d/o Joseph & Annie (Reeves) Longworth; granddaughter of Nicholas Longworth (a founder of Cincinnati), m1. 1868 George Ward Nichols (d. 1895), m2. Bellamy Storer (d. 11/12/1922); not necessarily her burial place but my best guess
Ceramic Artist, Rookwood Pottery Founder, Arts Patron. Born in Cincinnati, she was a member of the prominent Longworth family. She married a Civil War Officer, Colonel George Ward Nichols, in 1868, who was 18 years her senior. Interested in the arts at a young age, she studied Chinese paintings with Gustave Hartwig and began to exhibit her work in Cincinnati. In 1876, her work was exhibited at the Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia and she became fascinated with Japanese ceramics that were also on display. Her work with ceramics was soon influenced by the Japanese styles. In 1880, she began to create her work at a pottery that she founded on Eastern Avenue in Cincinnati at an abandoned schoolhouse. She named it the Rookwood Pottery after her family's estate and sought financial help for the project from her father, Joseph Longworth. Mrs. Nichols hired William Watts Taylor to run the pottery in 1883 as she began a more public lifestyle. The pottery soon moved atop the hill on Mount Adams. She was also an artistic metalworker, painter, and author. She created public scandal amongst the Cincinnati society while openly dating her future husband, Bellamy Storer, while George suffered from a long bout with tuberculosis. Six months after he passed away on September 15, 1885, Maria married Mr. Storer, a prestigious attorney and future U.S. Congressman. In 1902, she won a medal for her pottery work at the Paris Universal Exposition. She continued to work as an artist and author until her death in 1932.
[Maria spent the last ten years of her life living in Paris where she died at the
age of 83. No one seems to know where she is buried. She may be buried in France
with her second husband, Bellamy Storer II #21868760. However, her Longworth family
is buried in Spring Grove Cemetery in Cincinnati, Hamilton Co, Ohio - was she flown
home for burial...?]
Ceramic Artist, Rookwood Pottery Founder, Arts Patron. Born in Cincinnati, she was a member of the prominent Longworth family. She married a Civil War Officer, Colonel George Ward Nichols, in 1868, who was 18 years her senior. Interested in the arts at a young age, she studied Chinese paintings with Gustave Hartwig and began to exhibit her work in Cincinnati. In 1876, her work was exhibited at the Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia and she became fascinated with Japanese ceramics that were also on display. Her work with ceramics was soon influenced by the Japanese styles. In 1880, she began to create her work at a pottery that she founded on Eastern Avenue in Cincinnati at an abandoned schoolhouse. She named it the Rookwood Pottery after her family's estate and sought financial help for the project from her father, Joseph Longworth. Mrs. Nichols hired William Watts Taylor to run the pottery in 1883 as she began a more public lifestyle. The pottery soon moved atop the hill on Mount Adams. She was also an artistic metalworker, painter, and author. She created public scandal amongst the Cincinnati society while openly dating her future husband, Bellamy Storer, while George suffered from a long bout with tuberculosis. Six months after he passed away on September 15, 1885, Maria married Mr. Storer, a prestigious attorney and future U.S. Congressman. In 1902, she won a medal for her pottery work at the Paris Universal Exposition. She continued to work as an artist and author until her death in 1932.
[Maria spent the last ten years of her life living in Paris where she died at the
age of 83. No one seems to know where she is buried. She may be buried in France
with her second husband, Bellamy Storer II #21868760. However, her Longworth family
is buried in Spring Grove Cemetery in Cincinnati, Hamilton Co, Ohio - was she flown
home for burial...?]
d/o Joseph & Annie (Reeves) Longworth; granddaughter of Nicholas Longworth (a founder of Cincinnati), m1. 1868 George Ward Nichols (d. 1895), m2. Bellamy Storer (d. 11/12/1922); not necessarily her burial place but my best guess
Ceramic Artist, Rookwood Pottery Founder, Arts Patron. Born in Cincinnati, she was a member of the prominent Longworth family. She married a Civil War Officer, Colonel George Ward Nichols, in 1868, who was 18 years her senior. Interested in the arts at a young age, she studied Chinese paintings with Gustave Hartwig and began to exhibit her work in Cincinnati. In 1876, her work was exhibited at the Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia and she became fascinated with Japanese ceramics that were also on display. Her work with ceramics was soon influenced by the Japanese styles. In 1880, she began to create her work at a pottery that she founded on Eastern Avenue in Cincinnati at an abandoned schoolhouse. She named it the Rookwood Pottery after her family's estate and sought financial help for the project from her father, Joseph Longworth. Mrs. Nichols hired William Watts Taylor to run the pottery in 1883 as she began a more public lifestyle. The pottery soon moved atop the hill on Mount Adams. She was also an artistic metalworker, painter, and author. She created public scandal amongst the Cincinnati society while openly dating her future husband, Bellamy Storer, while George suffered from a long bout with tuberculosis. Six months after he passed away on September 15, 1885, Maria married Mr. Storer, a prestigious attorney and future U.S. Congressman. In 1902, she won a medal for her pottery work at the Paris Universal Exposition. She continued to work as an artist and author until her death in 1932.
[Maria spent the last ten years of her life living in Paris where she died at the
age of 83. No one seems to know where she is buried. She may be buried in France
with her second husband, Bellamy Storer II #21868760. However, her Longworth family
is buried in Spring Grove Cemetery in Cincinnati, Hamilton Co, Ohio - was she flown
home for burial...?]
Ceramic Artist, Rookwood Pottery Founder, Arts Patron. Born in Cincinnati, she was a member of the prominent Longworth family. She married a Civil War Officer, Colonel George Ward Nichols, in 1868, who was 18 years her senior. Interested in the arts at a young age, she studied Chinese paintings with Gustave Hartwig and began to exhibit her work in Cincinnati. In 1876, her work was exhibited at the Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia and she became fascinated with Japanese ceramics that were also on display. Her work with ceramics was soon influenced by the Japanese styles. In 1880, she began to create her work at a pottery that she founded on Eastern Avenue in Cincinnati at an abandoned schoolhouse. She named it the Rookwood Pottery after her family's estate and sought financial help for the project from her father, Joseph Longworth. Mrs. Nichols hired William Watts Taylor to run the pottery in 1883 as she began a more public lifestyle. The pottery soon moved atop the hill on Mount Adams. She was also an artistic metalworker, painter, and author. She created public scandal amongst the Cincinnati society while openly dating her future husband, Bellamy Storer, while George suffered from a long bout with tuberculosis. Six months after he passed away on September 15, 1885, Maria married Mr. Storer, a prestigious attorney and future U.S. Congressman. In 1902, she won a medal for her pottery work at the Paris Universal Exposition. She continued to work as an artist and author until her death in 1932.
[Maria spent the last ten years of her life living in Paris where she died at the
age of 83. No one seems to know where she is buried. She may be buried in France
with her second husband, Bellamy Storer II #21868760. However, her Longworth family
is buried in Spring Grove Cemetery in Cincinnati, Hamilton Co, Ohio - was she flown
home for burial...?]
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