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|  Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, John Rettig was a painter, set designer, muralist, and modeler of Rockwood Pottery when it first hit the marketplace. He began fresco painting at age 15 and attended the Cincinnati Art School as a student of Elmer Potthast and Frank Duveneck. He also studied in Paris.
As a set designer, he created many open-air pageants in Cincinnati and also did pageants in North Africa and Mexico.
He spent many years in Holland, living in fishing villages.
Exhibition venues include the Pennsylvania Academy, the Boston Art Club, and the Art Institute of Chicago.
Source:
Peggy and Harold Samuels, "The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the American West"
Peter Falk, "Who Was Who in American Art" |
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