Helmut Gransow RCA CPE (1921-2000) Canadian Listed Vintage 1960’s Oil Up for sale is vintage 1964 original oil on masonite painting by Canadian artist Helmut Gransow RCA CPE (1921-2000). This painting is titled “Haywagon” and it is very well executed with high level of artistic skills. The painting itself is measuring about 31 ½” (80 cm) by 24” (61 cm), and the frame is about 39” (99 cm) by 31”(79 cm).
It is signed by the artist in the lower left corner, and also signed, titled and dated at the back. This painting would be a very sound investment and a great addition to any collection. Helmut Gransow RCA CPE (1921-2000) 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. He trained as a painter with Max Kraus at the Academy of Fine Arts in Berlin, and studied design and painting at Stuttgart’s Werkschule Merz, and the Academy of Fine Arts in Karlsruhe, where his professors include Wilhelm Schnarrenberger and Otto Leible. In 1949, Gransow emigrates to Canada, and settles the following year in the Laurentians, where his still lives and continues to create. Gransow has traveled extensively and painted in Canada, the U.S.A., Mexico, Germany, France, Yugoslavia, Portugal and Nigeria. Gransow received the painting award of the Québec Exposition Provinciale (1958), the Art Gallery of Hamilton Purchase Award and an Honorable Mention at the Fourth Winnipeg show (1959). He also became a member elect of the Society of Canadian Painters, etchers and Engravers (C.P.E.) in 1955, the Canadian Society of Graphic Arts (S.G.A.) in 1961, and the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts (R.C.A.) in 1983. Please don’t confuse our low starting bid or discounted price with the actual value of the piece. Please note that most of the items we sell are vintage or antique, and therefore they have some imperfections due to age, wear, etc. Anything I consider significant I would mention in the description. I’m describing the items to the best of my knowledge, however please ask any verifying questions or additional photos prior to bidding.
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