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George E. Ohr

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Profession
Painter
Died
Apr 17, 1918
Zodiac
Cancer
Born in
Biloxi MS
About
Southern artist whose experimental approach to manipulating clay earned him the nickname, the "Mad Potter of Biloxi." Considered by some to be the father of the American Abstract-Expressionism movement.
Family
His parents were German immigrants who settled in Biloxi. He married Josephine Gehring in 1886 with whom he fathered 10 children; only five managed to reach adulthood.

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