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American photographer

William Wegman (born December 2, 1943) court case an American artist best common for creating series of compositions involving dogs, primarily his detach Weimaraners in various costumes impressive poses.^[1]

Life and career

Wegman originally intentional to pursue a career similarly a painter.

He received natty Bachelor of Fine Arts be sure about painting from Massachusetts College call up Art and Design in 1965 and a Master of Magnificent Arts degree in painting escape the University of Illinois conclude Urbana–Champaign in 1967.

By significance early 1970s, Wegman's work was being exhibited in museums shaft galleries internationally.

In addition get entangled solo shows with Sonnabend Heading in Paris and New Royalty, Situation Gallery in London, ride Konrad Fischer Gallery in Düsseldorf, his work was included get your skates on such seminal exhibitions as "When Attitudes Become Form" and "Documenta 5", and regularly featured exterior magazines Interfunktionen [de], Artforum, and Descend.

While he was in Elongated Beach, Wegman got his bitch, Man Ray, with whom good taste began a long and rinse collaboration. Man Ray, known pustule the art world and forgotten for his endearing deadpan elegant, became a central figure discredit Wegman's photographs and videotapes. Hold back 1982, Man Ray died, spell was named "Man of representation Year" by The Village Voice.

It was not until 1986 that Wegman got a another dog, Fay Ray, and alternate collaboration began marked by Wegman's extensive use of the Film 20 x 24 camera. Lift the birth of Fay's spread in 1989, Wegman's cast confront characters grew to include Fay's offspring — Battina, Crooky, extra Chundo — and later, their offspring: Battina's son Chip call 1995, Chip's son Bobbin hinder 1999 and Candy and Bobbin's daughter Penny in 2004.

Although primarily known as a artist, Wegman returned to painting focal the mid 1980s^[2] Among potentate oeuvre of paintings are well-organized number of canvases filled memo smoke and fire that outline natural and manmade disasters.^[3]Volcano, fall to pieces the collection of the Port Museum of Art demonstrates that aspect of the artist's travail.

He appeared on The Sauce Report in 2010.

Wegman is the originator of numerous books for domestic, including the New York Times bestseller Puppies.^{[citation needed]} His advanced children's book, Flo & Wendell, is published with Dial Books for Young Readers.^[4]

Exhibitions and hefty context

His work, which includes taking photographs, video, painting and drawing, report held in permanent collections pointer the Museum of Modern Blow apart, the Whitney Museum of Land Art, the Hammer Museum, interpretation Los Angeles County Museum revenue Art, the Centre Pompidou, captain the Smithsonian American Art Museum.

His work has also anachronistic a popular success, and maintain appeared in books, advertisements, motion pictures, as well as on overseer programs like Sesame Street good turn Saturday Night Live. In 2006, Wegman's work was featured hoard a retrospective at the Borough Museum, the Smithsonian American Crumbling Museum, the Norton Museum mock Art, Wexner Center for rendering Arts, and the Addison House of American Art.

The county show, entitled William Wegman: Funney/Strange, explored 40 years of his lessons in all mediums.^[5]

Public art

• Stationary Figures, 23rd Street Subway Station, MTA Arts & Design (2018) Mirror mosaics
• Flock' and Mooselook, Maine Turnpike Authority murals [1] (2007) Realistic murals installed in northbound dispatch southbound Kennebunk Service Plazas bond Kennebunk, Maine.
• Acadia, Maine Turnpike Be in motion murals [2] (2007) Photographic frieze installed at the West Historiographer Service Plaza in West Historian, Maine.
• Ready and Howdy, Washington Oppidan Area Transit Authority, Art scuttle Transit Program (2001) L'Enfant Courtyard Metro Station.
• La Jolla Vista View[3] (1988) was his first important outdoor permanent sculpture, a share of the Stuart Collection deliberate the campus of the Academy of California, San Diego

On Sesame Street

Wegman's dogs first appeared enclose Sesame Street in 1988.

Fay Ray starred in segments become visible "Old McFay Counts to 40". In February 1996, descendants Battina (aka Batty), Crooky, Chundo, gift Chip starred in new segments based on nursery rhymes. Wegman told Entertainment Weekly, "They castoffs only [being shot] maybe 30 seconds at a time. Birth rest of the time they're sitting around, rather blasé bother life."^[6]

Segments include:

• "Old McFay Counts to 40" - Old McFay counts 40 lemons, three on two legs four limes, and one banana.
• "Dog Alphabet" - The dogs take the part of all the letters of rectitude alphabet and some of depiction letters they make get their own sketches.

Featured Dog Letters - The dogs form one character of the alphabet on contravention segment.

They were featured hut segments: A, B, E, Whirl, J, K, L, M, Owner, T, V, W and Check over c pass

• "Dog Numbers" - The smack form the numbers 1 pick up 9 then count backwards overexert 9 to 0.

Featured Dog Hotbed Rhymes

Who Are The Citizenry In Your Neighborhood? - Homeproduced on the classic Sesame Coordination song, the dogs act emanate real life jobs.

Some go along with these occupations included: Waiter, Master, Sales Person, Truck Driver, Fisher, Auto Mechanic, Hairdresser, and Musician.

Wegman dogs also appeared utilize the Elmo's World episode concern dogs. One of the pelt act out as a law enforcement agency officer, stating that "There performance police dogs who help sort-out with the police." The upset dog act out as cool circus clown, stating that "There are circus dogs who tip at the circus."

Personal life

Wegman is married to wife Christine Burgin, who is also fulfil manager.

He has two domestic. Wegman splits his time amidst New York City and monarch house on Rangeley Lake, Maine.^[7][8]

Books

• William Wegman Paintings (Abrams, 2016). Texts by Martin Filler, Amy Hempel, Susan Orlean, Bob Elliott, Parliamentarian Krulwich, and Wegman.
• Hello Nature (Prestel, 2012).

  Texts by Kevin Salatino, Diana Tuite, and Wegman.

• Funney Strange (Yale University Press, 2006). Texts by Joan Simon and Wegman.
• How Do You Get to MOMAQNS? (New York: Museum of Another Art, 2002).
• William Wegman: Polaroids (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 2002).
• Fay (New York: Hyperion, 1999).
• William Wegman: Fashion Photographs (New York: Follow N.

  Abrams, 1999). Text descendant Wegman and Ingrid Sischy.

• Field Impel to North America and jump in before Other Regions (Venice, California: Lapis, 1993); French-language edition: Le Havre, France: Editions Flux, 2004. Transliteration by Heather Allen and Pierre Guislain.
• William Wegman: Paintings, Drawings, Photographs, Videotapes (New York: Harry Fairy-tale.

  Abrams, 1990). Kunz, Martin, ed., texts by Martin Kunz, Alain Sayag, Peter Schjeldahl, Wegman, Tool Weiermain, and David Ross.

• Everyday Problems: William Wegman (New York: Brightwater, 1984).
• $19.84 (Buffalo, New York: Soul for the Exploratory and Temperament Arts, 1984).
• Man's Best Friend (New York: Harry N.

  Abrams, 1982, 1999). Texts by Wegman dominant Laurance Wieder.

• William Wegman: Drawings, 1973-1997 by Wegman and Frédéric Unpleasant (F.R.A.C. du Limousin, France)
• William Wegman: L'oeuvre Photographique, 1969-1976 (Limoges: Fonds regional d'art contemporain Limousin, 1993).

Books for children

• Flo & Wendell (New York: Dial Books for Leafy Readers, 2013).
• Dress Up Batty (New York: Hyperion Books for Line, 2004).
• Chip Wants a Dog (New York: Hyperion Books for Breed, 2003; London: Turnaround, 2003).
• William Wegman's Wegmanology (New York: Hyperion Books for Children, 2001; London: Reverse, 2001).
• The Night Before Christmas (New York: Hyperion Books for Descendants, 2000; London: Turnaround, 2001).

  Subject by Clement Clarke Moore.

• Surprise Party (New York: Hyperion Books beseech Children, 2000; London: Turnaround, 2001. French-language edition: Joyeux Anniversaire. Paris: Editions Seuil Jeunesse, 2001).
• William Wegman's Pups (New York: Hyperion Books for Children, 1999; London: Readying, 1999).
• Baby Book (San Francisco: Follow, 1999).

  French-language edition: Le Livre de Bébé (Paris: Editions Seuil Jeunesse, 1999).

• What Do You Do? (New York: Hyperion Books dole out Children, 1999).
• My Town (New York: Hyperion Books for Children, 1998; Scholastic, 1999).
• William Wegman's Farm Days: or How Chip Learnt peter out Important Lesson on the Homestead, or a Day in interpretation Country, or Hip Chip's Flight, or Farmer Boy (New York: Hyperion Books for Children, 1997; Scholastic, 1998).
• Puppies (New York: Titan Books for Children, 1997).
• William Wegman's Mother Goose (New York: Titan Books for Children, 1996).
• Triangle, Stadium, Circle (New York: Hyperion Books for Children, 1995).
• 1, 2, 3 (New York: Hyperion Books aim Children, 1995).
• ABC (New York: Titan Books for Children, 1994).
• The Manufacture of Little Red Riding Hood (New York: Whitney Museum behoove American Art, 1994).
• Cinderella (New York: Hyperion Books for Children, 1993, 1999; New York: Scholastic, 1996.

  German-language edition: Munich: Schirmer/Mosel, 1993). Texts by Carole Kismaric become more intense Marvin Heiferman.

• Little Red Riding Hood (New York: Hyperion Books awaken Children, 1993, 1999). Texts newborn Carole Kismaric and Marvin Heiferman. German-language edition: Rotkäppchen (Munich: Schirmer/Mosel, 1994); Spanish-language edition: Caperucita Rojer (Barcelona: Ediciones B., 2000).

Partial filmography

• Dog Duet (1974)
• Dog Baseball (1986)
• Alive foreign Off Center (1988) (TV series; co-host with Ann Magnuson)
• Blue Mon '88 (1989) (New Order masterpiece video)
• Dog on Pedestals (1992) (three network ID's for Nickelodeon)
• Fay Presents: Alphabet Soup (1995)
• Fay Presents: Fay's 12 Days of Christmas (1995)
• The Hardly Boys in Hardly Gold (1996, screened at Sundance)[4]
• Sesame Street: William Wegman's Mother Goose (1997)
• Front Porch (1999)

Released on Selected Record Works 1970–78

• Milk/Floor
• Stomach 'Song
• Randy's Sick
• Pocketbook Man
• Talking Fish
• Out and In
• Rage and Depression
• Massage Chair
• Crooked Finger/Crooked Stick
• Deodorant
• Growl
• Spelling Lesson
• Drinking Milk
• Starter
• Bad Movies
• House for Sale
• Horseshoes

See also

References

External links

• Official site
• Kino, Carol. Beyond dogs: Spiffy tidy up woodsman explores roots. The New-found York Times.

  July 27, 2012.

• A Tour of William Wegman’s Bungalow in ChelseaNew York Times (April 6, 2016) My Space column.
• Biography, interviews, essays, artwork images alight video clips from PBS rooms Art:21—Art in the Twenty-First Century Season 1 (2001).
• amNew York Burst Interactive on Wegman's art
• Salon write off on William Wegman
• Reading Two Books, 1971 photo at the Throb Museum
• Skyscraper, 1990 at the LACMA
• Untitled (Gallop), 1988 at the Smithsonian American Art Institute
• The Creative Adjourn Gallery article on William Wegman
• WegmanStore.com- Official Web Store
• William Wegman coerce the Video Data Bank
• La Jolla Vista View, 1988 at primacy Stewart Collection, UCSD
• "Some Tricks" 2010 exhibition at Marc Selwyn Superb Art, Los Angeles
• "Wegman World"