Wanene George Ohr?

George E. Ohr (1857-1918), wanda ya ɗauka kansa "Mad Potter na Biloxi," ya gina fasahar fasahar zamani fiye da karni da suka wuce a Mississippi. Rashin hangensa na "mahaukaci" da yawa daga cikin wajan da aka yi da shi-da-kullun-sun kasance a gaban kwanakin su game da style, yarda, da kuma shahararrun kodayake ya sami rabo daga magoya bayansa a ranar.

Yau, jin daɗin ciwonsa yana da wasu malaman zane-zane na kallon shi a matsayin majagaba na farko a cikin zamani na zamani.

Hakika, wasu mutane suna kallon tukunyar Ohr kuma kawai ba su "samo shi" dangane da babban darajar. Yawancin fanninsa ba daidai ba ne da abin da kake so da kyau a game da salo ko launi, amma zai zama da wuya a jayayya cewa ba lallai ba ne.

Hanyar Ayyukan Farko ta Ohr

Ohr yayi aiki a matsayin mai aiki ga Yusufu Fortune Meyer, wanda daga bisani ya yi aiki a Kwalejin Newcomb , a New Orleans a 1879. Ƙaunarsa a cikin tukunyar katako ya fure yayin da yake tafiya a cikin jihohin 16 a farkon shekarun 1880 zuwa ziyartar bambance-bambance daban-daban na masana'antu da masana'antun masana'antu don koyi dabaru kuma samun wahayi zuwa ga aikin kansa. A shekara ta 1882, ya koma New Orleans kuma William Vierge Pottery ya yi aiki, a cewar shafin yanar gizon Ohr-O'Keefe Museum of Art.

Ya koma Birnin Biloxi don gina gine-ginensa na farko a 1883 tare da adadin kuɗin da ya yi na kusan $ 26.80. Ya haƙa yumbu daga kogin Tchoutacabouffa don ya fara aikinsa na farko.

Ya zuwa farkon shekarun 1890 ya kasance yana kwatanta kansa a matsayin "ɗan tukwane" kuma ya rubuta wannan zane a kan abin da ya yi. A shekara ta 1892 ya tsara abin da ake kira "launi," wanda ba a lura da shi ba a cikin Ohr-O'Keefe Museum wadda ke da kyan gani idan aka kwatanta da kyautar da aka tsara da yawancin masu tarawa da masana tarihi da suka hada da wannan fasaha.

Ohr ya nuna aikinsa na neman Binciken

Tare da sauran masu fasaha da kamfanonin yanzu, Ohr ya nuna kayayyaki a duniya na Columbian Exposition, wanda aka fi sani da The Chicago World Fair Fair, a 1893. Ya nuna a wasu lokuta da abubuwan da suka faru a cikin shekaru goma masu zuwa, kuma an nuna shi a cikin mujallu da dama da kuma mujallolin da ke nuna alamar fasahar zamani. Ya yi lambar azurfa a Louisiana, a shekarar 1904, wanda aka yi a St. Louis, Missouri, a inda aka jaddada aikin mawallafan mutum. Gwaninsa ya ci gaba da faruwa a wannan lokaci, kuma ya kaddamar da mummunan kullun don ya maida hankalin karin kayan fasaha, kamar yadda Ohr-O'Keefe Museum ya nuna. Ya kuma fara gwadawa da nau'o'in yumbu don ƙirƙirar takalma.

Abinda yake da tsinkaye wanda ya ɗauka sosai da kansa, tare da gashin gashi mai tsayi da kuma kwarewa don yin hotunan yayin da yake yin haɗari don kyamara, ɗakinsa ya zama ziyartar yawon shakatawa a kan Mississippi Gulf Coast tare da baƙi masu tafiya daga ko'ina cikin Amurka. Kyautukansa sun kasance sanannun shahararrun, tare da da yawa da aka saya su kyauta, amma ba a kalli shi ba a kan matakin da ya kasance kamar yadda yake neman lokaci.

Shunned lokacin da ya gabatar da aikinsa ga Smithsonian a matsayin dan zamani a 1899, ba har zuwa shekarun 1960 ba wanda aka gane shi don fahimtar su ta hanyar masu tarawa da masana tarihi. Yawancin da ya miƙa zuwa ga gidan kayan gargajiya an rubuta shi a matsayin wani ɓangare na tarin Smithsonian, bayan da aka rushe shi kuma ya yi busa, shekaru 87 bayan haka.

Wadannan tasoshin Ohr sun nema su nema da masu karɓar kaya mai girma don kudaden yawa kuma suna nuna girmamawa a cikin Museum of Art in New York, ban da Ohr-O'Keefe Museum a Biloxi tare da sauran wuraren da ke nuna kayan ado a fadin kasar.

Don ziyarci Ƙarin Abincin Ohr Pottery don ganin karin misalan da koya game da darajar darajar Ohr, danna nan .