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John Mohrmann BIOGRAPHY
1857 Estebruegge, Germany - 1916 Alberta, Canada. Known for: Ship portrait, landscape, seascape.
The following, submitted January 2005, is from Leah Joys of Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada. She is the granddaughter of the artist. She writes: "I have been working over ten years on adding to the... Read full biography
The following, submitted January 2005, is from Leah Joys of Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada. She is the granddaughter of the artist. She writes: "I have been working over ten years on adding to the list of my grandfather's paintings (mainly ship portraits of course), and I have a list of... Read full biography
The following, submitted January 2005, is from Leah Joys of Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada. She is the granddaughter of the artist. She writes: "I have been working over ten years on adding to the list of my grandfather's paintings (mainly ship portraits of course), and I have a list of approximately 350 paintings (in museums, private collections, and family owned). Most of his paintings are to be found in Europe (Belgium, Germany, England, the Scandinavian countries, and a few in the U.S. I... Read full biography
The following, submitted January 2005, is from Leah Joys of Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada. She is the granddaughter of the artist. She writes: "I have been working over ten years on adding to the list of my grandfather's paintings (mainly ship portraits of course), and I have a list of approximately 350 paintings (in museums, private collections, and family owned). Most of his paintings are to be found in Europe (Belgium, Germany, England, the Scandinavian countries, and a few in the U.S. I have also attached the self-portrait of my grandfather, which he painted in 1884 in Antwerp, sent to Fray Bentos, Uruguay, to his prospective in-laws. After World War I, it was sent to my grandmother as a remembrance of her husband. My grandfather was... Read full biography
The following, submitted January 2005, is from Leah Joys of Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada. She is the granddaughter of the artist. She writes: "I have been working over ten years on adding to the list of my grandfather's paintings (mainly ship portraits of course), and I have a list of approximately 350 paintings (in museums, private collections, and family owned). Most of his paintings are to be found in Europe (Belgium, Germany, England, the Scandinavian countries, and a few in the U.S. I have also attached the self-portrait of my grandfather, which he painted in 1884 in Antwerp, sent to Fray Bentos, Uruguay, to his prospective in-laws. After World War I, it was sent to my grandmother as a remembrance of her husband. My grandfather was born in Estebruegge, Germany, a small place close to Hamburg. His name was originally Johann Hinrich Mohrmann, as was the name of his father... Read full biography
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The following, submitted January 2005, is from Leah Joys of Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada. She is the granddaughter of the artist. She writes: "I have been working over ten years on adding to the list of my grandfather's paintings (mainly ship portraits of course), and I have a list of approximately 350 paintings (in museums, private collections, and family owned). Most of his paintings are to be found in Europe (Belgium, Germany, England, the Scandinavian countries, and a few in the U.S. I have also attached the self-portrait of my grandfather, which he painted in 1884 in Antwerp, sent to Fray Bentos, Uruguay, to his prospective in-laws. After World War I, it was sent to my grandmother as a remembrance of her husband.
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