- 19th-century male artists