Wenig, Karl Bogdanovich (1830-1908)

For all the shortcomings that have taken place to be at the Academy of Fine Arts, academic education gave many students in her talents (and untalented it did not learn). The agreed in advance, enough coherent system of education, excellent teachers, foreign pensioner trip were those components that allow budding artists in the future to express yourself.

It was a school and Karl Bogdanovich Wenig, author of numerous paintings on historical, biblical and mythological subjects. He wrote and genre scenes, while remaining in their typical representative of academic art. Otherwise it could not be, since more than thirty years, KB Wenig was a professor of history and portrait painting academy, was in charge of it in recent years kostyumnym class.

In the seventies of the XIX century, Karl Bogdanovich Wenig took part in the decoration of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior in Moscow.

Many of the paintings are in museums and art galleries in the country. Submitted reproduction paintings - direct evidence of great talent and great skill KB Wenig.