Helmut Gransow RCA, CPE, CSGA (1921). A Canadian painter, printmaker, draftsman, illustrator and educator, Helmut Gransow was born in Chemnitz, Germany and emigrated to Ontario, Canada in 1949. His... Read full biography
Helmut Gransow RCA, CPE, CSGA (1921). A Canadian painter, printmaker, draftsman, illustrator and educator, Helmut Gransow was born in Chemnitz, Germany and emigrated to Ontario, Canada in 1949. His home since 1950 has been Morin-Heights, Quebec, a town about 40 miles northwest of Montreal. (1). His... Read full biography
Helmut Gransow RCA, CPE, CSGA (1921). A Canadian painter, printmaker, draftsman, illustrator and educator, Helmut Gransow was born in Chemnitz, Germany and emigrated to Ontario, Canada in 1949. His home since 1950 has been Morin-Heights, Quebec, a town about 40 miles northwest of Montreal. (1). His most well-known medium is oil paint, however he has a distinguished body of work as a printmaker and early in his career he worked as a magazine illustrator. His other mediums include acrylic,... Read full biography
Helmut Gransow RCA, CPE, CSGA (1921). A Canadian painter, printmaker, draftsman, illustrator and educator, Helmut Gransow was born in Chemnitz, Germany and emigrated to Ontario, Canada in 1949. His home since 1950 has been Morin-Heights, Quebec, a town about 40 miles northwest of Montreal. (1). His most well-known medium is oil paint, however he has a distinguished body of work as a printmaker and early in his career he worked as a magazine illustrator. His other mediums include acrylic, watercolor, gouache*, pastel, serigraph*, lithograph*, woodblock print*, etching*, ink wash, pencil, chalk, collage* and monotype*. His subjects include landscapes, village scenes, rural views, mountains, shorelines, boats, lakes, caricatures, humor,... Read full biography
Helmut Gransow RCA, CPE, CSGA (1921). A Canadian painter, printmaker, draftsman, illustrator and educator, Helmut Gransow was born in Chemnitz, Germany and emigrated to Ontario, Canada in 1949. His home since 1950 has been Morin-Heights, Quebec, a town about 40 miles northwest of Montreal. (1). His most well-known medium is oil paint, however he has a distinguished body of work as a printmaker and early in his career he worked as a magazine illustrator. His other mediums include acrylic, watercolor, gouache*, pastel, serigraph*, lithograph*, woodblock print*, etching*, ink wash, pencil, chalk, collage* and monotype*. His subjects include landscapes, village scenes, rural views, mountains, shorelines, boats, lakes, caricatures, humor, figures, nudes, still life and portraits. Most of his paintings depict scenes in southern Quebec; however there are several from his travels in... Read full biography
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About Helmut Gransow: Books
Books & Publications (15)
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The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
Biographical Index of Artists in Canada
2003
McMann, Evelyn de Rostaing
250 pages
Magazin'art: Biennial Guide to Canadian Artists in Galleries, 2002-2003
2002
Latulippe, Jacques (Editor)
707 pages (color)
Canadian Who's Who-2001
2001
Lumley, Elizabeth (Editor)
1,400 pages
Leonard and Reva Brooks: Artists in Exile in San Miquel de Allende
2001
Virtue, John
488 pages (color)
The Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction
2001
Westbridge, Anthony R. and Diana L. Bodnar
622 pages
Magazin'art: Biennial Guide to Canadian Artists in Galleries, 2000-2001
2000
Goulet, Lise; Jean-Guy Thibault
759 pages (color)
Kaleidoscope: An Exhibition by Quebec Members of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts
1998
Henry, Pierre
66 pages
Art and Architecture in Canada: A Bibliography and Guide to the Literature to 1981
1991
Lerner, Loren R; Mary F. Williamson
1,557 pages (color)
Canadian Who's Who, 1991
1991
Simpson, Kieran
1,122 pages (color)
Gransow
1986
Heywood, Irene
103 pages (color)
Helmut Gransow
1980
Iconia, Guy Robert
32 pages (color)
The Index of Ontario Artists (Visual Arts Ontario and Ontario Association of Art Galleries)