Albert Jacques Franck (1899 - 1973) Holland
Watercolor on Paper
Measure 21"in H x 27 3/4"in W and 32"in H x 39"in W with frame

Known for: Realist painting-landscape, city scenes, architecture
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. Franck was a member of the Ontario Society of Artists, the Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour and was an Associate of the Royal Canadian Academy of Art. He exhibited with the RCA from 1948 until 1963, at the Art Gallery of Ontario in 1952, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts in 1960, the Detroit Institute of Arts in 1962, and the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria (B.C.) in 1967. He also participated in shows at the Art Gallery of Hamilton (Ontario), the Edmonton Art Gallery (Alberta), the Winnipeg Art Gallery (Manitoba), the Windsor Art Gallery (Ontario) and the London Art Gallery (Ontario). In 1973 "A Tribute to Albert Franck" exhibition was presented at the Art Gallery of Ontario.

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