William Wendt was born in 1865, in Bentzen, Kingdom of Prussia (now Germany.)
He died in 1946, in Laguna Beach, California.
He is listed in Edan Milton Hughes’ art reference book titled Artists in California, 1786-1940.
William Wendt immigrated to the United States in 1880, and initially settled in Chicago where he worked as an artist.
He later moved to Southern California. In 1911, William Wendt became the first president of the California Art Club. His professional memberships also included; the American Federation of Arts; Chicago Society of Artists; Laguna Beach Art Association; National Academy; and the National Arts Club of New York.
The art of William Wendt is or has been exhibited in museums, galleries and salons including but not necessarily limited to the following:
American Legacy Fine Arts, Burbank, CA
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Bowers Museum, Santa Ana, CA
Brauer Museum of Art, Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN
Brigham Young University Museum of Art, Provo, UT
Chicago Society of Artists, Chicago, IL
Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH
Clarke Galleries, Stowe, VT
Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX
Fine Art Gallery, Carmel, CA
Fine Early California & American Paintings, Palm Desert, CA
Fleischer Museum, Scottsdale, AZ
Fresno Art Museum, Fresno, CA
George Stern Fine Art, Carmel, CA
Golden Gate International Exposition, San Francisco, CA
Heather James Fine Art, Palm Desert, CA
Herron Art Institute, Indianapolis, IN
Hollis Taggart Galleries, New York City, NY
Irvine Museum, Irvine, CA
Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA
Lawrence Beebe Fine Art, Palm Desert, CA
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis, MO
Medicine Man Gallery, Tucson, AZ
Monterey Museum of Art, Monterey, CA
Museum of Art, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT
National Academy of Design, New York City, NY
Newfields Museum, Indianapolis, IN
Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena, CA
Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA
Pan-American Exposition, Buffalo, NY
Paris Salon, Paris, France
Pasadena Art Museum, Pasadena, CA
R. H. Love Galleries, Chicago, IL
Redfern Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
Richmond Art Museum, Richmond, IN
San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, CA
San Francisco Exposition, San Francisco, Ca
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC
Spanierman Gallery, New York City, NY
Springville Museum of Art, Springville, UT
Saint Louis Museum of Fine Arts, Saint Louis, MO
Stendahl Galleries, Los Angeles, CA
Steven Stern’s California Paintings, Beverly Hills, CA
William A. Karges Fine Art, Carmel, CA
Zaplin-Lampert Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
