Chimney Rock by George Ottinger

Description

By George Martin Ottinger.  This piece is printed on high quality Museum Giclee Canvas. Only offered UNFRAMED

This beautiful piece is on high quality Museum Giclee Canvas.

 ARTIST: George Martin Ottinger was born in Pennsylvania but was raised in New York City by his uncle. When he was 17, he ran away to become a sailor on a whaling ship. Later, he went to California to find gold, and by the age of 20, he had circumnavigated the globe. At this time, Ottinger moved to New York City, where he studied briefly under Robert Weir before attending the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts.

In 1861, after having been converted to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ottinger and his mother traveled in a wagon train from Florence, Nebraska, to Salt Lake City. He was Director of the Waterworks, Adjutant General of the National Guard, became President of the Deseret Academy in 1863, (later renamed the University of Utah) and was a Shakespearean actor.  As an artist, Ottinger can be classified as a Romantic Realist.