Albert Franck was a painter and printmaker who was born in Middelburg, Holland. He emigrated to Toronto, Ontario, Canada in 1926, where he lived the rest of his life and died. His mediums were oil, watercolour, gouache, ink, linocut and monotype. His subjects were; Toronto houses, backyards, lanes, neighbourhoods, urban scenes, and downtown buildings. He also painted landscapes and still life's. His style was realism.

He is self taught and did not begin painting until shortly after he came to Canada. He worked first in a department store and then as a painting restorer. He began showing his work in 1947 at the department stores, Simpson's and Eaton's (1947-50), and collectors still pr...