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Albert Chiarandini was born in the city of Udine in the Friuli region of northern Italy, on September 30, 1915. He studied there under the tutelage of the sculptor Luigi Moro. He arrived with his family in Canada in 1932 at the age of seventeen and was accepted to study at the Ontario College of Art. His instructors' at the college included Franklin Carmichael, Frederick Challener, John Alfsen and John William Beatty. In 1938 his first portrait was accepted for the Ontario Society of Artists annual show. In 1967 he began to paint a series of twelve portraits of the hippies in the Yorkville area of Toronto. Further commissions included many of the well known in the city of Toronto. He passed away on December 18, 2007 in the city of Vaughan, Ontario.

His landscapes of the southern Ontario region, captured many of the rural settings and farms that no longer exist today.

In 2004 a large donation of 159 paintings was made by Bruce Smith to the Georgina Art Centre and Gallery in Sutton Ontario. This major collection is on permanent display, and was included in the Group of Seven Project in 2005.

Professor Olga Zorzi Pugliese, of the University of Toronto, has presented a lecture entitled "Personalities, Politics and Landscapes of Central Canada, in the Painting of Albert Chiarandini", at the University of Udine(Italy) on October 27, 2009.