A free public reception takes place on Saturday, Aug. 31 from 2 to 5 p.m. At The State Of The Art Gallery On Rocky Neck Next to The Cultural Center.
‘From Ships to Shores’: Doryman left fishing to pursue painting
By Gail McCarthyStaff Writer
The son of a Gloucester fisherman, the late Paul Francis Frontiero Sr., began fishing with his father at the age of 12.
He did not know then that this would become his way of life for many years. He never finished Gloucester High School because his father was injured while fishing and he had to leave his studies. As a result, he spent many years laboring in jobs at sea.
Frontiero, born in 1925, even worked as a doryman, an avocation that became extinct; with the innovation of the motorized trawler, the dory fishing industry began to wither in the late 1930s. However, he remained in demand on the port’s fishing vessels because of his skills as an engineer and cook.
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