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| 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.
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| 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.
