George M. Ottinger
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George Martin Ottinger (8 February 1833 – 28 October 1917) was an American public official, artist, educator, actor and photographer, who spent most of his career in Utah.
Biography
He was born in
In 1857, he returned to Pennsylvania to continue to study art. The following year, he joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) at the urging of his mother. In 1859, he went to Richmond, Virginia, where he worked as an artist.[1]
He came to Utah Territory as part of the Milo Andrus Pioneer Company in 1861 and formed a partnership with the photographer Charles Roscoe Savage. There was so little demand for their work in Salt Lake City that for part of 1861 they traveled through Idaho Territory, doing jobs related to photography. He also did scenery painting for the Salt Lake Theatre as well as acting. In 1863, he became principal of the Deseret Academy of Arts, which was another joint venture with Savage.
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Also in 1861, he married Mary Jane McAllister Cullin. They had only one child before she died. In 1864, he married Phoebe Neslen.
Three years later, he began painting a series on the
From 1876 to 1890, he was head of the Salt Lake Fire Department, overseeing its transformation from a volunteer to a paid organization in 1883. He also taught art at the
For many years he was part of the Nauvoo Legion. In 1894, he was appointed Adjutant General of Utah, and in this position oversaw the organization of the Utah National Guard.
References
Further reading
- Biography of Ottinger Archived 2011-01-25 at the Marriott Library
- Biography of Ottinger @ AskArt
- Oman, Richard G. (1992), "Artists, Visual", in OCLC 24502140
- Pslmquist, Peter E. and Thomas R. Kailbourn. Pioneer Photographers of the Far West, 1840-1865 (Stanford: University Press, 2000) p. 425-426.
- Robertson, Breanne (2015). "George Martin Ottinger, Aztec Maiden". Object Narrative. Conversations: An Online Journal of the Center for the Study of Material and Visual Cultures of Religion. .
- Robertson, Breanne (Spring 2022). "Poster Children of the Sun: George M. Ottinger's Mesoamerican History Paintings and Latter-day Saint Identity in the U. S.–Mexico Borderlands". American Art. 36 (1): 1–29. S2CID 247974388.
External links
Media related to George M. Ottinger at Wikimedia Commons
- George M. Ottinger Photo Collection, Utah Department of Heritage and Arts