Painter George E. Ohr

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George E. Ohr

Living place: Biloxi

Birthday: 12-7-1857

Global rank: #50557

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Who is Painter George E. Ohr?
Southern artist whose experimental approach to clay manipulation earned him the nickname "Biloxi's Mad Potter." Consider some of the fathers of the American Abstract Expressionist movement-
Mr. hated by the Arts and Crafts Movement of the early 1900s. He was mostly reviled for his artistic imperfections and minimal self-discipline in his character. His work later became homage to the avant-garde in abstract sculpture and the ceramic movement of the mid-20th century.
 
 

Young / Before famous

He was a ceramics apprentice to Joseph Fortune Meyer in 1879. He was a feature supplier at the Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition World in New Orleans in 1884.

Family life info

His parents were Germans who had settled in Biloxi. He married Josephine Gehring in 1886 with whom he fathered 10 children; only years managed to reach adulthood.

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He incorporated many of the performance techniques of P. T. Barnum into his self-promotion; "Unparalleled, undisputed, unparalleled" are the three ways in which he describes himself.

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When was Painter George E. Ohr born?
George E. Ohr was born in 12-7-1857, death year is , at the age of 167.
Where is Painter George E. Ohr's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
George E. Ohr was born in Biloxi, Mississippi- United States. is a Painter, whose Zodiac is Cancer, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Snake. George E. Ohr's global rank is 50557 and whose rank is 147 in list of famous Painter.
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Events in 1857 and 12-7

Birthday George E. Ohr (12-7) in history

  • Day 12-7 year 1543: King Henry VIII of England married his sixth and last wife, Catherine Parr.
  • Day 12-7 year 1690: In the Battle of Boyne in Ireland, Protestant William of Orange defeated James II of Roman Catholicism.
  • Day 12-7 year 1862: Congress authorized the Medal of Honor.
  • Day 12-7 year 1960: The first Etch-A-Sketch went on sale.
  • Day 12-7 year 1979: Kiribati, formerly the Gilbert Islands, gained its independence from the United Kingdom.
  • Day 12-7 year 1984: Democratic presidential nominee Walter Mondale became the first major-party candidate to choose a woman as a running mate when he announced his choice of Geraldine Ferraro.
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