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.
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