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1887 Elizabethgrad, Russia - 1976 New York, New York. Known for: Cityscape (New York scenes), still live, portrait, theatrical paintings, stage set design.
The following biography is submitted by Bob Blumenthal, nephew of the artist:. John Wenger was born on June 16, 1887 in Elizabethgrad, Russia. Wenger was born an artist, and at the age of three was... Read full biography
The following biography is submitted by Bob Blumenthal, nephew of the artist:. John Wenger was born on June 16, 1887 in Elizabethgrad, Russia. Wenger was born an artist, and at the age of three was painting (playing) with brushes and paint while his father, a local artist who painted scenery for... Read full biography
The following biography is submitted by Bob Blumenthal, nephew of the artist:. John Wenger was born on June 16, 1887 in Elizabethgrad, Russia. Wenger was born an artist, and at the age of three was painting (playing) with brushes and paint while his father, a local artist who painted scenery for the traveling theater, worked on drop scenes. His mother disapproved of this and tried to keep her son from playing with these "toys." . When John Wenger was several years older, he attended Gihnazia,... Read full biography
The following biography is submitted by Bob Blumenthal, nephew of the artist:. John Wenger was born on June 16, 1887 in Elizabethgrad, Russia. Wenger was born an artist, and at the age of three was painting (playing) with brushes and paint while his father, a local artist who painted scenery for the traveling theater, worked on drop scenes. His mother disapproved of this and tried to keep her son from playing with these "toys." . When John Wenger was several years older, he attended Gihnazia, which is equivalent to high school but on a college level. Throughout his education Wenger excelled in visual arts. The staff at the Gihnazia school encouraged him to apply to the Imperial Art Academy of Odessa for a scholarship. At the age of... Read full biography
The following biography is submitted by Bob Blumenthal, nephew of the artist:. John Wenger was born on June 16, 1887 in Elizabethgrad, Russia. Wenger was born an artist, and at the age of three was painting (playing) with brushes and paint while his father, a local artist who painted scenery for the traveling theater, worked on drop scenes. His mother disapproved of this and tried to keep her son from playing with these "toys." . When John Wenger was several years older, he attended Gihnazia, which is equivalent to high school but on a college level. Throughout his education Wenger excelled in visual arts. The staff at the Gihnazia school encouraged him to apply to the Imperial Art Academy of Odessa for a scholarship. At the age of thirteen, John Wenger became a student at the academy. For Wenger, this was his first time away from home and he found it to be difficult for seve... Read full biography
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Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005Davenport, Ray2,421 pagesWho Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)3,724 pagesThe Salons of America
1991
(Exhibition catalog)Marlor, Clark S242 pagesAnnual Exhibition Record, National Academy of Design: 1901-1950
1990
(Exhibition catalog)Falk, Peter Hastings622 pagesThe Annual Exhibition Record of the Art Institute of Chicago
1990
(Exhibition catalog)Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)1,117 pagesAnnual Exhibition Record, 1914-68, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
1989
(Exhibition catalog)Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)538 pagesMantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers
1986Opitz, Glenn B (editor)1,081 pagesWho Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947
1985Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)707 pagesAmerican Watercolors, Pastels, Collages The Brooklyn Museum
1984Faunce, Sarah; Linda S. Ferber (Curators)88 pages (color)The Society of Independent Artists Exhibition Record 1917-1944
1984
(Exhibition catalog)Marlor, Clark S600 pagesDictionary of American Artists
1982Opitz, Glenn372 pagesLight & Color Images from New Mexico
1981Museum of Fine Arts94 pages (color)New in the Seventies (Archer Huntington Gallery Exhibition)
1977
(Exhibition catalog)Seabolt, Fred/Donald Goodall60 pages (color)One Hundred Contemporary American Jewish Painters and Sculptors
1947Lozowick, Louis207 pagesMallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index
1935Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge1,130 pagesJohn Wenger
1925De Fornado, Carlo0 pages (color)