More Winter from the Archives



Untitled, photo of the original, Winter in Russia



Dated 1942, Sokolow

 

When rummaging through the archives, one finds many treasures waiting to be re-discovered. Here are more examples of 70 year old works from a time where his art was likely the only way Fritz could escape into a world of peace and beauty. He helped others do the same, and impressed at least one Army General enough to get special assignments. Assignments that often kept him out of direct combat. Thankfully.



Scan of a slide of an amazing watercolor



Untitled sketch of people in Winter, early 1940s



Previous Winters

Winter in Russian Town, 1942

For Fritz, this incredible prairie winter beauty must have brought back memories of similar landscapes he spent time in, during much more difficult years than that first winter in Saskatchewan. Certainly his paintings are evidence of the attraction of the vast landscapes, 70 years ago. He managed to see and capture the beauty, even through the horrors of WWII, where Fritz was forced to serve as a soldier in both Russia and France.

Winter in Russia, near Belarus, 1943





Almost more amazing than the fact that he somehow was able to capture the beauty alongside the destruction and devastation, is the fact that there are originals in the collection from those years. Not only did his art help Fritz survive, but a number of sketches and paintings somehow survived as well.