biography of John RETTIG (1855/60-1932)

Birth place: Cincinnati, OH

Death place: Cincinnati

Addresses: Cincinnati

Profession: Painter, designer

Studied: McMicken Sch. Design, 1873-81, with Duveneck, Potthast; Paris with Collin, Courtois, Prinet.

Exhibited: PAFA Ann., 1896-1910 (4 times); Boston AC, 1902; AIC; S. Indp. A., 1917

Member: SC; Cincinnati AC; AFA.

Work: Cincinnati Art Mus.

Comments: Much of his life was spent in Holland, among the fishing villages. He also decorated and modeled Rookwood pottery. Afterwards he painted theatrical scenery; produced pageants in Cincinnati and NYC; and went to North Africa, Mexico and the Southwest.

Sources: WW31; Samuels, 396; Cincinnati Painters of the Golden Age, 97 (w/illus.); Falk, Exh. Record Series.