Achievements: Wegman has created film and video works for Saturday Night Live and Nickelodeon and his video segments for Sesame Street have appeared regularly since 1989. In 1995, Wegman’s film The Hardly Boys was screened at the Sundance Film Festival. Wegman has been commissioned to create images for a wide range of projects including a fashion campaign for Acne, banners for the Metropolitan Opera and covers for numerous publications including The New Yorker and, most recently, Wallpaper. Wegman has appeared on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson and with Jay Leno, The David Letterman Show and The Colbert Report. His works are held in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, The Museum of Modern Art in New York, and the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., among others. | About the Artist: He received a B.F.A. in painting from the Massachusetts College of Art, Boston in 1965 and an M.F.A. in painting from the University of Illinois, Champagne-Urbana in 1967. From 1968 to 1970 he taught at the University of Wisconsin. About the Artwork: Wegman is best known for his portraits of his Weimaraner dogs. He thinks Weimaraners have a neutral quality that enables them to better inhabit characters more than other dog breeds. Weimaraners have very human-like expressions, which Wegman capitalizes on in his work. By dressing them up in different costumes and amusing poses, Wegman displays a humorous side to their (usually) straight-faced expressions. |
Sources:
https://williamwegman.com
http://www.artnet.com/artists/william-wegman/
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2019/oct/05/william-wegman-weimaraners-are-serious-try-hard-spooky-shadowy
Weimaraners have very human-like expressions, which Wegman capitalizes on in his work.
https://williamwegman.com
http://www.artnet.com/artists/william-wegman/
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2019/oct/05/william-wegman-weimaraners-are-serious-try-hard-spooky-shadowy
Weimaraners have very human-like expressions, which Wegman capitalizes on in his work.