Johann Gottlieb Wenig, russified as Bogdan Bogdanovich Wenig (30 July 1837 – 13 May 1872) was a

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painter in the Academical style, active in

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during

Tsar Alexander II Alexander II ( rus, Алекса́ндр II Никола́евич, Aleksándr II Nikoláyevich, p=ɐlʲɪˈksandr ftɐˈroj nʲɪkɐˈlajɪvʲɪtɕ; 29 April 181813 March 1881) was Emperor of Russia, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Finland fro ...

's reign. The younger brother to fellow painter

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, he was a second-rate master most remembered among the fourteen protestants led by

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into leaving the

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and establishing the

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in 1863.

Biography

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

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. In 1848, he and his family moved to Saint Petersburg, where his father had found employment with the Directorate of the

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. In 1851, he joined his brother

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at the

, studying historical painting with

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. 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

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(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 until 1871, he was a member of the

, led by

. 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

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During his last years, he worked as a portrait painter. The cause of his early death was apparently not recorded.

Gallery

Bogdan Wenig (?), Sophia of Lithuania at Vasily II of Moscow's Wedding, 1861, Russian Academy of Arts Museum НИМ РАХ КП-11425. Ж-3227.jpg, ''

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's Wedding'', 1861, oil on canvas, 62,5 by 77,5 cm; , St. Petersburg Bogdan Wenig, Johann Reimers, 1869, Russian Academy of Arts Museum НИМ РАХ КП-632-1. Ж-215.jpeg, , after photograph by

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, 1869, oil on canvas, 73 by 58 cm; Museum of the Academy of Arts, St. Petersburg

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