Background
Ohly was born in 1883 in Kingston upon Hull before moving with his family to Frankfurt am Main when he was 14.
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William Ohly
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Raised in Germany, Ohly attended the Städelschule and was subsequently apprenticed to the German sculptor Hugo Lederer in Berlin.
Career
Ohly returned to Britain before World War I, but after the conflict went back to Germany again, eventually leaving in 1934 after the Nazis took power. He settled in New Barnet and purchased a large house and grounds from a disgraced religious sect, converting them into a museum, gallery and artist commune. He also owned a commercial gallery, the Berkeley Gallery in Davies Street where he held numerous art and ethnography exhibitions.
