Bogdan Wenig

Bogdan Wenig studied at Imperial Academy of Arts. The recorded working language is Russian. The field of work recorded is painting. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are history and portrait. Work by Bogdan Wenig is recorded in the collections of Scientific-research Museum of the Russian Academy of Arts.

• Name — Bogdan Wenig • Birth Name — Johann Gottlieb Wenig • Born — July 30, 1837 • Birthplace — Reval, Governorate of Estonia, Russian Empire • Died — May 13, 1872 • Place of death — Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire • Resting Place — Volkovo Cemetery, St. Petersburg • Relatives — Carl Wenig (elder brother) Peter Carl Fabergé (maternal cousin) • Children — 3 • Known for — painting • Alma Mater — alumni • Education — Fyodor Bruni • Style — * Academism • Realism

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. 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. He was especially noted for his draftsmanship; receiving three small silver medals (1854, 1856, 1857), two large silver medals (1856, 1857), and a small gold medal (1859); in addition to these, he was rewarded a prize for his sketch depicting the Kiss of Judas (1862). 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, he was a member of the Artel of Artists, led by Ivan Kramskoi. He formally graduated from the Imperial 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. This work aside, he mostly had his recognition as portrait painter. He died in St. Petersburg, aged thirty-four; he was interred into the Volkovo Cemetery.

• Illustration — Sophia of Lithuania at Vasily II of Moscow's Wedding, 1861, oil on canvas, 62,5 by 77,5 cm; Museum of the Russian Academy of Arts, St. Petersburg • Illustration — Johann Reimers, after photograph by Andrey Denyer, 1869, oil on canvas, 73 by 58 cm; Museum of the Academy of Arts, St. Petersburg

The authorities additionally record the headings Bogdan Bogdanovich Wenig and Johann Gottlieb Wenig. His recorded language was Russian.