Saskatoon in Print



Saskatoon 1969, view onto the Broadway Bridge, looking NW



This Pen and Ink sketch was the first limited edition print available for sale at the Fritz Stehwien Gallery. More motifs, including some done on the University campus and later Saskatoon skylines were also printed. Apologies for the poor coloring of the snapshot - the prints are a very crisp and pleasing black and white. Notable is the absence of the two highrises - the hotel and apartment built in the early 1980s - at the bottom of the Broadway Bridge.

More of Saskatoon

Saskatoon, City of Bridges, 1969 - looking West
with the University Bridge in the foreground

 

Fritz and daughter in backyard,
discussing City of Bridges painting



43 Summers ago, the first of many large paintings

of beautiful Saskatoon and its many bridges was
completed.

What a great journey back through the archives, to
get a look at this young city (just over 60 years old
at the time) and watch how the skyline has changed
through paintings and sketches.