Son of Andrew Wallburg and Barbara Nies. Husband to Frances Schrafft and father to six children.
Ottomar Wallburg was born in Boston on April 15,1843. He was educated in the Boston public Schools, and being a natural artist early learned the painting and decorative trade. In 1868 he formed a copartnership with William A. Sherry, who he had been associated in work with for several years, and, under the firm name of Wallburg & Sherry they had become widely known as designers and executors of artistic fresco and other fine decorative work. They have done the interiors of notable churches from Halifax to Texas, of many national, state, and city public buildings, and in fine dwellings in the Back Bay district, in Brookline, and other neighboring places. In all sections of the country their work is found in town halls, public halls, banks, Churches, theatres, and residences. When fully staffed they had thirty or more skilled men that would be sent to all points of the country to fulfill contracts. Mr. Wallburg was the President of the Master Painters' and Decorators' Association of Boston, and a member of the Master Builders' Association. He was married in Boston, March, 1878, to Mrs. Frances Schrafft. They resided in the Roxbury section of Boston.
Ottomar Wallburg was born in Boston on April 15,1843. He was educated in the Boston public Schools, and being a natural artist early learned the painting and decorative trade. In 1868 he formed a copartnership with William A. Sherry, who he had been associated in work with for several years, and, under the firm name of Wallburg & Sherry they had become widely known as designers and executors of artistic fresco and other fine decorative work. They have done the interiors of notable churches from Halifax to Texas, of many national, state, and city public buildings, and in fine dwellings in the Back Bay district, in Brookline, and other neighboring places. In all sections of the country their work is found in town halls, public halls, banks, Churches, theatres, and residences. When fully staffed they had thirty or more skilled men that would be sent to all points of the country to fulfill contracts. Mr. Wallburg was the President of the Master Painters' and Decorators' Association of Boston, and a member of the Master Builders' Association. He was married in Boston, March, 1878, to Mrs. Frances Schrafft. They resided in the Roxbury section of Boston.
Son of Andrew Wallburg and Barbara Nies. Husband to Frances Schrafft and father to six children.
Ottomar Wallburg was born in Boston on April 15,1843. He was educated in the Boston public Schools, and being a natural artist early learned the painting and decorative trade. In 1868 he formed a copartnership with William A. Sherry, who he had been associated in work with for several years, and, under the firm name of Wallburg & Sherry they had become widely known as designers and executors of artistic fresco and other fine decorative work. They have done the interiors of notable churches from Halifax to Texas, of many national, state, and city public buildings, and in fine dwellings in the Back Bay district, in Brookline, and other neighboring places. In all sections of the country their work is found in town halls, public halls, banks, Churches, theatres, and residences. When fully staffed they had thirty or more skilled men that would be sent to all points of the country to fulfill contracts. Mr. Wallburg was the President of the Master Painters' and Decorators' Association of Boston, and a member of the Master Builders' Association. He was married in Boston, March, 1878, to Mrs. Frances Schrafft. They resided in the Roxbury section of Boston.
Ottomar Wallburg was born in Boston on April 15,1843. He was educated in the Boston public Schools, and being a natural artist early learned the painting and decorative trade. In 1868 he formed a copartnership with William A. Sherry, who he had been associated in work with for several years, and, under the firm name of Wallburg & Sherry they had become widely known as designers and executors of artistic fresco and other fine decorative work. They have done the interiors of notable churches from Halifax to Texas, of many national, state, and city public buildings, and in fine dwellings in the Back Bay district, in Brookline, and other neighboring places. In all sections of the country their work is found in town halls, public halls, banks, Churches, theatres, and residences. When fully staffed they had thirty or more skilled men that would be sent to all points of the country to fulfill contracts. Mr. Wallburg was the President of the Master Painters' and Decorators' Association of Boston, and a member of the Master Builders' Association. He was married in Boston, March, 1878, to Mrs. Frances Schrafft. They resided in the Roxbury section of Boston.
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