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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