A landscape painter, etcher and art educator, Peter Camfferman was born in The Hague, Holland and at age twelve, emigrated to America. He studied with Andre Lhote at the Lhote Atelier in Paris and at... Read full biography
A landscape painter, etcher and art educator, Peter Camfferman was born in The Hague, Holland and at age twelve, emigrated to America. He studied with Andre Lhote at the Lhote Atelier in Paris and at the Minneapolis School of Fine Art where he met his future wife, Margaret Gove Camfferman. The... Read full biography
A landscape painter, etcher and art educator, Peter Camfferman was born in The Hague, Holland and at age twelve, emigrated to America. He studied with Andre Lhote at the Lhote Atelier in Paris and at the Minneapolis School of Fine Art where he met his future wife, Margaret Gove Camfferman. The couple married in 1914, and the following year moved to Langley, Washington on Whidbey Island where they built a home they called Brackenwood. They did all of the work by hand including the making of... Read full biography
A landscape painter, etcher and art educator, Peter Camfferman was born in The Hague, Holland and at age twelve, emigrated to America. He studied with Andre Lhote at the Lhote Atelier in Paris and at the Minneapolis School of Fine Art where he met his future wife, Margaret Gove Camfferman. The couple married in 1914, and the following year moved to Langley, Washington on Whidbey Island where they built a home they called Brackenwood. They did all of the work by hand including the making of furniture out of driftwood they gathered. The site included cabins for visiting artists and became known as the Brackenwood Art Colony. They held art classes on their property, and Peter was a teacher at the Helen Bush Art School in Seattle. The couple... Read full biography
A landscape painter, etcher and art educator, Peter Camfferman was born in The Hague, Holland and at age twelve, emigrated to America. He studied with Andre Lhote at the Lhote Atelier in Paris and at the Minneapolis School of Fine Art where he met his future wife, Margaret Gove Camfferman. The couple married in 1914, and the following year moved to Langley, Washington on Whidbey Island where they built a home they called Brackenwood. They did all of the work by hand including the making of furniture out of driftwood they gathered. The site included cabins for visiting artists and became known as the Brackenwood Art Colony. They held art classes on their property, and Peter was a teacher at the Helen Bush Art School in Seattle. The couple lived at Langley for the remainder of their lives, with the exception of a year in New York City, 1... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (17)
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The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
An Enduring Legacy: Women Painters of Washington 1930-2005 (Exhibition catalog)
2005
Martin, David (Essay)
127 pages (color)
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
Washington State Artists 1850-1950
1992
Trip, Dode; Sherburne Cook Jr.
185 pages
Art Across America: The Far Midwest, Rocky Mountain West, Southwest, Pacific Volume Three
1990
Gerdts, William H
396 pages (color)
Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers
1986
Opitz, Glenn B (editor)
1,081 pages
Artists of the American West: Three Volumes A Biographical Dictionary
1985
Dawdy, Doris
1,184 pages
Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947
1985
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
707 pages
Sketchbook, A Memoir of the 30's and the Northwest School
1984
Cumming, William
239 pages
The Society of Independent Artists Exhibition Record 1917-1944 (Exhibition catalog)
1984
Marlor, Clark S
600 pages
Dictionary of American Sculptors: 18th Century to Present
1984
Opitz, Glenn B (editor)
656 pages
Dictionary of American Artists
1982
Opitz, Glenn
372 pages
The Illustrated Biographical Encyclopedia of Artists of the American West
1976
Samuels, Peggy and Harold
549 pages
Second National Exhibition of American Art Summer 1937 (Exhibition catalog)
1937
Breckinridge, Mrs. H. (essay)
32 pages
First National Exhibition of American Art (Exhibition catalog)
1936
Breckinridge, Mrs. (essay)
32 pages
Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index