George Fertig
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George Fertig ( 1915-1983) was a Canadian artist. He was born in Carmangay, Alberta and died in Burnaby B.C. He began with photography in his early 20's and started oil painting at the age of 24. In 1941 he moved to Vancouver from Trail. He exhibited in the B.C. Artists Annual Exhibition in the 1940's and early 50's. But with the rise of abstractionism and the confines of the sociopolitical climate of the Vancouver Art Gallery and the Vancouver School of Art, his work was rarely seen outside of the Gallery of B.C. Arts in the 60's and 70's. The Surrey Art Gallery, in 1979, held his last public exhibit.
He was an artists’ artist. His work was esteemed by those who delight in revelation, through art, of inner realities. His unique paintings reflected the mystery of existence; the inner light. He was profoundly influenced by world art: Gaugin, Chardin, and the writings of Carl Jung. George Fertig, along with friends & acquaintances; David Marshall, Peter Paul Ochs, Jock Hearn, LeRoy Jensen, Frank Molnar, Jack Ackroyd... belong to a group of neglected artists that are part of the deeply unacknowledged and disappearing Vancouver art history of the 40's, 50's & 60's. George Fertig was married to Evelyn (Luxa) Fertig in 1953. They formed a rare symbiotic partnership in life and art. Evelyn died in 1994 in Vancouver. She was born in 1925 in Winnipeg, Manitoba. They have two daughters; Mona & Moana Fertig.
