Bogdan Wenig
Bogdan Wenig | |
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| Богдан Вениг | |
| Born | Johann Gottlieb Wenig July 30, 1837 Reval, Governorate of Estonia, Russian Empire |
| Died | May 13, 1872 (aged 34) Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire |
| Resting place | Volkovo Cemetery, St. Petersburg |
| Education | Fyodor Bruni |
| Alma mater | Imperial Academy of Arts (1864) |
| Known for | painting |
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| Spouse |
Katharina Nummelin (m. 1866) |
| Children | 3 |
| Relatives | Carl Wenig (elder brother) Peter Carl Fabergé (maternal cousin) |
Johann Gottlieb Wenig, russified as Bogdan Bogdanovich Wenig (30 July 1837 – 13 May 1872) was a Baltic German painter in the Academical style, active in Saint Petersburg during Tsar Alexander II's reign. The younger brother to fellow painter Carl Wenig, he was a second-rate master most remembered among the fourteen protestants led by Ivan Kramskoi into leaving the Imperial Academy of Arts and establishing the Artel of Artists in 1863.