Bogdan Wenig

Bogdan Wenig
Богдан Вениг
Ivan Kramskoi, Bogdan Wenig, April 1861, pencil and sauce on paper, Russian Museum, Saint Petersburg
Born
Johann Gottlieb Wenig

July 30, 1837
Reval, Governorate of Estonia, Russian Empire
DiedMay 13, 1872
Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire
Resting placeVolkovo Cemetery, St. Petersburg
EducationFyodor Bruni
Alma materImperial Academy of Arts (1863)
Known forpainting
Style
Spouse
Katharina Nummelin
(m. 1866)
Children3

Johann Gottlieb Wenig,[1] commonly russified as Bogdan Bogdanovich Wenig (Russian: Богдан Богданович Вениг; 30 July 1837 – 13 May 1872[2]) was a Russian Baltic German painter of historical and religious scenes.

  1. ^ EAD, cited in Popova-Yatskevich 2015, p. 360 n. 2, records him as Johann Gottlieb Fried[rich] Wenig. Neumann 1908, p. 168, uses the name Johann Gottfried Wenig, and so do Vollmer 1942, p. 376 and Gudymenko 2022, p. 477.
  2. ^ EAD; Popova-Yatskevich 2015, p. 360 n. 2.