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G. Brender à Brandis
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Fonds
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RC0162
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1964-2020 (Creation)
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- Brender à Brandis, G.
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Physical description
1.96 metres of textual records
17 cm of sound recordings
1.80 m of graphic material
43 engraved woodblocks
21 photographs
3 DVDs
2 reel to reel films
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Biographical history
Born in the Netherlands in 1942, Gerard Brender à Brandis immigrated to Canada with his family in 1947. After graduating from the Fine Arts programme at McMaster University, he set up his own studio in Carlisle, Ontario. Although he received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree, he studied wood engraving and the art of making books on his own. In 1969 he established the Brandstead Press, and during the 1970s and 1980s, Brender à Brandis gained both a national and international reputation for his delicate work in wood engraving and linocutting. Best known for his botanicals, interior studies and landscapes, Brender à Brandis is also an accomplished bookwright, producing limited edition books combining the arts of paper-making, wood engraving, typesetting, printing, book binding, and spinning, dyeing and weaving flax into linen covers. He has had solo exhibitions as well as numerous group shows. His work is represented in both public and private collections, and public and university libraries throughout Canada and the United States. Brender à Brandis currently resides in Stratford, Ontario.
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There have been five accruals. The first accrual consists of correspondence, artist's proofs of wood engravings, limited editions, sketches, sketchbooks, free-hand drawings on tracing paper, news clippings and keepsakes as well as manuscript material, photographs, slides and audio cassettes. This accrual of the Brender à Brandis fonds was accompanied by a donation of some of his book imprints. The collection has been catalogued for Research Collections. The accrual (1.45 m) is arranged into 5 series: personal correspondence; manuscripts; news clippings and ephemera; graphic material; sound recordings. The second accrual (53 cm) consists of pencil, pen and ink, charcoal drawings and sketches, watercolour paintings, artist's proofs, limited editions and other prints done in the linocut and wood engraving technique. A book which accompanies this accrual has been catalogued for Research Collections. The accrual is arranged into 3 series: drawings; paintings; engravings. The third accrual consists mostly of graphic material, as well as a few clippings, two reel to reel films, and some additional monographs which have been added to the Division's collection. The fourth accrual consists of personal correspondence from Gerard Brender à Brandis and other members of his family to Donald Bragg, graphic materials, and seven books which have been added to the Division’s collection. The fifth accrual consists mostly of graphic material and engraved woodblocks. There are 167 wood engraving prints, along with 43 engraved woodblocks, a small number of photographs, and DVDs with tours of Brender à Brandis’ workshop.
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Physical condition
Immediate source of acquisition
The first accrual (41-2002) was acquired in October 2002, the second accrual (11-2006) in November 2005, the third accrual (2013-011) in April 2013, all from from Gerard Brender à Brandis. The fourth accrual was acquired from Donald Bragg in September 2021. The fifth accrual was donated by Brender à Brandis in 2023.
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Restrictions on access
Box 10, files 2-11 are restricted until the deaths of Gerard Brender à Brandis and Donald Bragg.
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Associated materials
Researchers are advised that archives of G. Brender à Brandis can also be found in the Literary Manuscript Collection at the National Library of Canada.
Accruals
Further accruals are expected.
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G. Dunks, 4th accrual, 2023.
K. Pugh, 5th accrual, 2023.
