Provenance:

Kastel Gallery, Montreal

Literature:

Fritz Brandtner, “Linoleum Carving”, Canadian Art, Ottawa, Vol. VI, No. 4, Summer 1949, pages 164-166. See page 166 for an illustration of the carved linoleum panel for a Canadian National Railway dining car.
Helen Duffy and Frances K. Smith, The Brave New World of Fritz Brandtner, Queen’s University, Kingston, 1982, page 51 and page 79, cat.no.54.

Exhibited:

The Brave New World of Fritz Brandtner, Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Queen’s University, Kingston, 27 February - 12 April, 1982, no.54. Also shown at the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Art Gallery of Windsor, Art Gallery of Hamilton and Musee du Quebec.

Note:

Executed in 1948.

Duffy and Smith wrote that, for Brandtner, each new painting was an adventure to him, part of his way of living: “And we must be aware that he completed several important murals or panels during the Montreal years... Many were commissioned by the Canadian National Railway for different parts of the country and he became a pioneer in making carved and painted linoleum panels...”

This lot is the drawing for a carved linoleum panel for a railway dining car.