Louis orr biography

Born in Connecticut and retaining his American citizenship, Orr lived much of his adult life in Paris where he enjoyed many honors and awards, including the.
Louis McLaughlin Orr (May 7, 1958 – December 15, 2022) was an American basketball player and coach.
Born May 19th, 1876 in Hartford, Connecticut.

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Louis Orr (1876-1961)

A premier American etcher, Louis Orr is celebrated for his large, detailed works of Paris, etchings he completed as the French Army’s Official Artist from the frontlines of World War I, and domestically, for his extensive series of etchings of North Carolina landmarks.

Orr was educated at the Hartford Art School, the Art Student’s League in New York, and the Academie Julian in Paris. Enamored by France, but a hometown boy at heart, the artist spent much of his life living between Hartford, Connecticut and Paris. During the 1920’s, Orr was one of the most sought after artists on both sides of the Atlantic. Notably, Louis Orr was the first living American artist to have his work collected by the Louvre, and his was also the first original etching ever purchased by the Museum.

In 1906, Louis Orr traveled to Paris for the first time. He spent 22 months in France, but returned to the Northeastern United States to continue his education, teach at the Art Society, and work at The Hartford Times. His lust for Paris brought him back in 1911, where he enrolled

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Louis Orr

American basketball player and coach (1958–2022)

Louis McLaughlin Orr (May 7, 1958 – December 15, 2022) was an American basketball player and coach. He played professionally in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and became a college basketball coach. Orr was the head coach at Bowling Green State University from 2007 to 2014^[1] and at Seton Hall from 2001 until 2006. He was formerly an assistant at Xavier University, Providence College and his alma mater Syracuse University, before getting his first head coaching job at Siena College. He was also an assistant coach at Georgetown under his former New York Knicks teammate Patrick Ewing.^[2]

Playing career

Orr attended Withrow High School where he was coached by Charles Cadle. Orr was recruited by Jim Boeheim as part of his first recruiting class to play at Syracuse University from 1976 to 1980,^[3] and was part of the famed "Louie & Bouie Show" with teammate Roosevelt Bouie.^[4] The duo was named so after the student newspaper The Daily Orange ran a caricature

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Louis Orr Collection

ca. 1939-1952

Manuscript Collection #1055

Biographical/historical information

Louis Orr, born in Hartford, Connecticut, spent most of his career as a well-known etcher in Paris, France. He met Robert Lee Humber, who later led the effort to establish the North Carolina Museum of Art in 1947, in Paris during the 1930s. In 1939, at Humber's suggestion and underwritten by him, Orr began a project that lasted until 1952 during which he produced 51 etchings of historical landmarks and architectural sites found across North Carolina. Humber's thought was to preserve North Carolina's heritage by providing the artwork to schools, colleges, public libraries and institutions throughout the state. After completing this project, Orr returned to Paris where he continued his work until his death in 1966.

Source: https://www.ncpedia.org/louis-orr-etchings

Administrative information

Custodial History

March 26, 2019 (unprocessed), 1.5 cubic feet; The Louis Orr Collection contains a set of forty-eight prints [of the original fifty-one print set] made from etchings of