Albert Wenk

Albert Wenk (born February 22, 1863 in Bühl , † 1934 in Munich ) was a German painter and marine painter of the 19th and 20th centuries.

life and work

Wenk studied with the landscape painter Josef Adrian van Luppen (1834-1891) at the Artesis Hogeschool Antwerp and then at the Art Academy in Düsseldorf and with Gustav Schönleber at the State Academy of Fine Arts in Karlsruhe . From 1890 to 1892 he traveled through France, Great Britain and Italy. He settled in Munich and from 1893 regularly sent his paintings to the Munich Glass Palace exhibitions.

Wenk's oeuvre mainly includes motifs from the Mediterranean ; especially from the islands of Capri and Sicily . He also painted marine motifs from Lake Constance , the Rhine and the island of Jersey . Wenk was one of the most important German marine painters of his time. He was a member of the Munich Artists' Cooperative and from 1899 to 1910 managing director of the art exhibitions in the Glaspalast.

Picture gallery
On the way to the Faraglioni (Capri, 1917)
Lake Constance (around 1920)
Surf on the rocky coast (1934 at the latest)
On the coast of Capri, in front of the Blue Grotto (1934 at the latest)
Rocky coastline near Nervi (1934 at the latest)
Italian coast
Faraglioni Rocks Capri
Jersey Harbor
Coast near Capri (until 1934, oil)

literature

Wenk, Albert . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 35 : Libra-Wilhelmson . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1942, p. 377 .
Albert Wenk. In: Dreßler's art manual , 1930 / II.
Albert Wenk. In: Emporium. 35, 1912, pp. 305-313.
Albert Wenk. In: The art. 72 (1934/1935), supplement to issue 4 p. 9.
Albert Wenk. In: The Westmark. 5 (1937-1938), pp. 265-268.
Marco Müller, Michael Brunner (ed.): Albert Wenk (1863-1934) - painter of seas and seas. Michael Imhof Verlag, 2015, ISBN 978-3-7319-0241-6 .

Web links

Commons : Albert Wenk - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Albert Wenk , data sheet in the portal rkd.nl ( Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie )
Albert Wenk (German, 1863–1934). artnet.de

Individual evidence

^ Museum Kunstpalast : Artists of the Düsseldorf School of Painting (selection, as of November 2016, kunstpalast.de PDF).
↑ Wenk, Albert . In: Hans Wolfgang Singer (Ed.): General Artist Lexicon. Life and works of the most famous visual artists . Prepared by Hermann Alexander Müller . 5th unchanged edition. tape 5 : Vialle-Zyrlein. Supplements and corrections . Literary Institute, Rütten & Loening, Frankfurt a. M. 1921, p. 283 ( Text Archive - Internet Archive - Supplements).

personal data
SURNAME	Wenk, Albert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German painter and marine painter
DATE OF BIRTH	February 22, 1863
PLACE OF BIRTH	Buhl
DATE OF DEATH	1934
Place of death	Munich

[1] Museum Kunstpalast : Artists of the Düsseldorf School of Painting (selection, as of November 2016, kunstpalast.de PDF).

[2] Wenk, Albert . In: Hans Wolfgang Singer (Ed.): General Artist Lexicon. Life and works of the most famous visual artists . Prepared by Hermann Alexander Müller . 5th unchanged edition. tape 5 : Vialle-Zyrlein. Supplements and corrections . Literary Institute, Rütten & Loening, Frankfurt a. M. 1921, p. 283 ( Text Archive - Internet Archive - Supplements).