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1833 Bedford, Pennsylvania - 1917 Salt Lake City, Utah. Known for: Religio-story, landscape and portrait painting.
Born in Bedford, Pennsylvania, George Ottinger became one of Utah's early painters, having moved there by wagon train in 1861 to accompany his mother, who had become a member of the Church of the... Read full biography
Born in Bedford, Pennsylvania, George Ottinger became one of Utah's early painters, having moved there by wagon train in 1861 to accompany his mother, who had become a member of the Church of the Latter Day Saints. Ottinger's subjects were western genre, landscapes, history and portraits, and some... Read full biography
Born in Bedford, Pennsylvania, George Ottinger became one of Utah's early painters, having moved there by wagon train in 1861 to accompany his mother, who had become a member of the Church of the Latter Day Saints. Ottinger's subjects were western genre, landscapes, history and portraits, and some of his works reflected his travels to Europe and to Mexico where he did historical scenes of the Aztecs. George Ottinger was raised as a Quaker and spent most of his childhood in New York City. At age... Read full biography
Born in Bedford, Pennsylvania, George Ottinger became one of Utah's early painters, having moved there by wagon train in 1861 to accompany his mother, who had become a member of the Church of the Latter Day Saints. Ottinger's subjects were western genre, landscapes, history and portraits, and some of his works reflected his travels to Europe and to Mexico where he did historical scenes of the Aztecs. George Ottinger was raised as a Quaker and spent most of his childhood in New York City. At age 17, he ran away and became a sailor on a whaling ship and also mined for gold in California. At age 20, he returned to California, where he took art lessons from Robert Weir, and then at age 25, went briefly to Kentucky, where he had a job tinting... Read full biography
Born in Bedford, Pennsylvania, George Ottinger became one of Utah's early painters, having moved there by wagon train in 1861 to accompany his mother, who had become a member of the Church of the Latter Day Saints. Ottinger's subjects were western genre, landscapes, history and portraits, and some of his works reflected his travels to Europe and to Mexico where he did historical scenes of the Aztecs. George Ottinger was raised as a Quaker and spent most of his childhood in New York City. At age 17, he ran away and became a sailor on a whaling ship and also mined for gold in California. At age 20, he returned to California, where he took art lessons from Robert Weir, and then at age 25, went briefly to Kentucky, where he had a job tinting photographs. In Salt Lake City, in addition to his painting of Western genre, landscapes, and portraits, he was a partner in the photogra... Read full biography
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Keywords (31)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Illustration, Illustrator
- •Miniature Art
- •Miniature, Small Scale Painting
- •Photography as Fine Art
Art Media
- •Ink
- •Oil Paint
- •Watercolor/Watercolour
Art Style
- •Hudson River School
- •Realist, Representational, Naturalist Style
Art Subject
- •Allegory, Metaphor, Parable
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •History: Historical Figures, Sites, Buildings, Events
- •Indians, Native Americans
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Portraits, Portraiture
- •Religion, Mysticism, Spirituality
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •California Before 1940
- •Colorado Before 1900
- •Colorado Rocky Mountains
- •Mexico and/or Central America
- •Northern California Before 1900
- •Rocky Mountain School of Painting
- •Zion National Park
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 19th Century, After Civil War
Art Collection
- •Alice Art Collection, Utah
Added Description
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
- •Miniature Specialty
Exhibition/Expo: Regional/National/International
- •Centennial Exposition 1876, Philadelphia