Fritz BRANDTNER

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Born in Germany in 1896, he studied at the University of Danzig and later taught there in the School of Architecture. He arrived in Canada in 1928 and worked as a house painter, while designing and painting stage sets and murals for local firms. He held his first one man show of 150 paintings at the Winnipeg School of Art before arriving in Montreal in 1934. He became very involved in teaching art to children who were sick or underpriviledged and could not afford to take art lessons, which remained his life's passion. His first influences were the German Expressionists and then the abstract and semi-abstract movement. He worked in oil, water colours and linolium, which he carved and painted. He did many large size commisioned works across Canada, and his paintings can be found in most Canadian Museums and Corporate collections.