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ne Art primary contribution to the field was the invention of the first vacuum table for re-lining paintings—a device still used in the industry worldwide. George Taylor's son, Emerson, was yet another generation to join the firm. Emerson and his uncle Fred worked together until Emerson's untimely death in 1960. Fred then sold the business in 1961 to Carroll Wales and Constantine Tsaousis, but was sure to pass on Oliver Brothers' longperfected techniques before departing the company. In 1968, Wales and Tsaousis found a young art school graduate named Peter Tysver and took him on as an apprentice. When Tsaousis died in 1986, Wales retired and Tysver took over the business. He remains at the helm today. Since 1910, Oliver Brothers operated out of Boston's Back Bay neighborhood until expanding and relocating to the North Shore in 2008. (It was one of the first tenants in the Fenway Studios—the only purpose-built art studio left in the city.) Today, all of the restoration and framing work happens in Beverly, while the Boston office serves as a pick-up and drop-off site. In 1990, following the fashion of the Old Masters, Tysver discovered and trained Greg Bishop. After earning a bachelor of arts degree in visual arts and completing a two-year apprenticeship True Talent Peter Tysver has been with Oliver Brothers since 1968; Below, The team works on 50 to 75 projects at a time. with Tysver, Bishop became an accomplished painting restorer. "There are two ways to enter the field of art restoration," says Bishop. "You can come up under somebody's wing as an apprentice or get a masters degree." Nowadays, Oliver Brothers comprises a solid eight-member staff. They restore works on paper, icons, murals, sculptures, gilded objects, and antique and contemporary picture frames for museums, art dealers and galleries, private collectors, corporate headquarters, and retail businesses alike. Ultimately, they serve two types of clients—those who collect high-end works of art as an investment 86 nshoremag.com March 2014 KJ NS Mar14 Oliver.indd 86 1/17/14 12:39 PM