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1896 Danzig, (Gdansk) Poland - 1969 Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Known for: Modernist painting, graphics, illustration, murals, teaching.
Friedrich Wilhelm (Fritz) Brandtner was a painter, printmaker, graphic artist, illustrator, muralist, set designer, and educator who was born in Danzig (now Gdansk, Poland). He emigrated to Winnipeg,... Read full biography
Friedrich Wilhelm (Fritz) Brandtner was a painter, printmaker, graphic artist, illustrator, muralist, set designer, and educator who was born in Danzig (now Gdansk, Poland). He emigrated to Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada in 1928. In 1934 he moved to Montreal, Quebec where he lived and worked until he... Read full biography
Friedrich Wilhelm (Fritz) Brandtner was a painter, printmaker, graphic artist, illustrator, muralist, set designer, and educator who was born in Danzig (now Gdansk, Poland). He emigrated to Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada in 1928. In 1934 he moved to Montreal, Quebec where he lived and worked until he died. (1). His mediums were watercolour, gouache, oil, ink, charcoal, pastel, encaustic, pencil, linocut, carved and painted linoleum and mixed mediums. His subjects are social commentary, urban... Read full biography
Friedrich Wilhelm (Fritz) Brandtner was a painter, printmaker, graphic artist, illustrator, muralist, set designer, and educator who was born in Danzig (now Gdansk, Poland). He emigrated to Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada in 1928. In 1934 he moved to Montreal, Quebec where he lived and worked until he died. (1). His mediums were watercolour, gouache, oil, ink, charcoal, pastel, encaustic, pencil, linocut, carved and painted linoleum and mixed mediums. His subjects are social commentary, urban scenes, landscape ( Gaspé, St. Lawrence, Laurentians and Nova Scotia), seascape, city life, genre, still life, abstract and portraits. His styles are German Expressionism, Cubism, lyrical abstraction, geometric abstraction and Fauvism. He was influenced by... Read full biography
Friedrich Wilhelm (Fritz) Brandtner was a painter, printmaker, graphic artist, illustrator, muralist, set designer, and educator who was born in Danzig (now Gdansk, Poland). He emigrated to Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada in 1928. In 1934 he moved to Montreal, Quebec where he lived and worked until he died. (1). His mediums were watercolour, gouache, oil, ink, charcoal, pastel, encaustic, pencil, linocut, carved and painted linoleum and mixed mediums. His subjects are social commentary, urban scenes, landscape ( Gaspé, St. Lawrence, Laurentians and Nova Scotia), seascape, city life, genre, still life, abstract and portraits. His styles are German Expressionism, Cubism, lyrical abstraction, geometric abstraction and Fauvism. He was influenced by George Grosz, Kirchner and Kandinsky. Brandtner's work is recognized by a strong sense of design, often a... Read full biography
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Friedrich Wilhelm (Fritz) Brandtner was a painter, printmaker, graphic artist, illustrator, muralist, set designer, and educator who was born in Danzig (now Gdansk, Poland). He emigrated to Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada in 1928. In 1934 he moved to Montreal, Quebec where he lived and worked until he died. (1)
His mediums were watercolour, gouache, oil, ink, charcoal, pastel, encaustic, pencil, linocut, carved and painted linoleum and mixed mediums. His subjects are social commentary, urban scenes, landscape ( Gaspé, St. Lawrence, Laurentians and Nova Scotia), seascape, city life, genre, still life, abstract and portraits.
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