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1899 Middelburg, Holland - 1973 Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Known for: Realist painting-landscape, city scenes, architecture.
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,... Read full biography
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,... Read full biography
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... Read full biography
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 prize finding his paintings with their labels on the back.... Read full biography
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 prize finding his paintings with their labels on the back. Interestingly, even though he was a realist, he was an early supporter of t... Read full biography
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Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
Art Media
- •Acrylic Paint
- •Bronze
- •Gouache
- •Ink
- •Linoleum Cut Block, Linocut
- •Mixed Media, Multi Media and/or Multli Styles
- •Monoprint, Monotype, Monograph
- •Oil Paint
- •Pen and Ink Drawing
- •Watercolor/Watercolour
Art Style
Art Subject
- •Architecture Trained: Design and Drawing
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Still Life
- •Urban Scene, City Genre
Art Association
- •Canadian Society of Painters in Water Colour
- •Ontario Society of Artists
- •Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, Elected Member
Added Description
- •Self Taught, Autodidact
Notable Commercial Gallery Representation, Pre 21s
- •Roberts Gallery, Toronto
Exhibition of Art Association
- •Royal Canadian Academy of Arts
Exhibition of Museum
- •Montreal Museum of Fine Arts