Wassmer was interested in art at a young age, but decided to become an artist after attending the 1934 Chicago World's Fair.

He produced more than 2,000 works of art including paintings, watercolors, and sketches that are displayed in museums around the world.

In his personal life, he married fellow artist Judy Farnsworth Lund in December 1945.

Theodore "Ted"[1] Milton Wassmer was born on February 23, 1910, in Salt Lake City, Utah.

[1] He took an art class in the seventh grade, but was not exposed to an oil painting until he met Frank Zimbeaux, a French painter, in 1927.

His father gave him a 1916 Model T touring car, and he drove it to Yellowstone National Park to sketch landscapes.

[3] When he was only 21 years old, Wassmer supported his family of ten during the Great Depression on his $55 monthly income.

[2] Wassmer received a job offer from Paramount Studios in 1941; however, he gave up the opportunity to enlist in World War II.

After he returned to the U.S., doctors discovered that the fifth cervical nerve was pulled from the back bone and had hemorrhaged, resulting in paralysis.

[4] Although Wassmer had received shipping orders to go overseas on four occasions, he was never sent due to sicknesses and his accident.

[3] In December 1945, Wassmer was married to Judy Farnsworth Lund in New York City.

[3] While living in New York City, he and his wife traveled to Europe together to study in famous museums.

He won a first place award at the Electrical Electronics Engineers show at the Coliseum in New York City.

[5] During his lifetime, he produced over 2,000 works of art including paintings, watercolors, and sketches that are displayed in museums.