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Birth
1889 (Bavaria/ Marksteft, Germany)
Death
1976 (Santa Ana, California)
Lived/Active
California/Texas
Subject to Copyright
Often Known For
portrait, psychic creations, still-life and landscape painting
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The following information is provided by Frances Baggett of Huntington Beach, California, who is writing a biography of this artist.
From Santa Anna, California where he died in 1976, John Orth was one of the last in that area to paint in the style of the Old Masters. Late in his life, he adopted a gothic style. His forte was portraiture of well known persons that included Winston Churchill, Charles Laughton, and Albert Einstein.
He was originally from Bavaria and migrated to the U (showing 500 of 6090 characters). |
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