Carl Gottlieb Wenig,[2] russified as Carl Bogdanovich Wenig[2] (26 February 1830 – 6 February 1908) was a Baltic German painter in the Academical style, active in St. Petersburg during Tsars Alexander II and Alexander III's reigns, known for his history pictures. The elder brother to fellow painter Bogdan Wenig and, alongside the latter, an in-law to the Fabergé family, he served as professor at the Imperial Academy of Arts.
Carl Wenig | |
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 Carl Wenig during the 1870s, photograph | |
| Born | February 14, 1830 Revel, Governorate of Estonia, Russian Empire |
| Died | January 24, 1908 (aged 77) Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire |
Resting place | Novodevichy Cemetery, Saint Petersburg |
| Education | Fyodor Bruni |
| Alma mater | Imperial Academy of Arts (1853)[1] |
| Known for | Painting |
| Style | Academism |
| Spouse | Marianna Venetonni |
| Children | 5, including Paul |
| Relatives | Bogdan Wenig (younger brother) Peter Carl Fabergé (maternal cousin) |
| Awards |  [1] |
| Elected | Member Academy of Arts (1860) Professor by rank (1862)[1] |
Biography
editHis father, Gottlieb (1804–1874), was a music teacher and organist at St. Nicholas' Church in Reval (now Tallinn). His mother, Agathe (1808–1895), was an amateur artist and the aunt of Peter Carl Fabergé.[3] 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.[4] Upon graduating, he was awarded a stipend that enabled him to continue his studies in Rome, where he remained for six years.[3][5]
In 1860, he was elected an Imperial Academician for his painting "The Entombment". Two years later, he was elected an Imperial Professor for his painting of two angels announcing the destruction of Sodom.[4] 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 in Moscow and St. Nicholas Church in his native city.[3]
His brothers, Bogdan (1837–1872) and Pyotr (1849–1888) also became painters.
Selected paintings
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Burial of Jesus, 1859; Russian Museum, St. Petersburg
Crucifixion of Jesus, 1863; St. Nicholas Church, Tallinn[6]
Nurse Visiting a Sick Child, 1860s; Radishchev Museum, Saratov![Last Minutes of False Dmitri, 1879; Art Museum [ru], Nizhny Novgorod](http://wiki.nitrosworld.org/proxy-img/http%3A%2F%2Fupload.wikimedia.org%2Fwikipedia%2Fcommons%2Fthumb%2F8%2F86%2FLast_minutes_of_False_Dmitry.jpg%2F250px-Last_minutes_of_False_Dmitry.jpg)
Russian Girl in Folk Costume, 1889; Russian Museum, St. Petersburg![Lady Macbeth, c. 1891; Picture Gallery [et], Narva](http://wiki.nitrosworld.org/proxy-img/http%3A%2F%2Fupload.wikimedia.org%2Fwikipedia%2Fcommons%2Fthumb%2F5%2F5c%2FLeedi_Macbeth._Carl_Gottlieb_Venig._19._saj._l%25C3%25B5pp._Narva_Muuseum.jpg%2F120px-Leedi_Macbeth._Carl_Gottlieb_Venig._19._saj._l%25C3%25B5pp._Narva_Muuseum.jpg)
![Last Minutes of False Dmitri, 1879; Art Museum [ru], Nizhny Novgorod](http://wiki.nitrosworld.org/wiki/File:Last_minutes_of_False_Dmitry.jpg)
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![Lady Macbeth, c. 1891; Picture Gallery [et], Narva](http://wiki.nitrosworld.org/wiki/File:Leedi_Macbeth._Carl_Gottlieb_Venig._19._saj._lõpp._Narva_Muuseum.jpg)
References
edit- 1 2 3 Kondakov 1915, p. 36.
- 1 2 Russian: Карл Го́тлиб Ве́ниг, Карл Богда́нович Ве́ниг.
- 1 2 3 Kenneth. "Carl Wenig". www.rusartnet.com. Retrieved 2024-11-29.
- 1 2 "Вениг Карл Богданович - Биография". www.biografija.ru. Retrieved 2024-11-29.
- ↑ Moleva, Nina M. [in Russian] and Belyutin, Eliy M. (1967). Русская художественная школа второй половины XIX — начала XX века (in Russian). Moscow: Iskusstvo. p. 58. OCLC 557645329.
- ↑ Keevallik, Juta [in Estonian]; et al. (2005). Eesti kunsti ajalugu, 4. köide: 1840–1900 [History of Estonian Art, Vol. 4: 1840–1900] (in Estonian). Tallinn: Eesti Kunstiakadeemia. p. 130; see also the English text at pp. 449, 461. ISBN 978-9949-7253-5-9. OCLC 68673971.
- ↑ Issakov, Sergei Gen. (1996). Русские в Эстонии, 1918–1940. Историко-культурные очерки (in Russian). Tartu: Kompu. p. 93.
Sources
edit- . Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary (in Russian). 1906.
- Kondakov, Sergei N. [in Russian] (1915). Юбилейный справочник Императорской Академии художеств. 1764–1914 (in Russian). Vol. 2. Saint Petersburg: Golike and Vilborg. p. 36. OCLC 707072219.
Further reading
edit- Bogdan, Veronika-Irina T. [in Russian]; et al. (2003). Russian Academy of Arts, Moscow; et al. (eds.). Немцы и Академия художеств (exhibition catalog) (in Russian). Moscow: Museum of the Russian Academy of Arts. pp. 37–39, 77; cat. nos. 42–44, 170. OCLC 886361785.
- Bulgakov, Fyodor I. [in Russian] (1889). "Вениг, Карл Богданович". Наши художники (in Russian). Vol. 1. St. Petersburg: Suvorin Typography. pp. 76–77. OCLC 38661216.
- Chuyko, Vladimir V. [in Russian] (1892). "Вениг (Карл Богданович)". Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary (in Russian). Vol. Va. St. Petersburg: Brockhaus and Efron. pp. 919–920.
- 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. OCLC 1286914467.
- Neumann, Wilhelm (1902). Baltische Maler und Bildhauer des XIX. Jahrhunderts (in German). Riga: A. Grosset. pp. 108–111. OCLC 25471919. Archived from the original on November 10, 2021.
- Polovtsov, Anatoly V. [in Russian] (1904). Полвека служения искусству: Профессор К. Б. Вениг, 1853–1903 (in Russian). Moscow: Typography of the Moscow University.
- Originally published in Moskovskiye Vedomosti, nos. 349 [O. S. December 21, 1903] and 351 [O. S. December 23, 1903]
- 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
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Media related to Carl Wenig at Wikimedia Commons
- Carl Wenig at the Russian Academy of Arts' official website (in Russian)
- "Wenig, Karl Gottlieb / Bogdanovič". Erik-Amburger-Datenbank (in German). Leibniz-Institut für Ost- und Südosteuropaforschung (IOS). Retrieved 2025-03-31.