biography of John Henry MOHRMANN (1857-1916)
Birth place: San Francisco, CA
Death place: Alberta, Canada
Profession: Marine painter
Work: Mariners Mus.; Old Dartmouth Hist. Soc.; Peabody Mus., Salem, MA; San Fran. Pub. Lib.;museums in Germany, Spain, Norway & England.
Comments: A seaman for 18 years (1870-88), beginning in 1881 he painted ship portraits in collaboration with an Italian partner. He settled in Antwerp, Belgium, but emigrated to Alberta, Canada, in 1913.
Sources: Brewington, 262