William Wendt
William Wendt (1865-1946) was an American landscape painter. He was called the "Dean of Southern California landscape painters."
Wendt was a founding member of the California Art Club, along with his wife Julia Bracken Wendt, and served as its president for six years.
Wendt built his studio in Laguna Beach, California. A Laguna street, Wendt Terrace, bears his name.
Awards
- Sole winner of an award at the first Chicago and vicinity annual exhibition, Chicago Art Institute, 1897[1]
- Bronze Medal, Buffalo Exposition, 1901
- Kirchberger Prize, Chicago Art Institute, 1913
- Silver Medal, San Francisco Exposition, 1915
- Black Prize, California Art Club,1916
- Ranger Purchase Prize, National Academy of Design,1926
Galleries and Public Collections
- Bowers Museum, Santa Ana, California
- Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois
- Laguna Art Museum
- Irvine Museum, Irvine, California
- Pasadena Art Museum, California
- Richmond Art Museum, Indiana
- William A. Karges Fine Art
References
- ^ A Golden Anniversary for Chicago Art. Katharine Kuh. Bulletin of the Art Institute of Chicago Vol. 40, No. 4, Part I (Apr. - May, 1946), pp. 40-46; p. 41. Published by: The Art Institute of Chicago. Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/4112312
Sources
- Hughes, E. Milton; Artists in California, 1786-1940, 1989
- South, Will (November 28, 2008). "William Wendt: Plein Air Painter of California". Laguna Art Museum:In Nature's Temple: The Life and Art of William Wendt. Resource Library.
- Walker, John Alan; Documents on the Life & Art of William Wendt, 1992.
- Westphal, Ruth Lily; Plein Air Painters of the Southland, 1996
External links
Archival collections
- Guide to the William Wendt Letters to Guy and Lucia Edwards. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California.
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