The 1975 exhibition: Ottawa Exhibition Toward a People's Art 01
Aug 1975 An article about Fritz Brandtner?s Men of 1939, part of
the Canadian Painting in the Thirties exhibition organized by
the National Gallery of Canada. Brandtner exhibited his drawings
in a 1936 show organized by the Canadian League Against War and
Fascism. Dr. Norman Bethune, Brandtner?s first patron, organized
a Children?s Art Centre with Brandtner and Marion Scott.
Brandtner taught children of the working class and in hospitals.
Progressive works such as Brandtner?s Men of 1939 aimed at
serving the people during the Depression. Illustrated with a
black and white reproduction of Men of 1939.