Helmut Gransow was born in 1921 in Germany. 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 Ontario, Canada. His home since 1950 has been Morin-Heights, Quebec, a town in the Laurentians, about 40 miles northwest of Montreal
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Collections
Exhibitions
Awards
Québec Exposition Provinciale, painting award,1958
Art Gallery of Hamilton Purchase Award, 1958
Honorable Mention at the Fourth Winnipeg show, 1959 .
Society of Canadian Painters, etchers and Engravers (C.P.E.), 1955
Canadian Society of Graphic Arts (S.G.A.), 1961
Royal Canadian Academy of Arts (R.C.A.), 1983
Professional Activities
Publications
Helmut Gransow, Robert, Guy, Published by Iconia, Sainte – Adele, QC, 1980