Fritz Brandtner

Friedrich Wilhelm Brandtner (28 July 1896 – 1969), known during his life as Fritz Brandtner, was a German-Canadian artist and art instructor.[1] During his career he worked variously as painter, printmaker, graphic artist, illustrator, muralist, and set designer.[2]

Brandtner emigrated to Canada from Germany in 1928. Following a short stay in Winnipeg he settled in Montreal in 1934. He was a member of the Contemporary Arts Society in Montreal, serving as its first secretary.[3] He was also a passionate art-educator, teaching classes with Canadian painter Marian Dale Scott. Brandtner introduced notions of the German Expressionists to Canada, especially the works of Bauhaus and abstractionism.

In 1935, together with Norman Bethune, George Holt, Elizabeth Frost, Andre Bieler and Hazen Sise, he founded the Children's Art Centre in Montreal. The centre offered free art classes to local children.[4][5][6]

A close friend of Brandtner, Montreal art dealer Paul Kastel, of the Kastel Gallery, was named executor of Brandtner's estate. Kastel continued to promote Brandtner's work over the following four decades. In 2011 Galerie Valentin held a retrospective exhibition of Brandtner's works.[7]

References
  1. "Fritz Brandtner - National Gallery of Canada | National Gallery of Canada". Gallery.ca. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
  2. MacDonald, Colin (1967). A Dictionary of Canadian Artists, vol one, A to F. Ottawa: Canadian Paperbacks. pp. 77–80. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
  3. "Canadian Painting in the 30s: part 7. The Eastern Group and the Contemporary Arts Society". National Gallery of Canada. Archived from the original on 25 October 2015. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  4. "Fritz Brandtner".
  5. Hern, Frances (22 February 2012). Norman Bethune: The Incredible Life and Tragic Death of a Revered Canadian Doctor. ISBN 9781552778128.
  6. Niergarth, Kirk (26 February 2015). The Dignity of Every Human Being: New Brunswick Artists and Canadian Culture between the Great Depression and the Cold War. ISBN 9781442663206.
  7. "Fritz Brandtner exposition rétrospective - Retrospective exhibition Fritz Brandtner by Numérique Archambault Nu/Ar Inc". issuu. 24 November 2011. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
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