Philip Iverson BFA

Bachelor of Fine Arts

In the United States and Canada, the Bachelor of Fine Arts degree, usually abbreviated BFA, is the standard undergraduate degree for students seeking a professional education in the visual or performing arts. In some countries such a degree is called a Bachelor of Creative Arts or BCA...

 (26 January 1965 - 13 August 2006) was a Canadian

Canada

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 expressionist

Expressionism

Expressionism was a modernist movement, initially in poetry and painting, originating in Germany at the beginning of the 20th century. Its typical trait is to present the world solely from a subjective perspective, distorting it radically for emotional effect in order to evoke moods or ideas...

 painter

Painting

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 who gained national attention for his artistry.

He was born in Fredericton, New Brunswick

Fredericton, New Brunswick

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 and graduated from Mount Allison University

Mount Allison University

Mount Allison University is a primarily undergraduate Canadian liberal arts and science university situated in Sackville, New Brunswick. It is located about a half hour from the regional city of Moncton and 20 minutes from the Greater Moncton International Airport...

 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts

Bachelor of Fine Arts

In the United States and Canada, the Bachelor of Fine Arts degree, usually abbreviated BFA, is the standard undergraduate degree for students seeking a professional education in the visual or performing arts. In some countries such a degree is called a Bachelor of Creative Arts or BCA...

 degree in 1990. In addition to his painting, he was an art instructor at the New Brunswick College of Craft and Design

New Brunswick Community College

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 and after his move to Montreal

Montreal

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 in 2001, he taught at the Saidye Bronfman Centre. Iverson painted a beautiful picture of trains, which is still today hung in Fredericton Highschool, the high school he graduated from.

Iverson died in Montreal at age 41 from brain cancer

Brain tumor

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External links

• Philip Iverson official site, accessed 16 August 2006
• CBC News: "Expressionist painter Philip Iverson dies", 16 August 2006, accessed 16 August 2006
• Legacy.com: Philip Iverson obituary, accessed 16 August 2006