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Child with Lamb
Peterpaul Ott (1895 - 1992)

painted plaster, circa 1936 - 1939
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Cheskin

Peterpaul Ott was a sculptor who was born in Pilsen, Czechoslovakia. He studied at the Austrian State Academy of Fine Arts after serving in World War I.

In 1924 Ott immigrated to New York City and found work in a furniture factory carving wood. He studied at Cooper Union and earned commissions to do public sculptures until moving to Chicago in 1931, where he taught at Northwestern University, Evanston Academy of Fine Arts, and gave private lessons. He worked as supervisor for the WPA sculpture program from 1936 to 1939. Then he moved to Laguna Beach, California and taught at several high schools.

This painted plaster relief is reminiscent of ancient Babylonian stone wall sculptures in its composition and decorative details.

Collection of the Illinois State Museum
photograph by Gary Andrashko
ISM Accession #: 1967.261/026

<i>Child with Lamb</i><br>Peterpaul Ott (1895 - 1992)

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