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Artist:John Wenger
Size:Medium (up to 36in.)
Signed:Yes
Date of Creation:1900-1949
Material:Watercolor
Item Length:NA
Region of Origin:New York City
Framing:Matted & Framed
Subject:Ballet Dancers
Type:Painting
Listed By:Dealer or Reseller
Year of Production:1930
Original/Licensed Reproduction:Original
Item Height:NA
Style:Expressionism
Painting Surface:Paper
Features:Signed,Matted,Framed
Production Technique:Watercolor Painting
Country/Region of Manufacture:United States
Item Width:NA
Time Period Produced:1925-1949
For sale is an original watercolor painting by well known Russian American artist John Wenger (1887 – 1976) Well known for designing set designs for numerous leading opera’s, plays, dance theaters and ballet shows, Wenger became a noted artist and showed extensively in the US and around the world. This painting is a superb rendering of a behind the scenes look at a ballet performance. The ballerinas appear set to begin on cue as the conductor is leading the orchestra up front. They appear to be in an Art Deco styled theater which perhaps can be identified. Most likely in New York City. Just a superb example of Wenger’s work. Probably one of his better watercolors that we’ve ever seen. The artist had signed this painting in the lower right corner. Probably circa 1930’s in age. Measurements Framed – 18 1/8” x 23 3/8” Sight – 14 1/2” x 19 3/4” 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 several months. When he came to America in 1903, John earned his living by designing ladies' costumes and jewelry at his uncle's store in Newark, New Jersey. He then resumed his art studies at Cooper Union and The National Academy of Design. While in New York, Wenger found an interest in how music and theater connected to art. He rebelled against the heavy sets and hard lines of stage scenery of the time. One day he noticed light upon a mosquito netting on a baby carriage. As the light shifted across the gauze the baby became visible. He took this idea and developed skrim, a gauze-like drop used in theatrical stage design, a device for which Wenger became famous. John Wenger's first one man show was at the “Folsom Galleries” on 57th St., NY, in 1916. After this show, Wenger received wonderful reviews. A gentleman walked into the gallery on the last day of the show. This gentleman, Frank Conroy, was known as an actor of great fame at the time and had the ability to get Wenger an important job. He left his card with the director of the gallery to give to John Wenger. Wenger didn't pay any attention to the card until a friend came across it and had him call to make an appointment. Frank Conroy was building the Greenwich Village Theater and would open it with an original play, “Ile.” Conroy asked Wenger to design a setting for the play and John Wenger agreed. On the opening night of the play, when the curtains rose, a great applause came from the audience for the magnificent setting. After the performance was over, Eugene O'Neill, the writer of the play, embraced Wenger and said, “Young man, the whole world will know about you.” His vast understanding of color and lighting led him to designing stage settings for the Metropolitan Opera Company, the Boston Opera Company, the Greenwich Village Theater, and the Capitol, Rivoli, Rialto, and Roxy Theaters. He also did settings for the Zigfeld Follies, for many of the Metropolitan Opera productions and for numerous ballets and plays. Among his most famous designs were his sets for Gershwin's “Funny Face” at the Alvin Theater in 1927 and “Rhapsody in Blue.” He also designed the background for the 1929 movie “Paramount on Parade,” in which Maurice Chevalier appeared. His work has been exhibited internationally over the years, with his paintings represented in numerous art collections, both public and private, throughout the world. In the late 1960's the small Trucial State of Sharjah honored Wenger in the company of 6 other great American artists such as Grant Wood, James Whistler, and Frederic Remington, by issuing a postage stamp featuring one of his paintings. Some of his works are in the permanent collections of the Museum of the City of New York, the Metropolitan Museum, the Brooklyn Museum, The Museum of Modern Art, and the Smithsonian Institute. Other works can be found in Israel at Temple Emeth, Ain Harod Museum, Sholem Aschy Museum, Safad Museum, Mishkah Leomanuth Museum, Clicentein Museum, and the Museum of Tel Aviv. All of John Wenger's artwork had its own unique style. He was able to provide a profound spirituality and a sense of enchantment through his works. John Wenger's art came to an end when he died in 1976 at the age of 89, “Leaving a wealth of loveliness in a magnificent collection of his paintings”. Wenger was a loving man to his family, friends, and his work. His inspiration of art has been passed from generation to generation throughout his family. If he were still alive, many say, “he would continue to make masterpieces for those to come”.
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