Fritz Brandtner, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Fritz Brandtner

Canadian painter

Date of Birth: 28-Jul-1896

Place of Birth: Gdańsk, Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland

Date of Death: 07-Nov-1969

Profession: painter

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Friedrich Wilhelm Brandtner (28 July 1896 – 1969), known during his life as Fritz Brandtner, was a German-Canadian artist and art instructor.
At one time or another he worked as painter, printmaker, graphic artist, illustrator, muralist, and set designer.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.
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.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.