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George Edgar Ohr Biography
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1879 |
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Apprenticed to potter Joseph Fortune Meyer, New Orleans, LA
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1882 |
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Established Pottery Studio in Biloxi, MS
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1888 - 1890 |
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Founder, “New Orleans Art Pottery Club” with Joseph Fortune Meyer, New Orleans, LA
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1890 |
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Established “Biloxi Art and Novelty Pottery”, Biloxi, MS
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1894 |
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Fire destroyed over 10,000 pieces and the "Biloxi Art and Novelty Pottery" building, Biloxi, MS
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1890 - 1896 |
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Involved with the art department of Newcomb College (now Tulane University), New Orleans, LA
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1904 |
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Silver Medal, St. Louis World's Fair, St. Louis, MO
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1910 |
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Biloxi pottery studio closed
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1994 |
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George E. Ohr Art and Cultural Center (now the Ohr-O'Keefe Museum of Art) opened, Biloxi, MS
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2005 |
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Frank Gehry commissioned to design the museum’s new building, Biloxi, MS
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2006 |
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Museum building destroyed by hurricane Katrina; collection unharmed
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2008 |
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Rebuilding of the museum began
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Selected Museum and Public Collections
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Ohr-O’Keefe Museum of Art, Biloxi, MS
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art, Winter Park, FL
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2008
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American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, CA (solo exhibition) Travels to:
San Angelo Museum of Art, San Angelo, TX; Schein-Joseph International Museum of Ceramic Art, Alfred University, Alfred, NY; Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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1994
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Kurland-Zabar Gallery, New York, NY (solo exhibition)
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1989
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American Craft Museum, New York, NY (solo exhibition) traveled to:
Renwick Gallery of the National Museum of American Art, Washington DC
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1983
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Garth Clark Gallery, New York, NY (solo exhibition)
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1884
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World’s Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition, New Orleans, LA (group exhibition)
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| Literature |
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2006
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Ellison, Robert with Martin Edelburg. George Ohr, Art Potter. London: Scala Publishers.
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2003
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Mohr, Richard D. Pottery, Politics, Art: George Ohr and the Brothers Kirkpatrick. Urbana: University of Illinois Press.
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1994
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Hecht, Eugene. After the Fire, George Ohr: An American Genius. Lambertville, NJ: Arts and Crafts. Quarterly Press.
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1989
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Clark, Garth, Robert A. Ellison, Jr. and Eugene Hecht. The Mad Potter of Biloxi: The Art and Life of George E. Ohr. New York: Abbeville Press Publishers.
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1986
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The Unknown Ohr: A Sequel to the 1973 Monograph. Milford, PA: Peaceable Press.
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1978
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The Biloxi Art Pottery of George E. Ohr. Jackson, MS: State Historical Museum
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1973
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Blasberg, Robert W. George E. Ohr and His Biloxi Art Pottery. Port Jervis, NY: J.W. Carpenter.
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