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Peter Tysver

Peter Tysver (Born 1948) is active/lives in Massachusetts, Maine.  Peter Tysver is known for Coastal landscape, still life and marine painting.

Peter Lauren Tysver was born in Gloucester, MA in 1946 into a family of Gillnet fishermen who had emigrated from Michigan.  Tysver's love of the sea began as a teenager when he assisted on his father's boat, while his love of painting developed during summer evening visits to the studios of Rocky Neck artists. With money earned, assisting on his father's boat, he purchased his first set of oil paints at a neighborhood yard sale and a canvas board at the Yankee General Store.

With these newfound materials in hand (the paint set was a Grumbacher with an instructional guide enclosed on "How to Paint a Still Life"), he attempted his first oil.  Benefiting from critiques and encouragement from Raymond Frazier, a Clipper Ship painter in Gloucester, Tysver quickly learned the importance of good draftsmanship.  After graduating from Gloucester High School, he attended The Vesper George School of Art*, winning the Vesper George Memorial Scholarship in his th   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 3447 characters.]  Artist bio

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