BIOGRAPHY
FRITZ BRANDTNER (1896 – 1969) 1896
Birth in Danzig, Germany
1960-61
Exhibition at the Instituto Nacional de Belles Artes in Mexico City
1914-20
Active military service in World War I
1920-28
Teaches art and history at Danzig University
1968
Recipient of the Canada Council Visual Arts Award
1928
Emigrates to Canada and settles in Winnipeg. First exhibition at the Winnipeg School of Art
1969
Dies in Montreal on November 7th
1929
Marries Mieze Preusse
1982
1934
The Brandtners settle in Montreal Participates in the annual spring exhibition of the Montreal Art Association
Exhibition titled The Brave New World of Fritz Brandtner held at the Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario
1936 +
Founds the Children’s Art Centre with Dr. Norman Bethune, and creates similar programs in various poor neighbourhoods of Montreal
1996
Retrospective exhibition at Galerie Kastel, Montreal, which has represented the artist since the early 1960s
2003
Exhibition titled Fritz Brandtner : A Gift presented at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, comprising the 44 works donated by collectors Marc Régnier and Claudette Picard
1943
Works presented during the Work done in Canadian War Plants exhibition at the National Gallery of Canada, in Ottawa
1946
Recipient of the Montreal Art Association’s Jessie Dow prize for his work titled Sixteen Islands Lake
1947-53
Teaches at McGill University, Montreal
1949-52
Teaches at the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton
1969-1981 Retrospective exhibitions held in galleries in Montreal,Toronto and Calgary
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