Emmitt Fritz, Castillo de San Marco. Oil on board, 16 by 20 inches.
Emmett Fritz came to St. Augustine in 1950 and spent the next forty-five years painting the local scene. He could be found on St. George Street displaying and selling his paintings into the early 1990’s. Fritz worked as a cartoonist for the comic strip, Roxie West.
Born: October 13, 1917, Kansas City, Missouri.
Died: November 29, 1995.
Education: Pratt Institute, 1937; with Norman Rockwell.
Membership: St. Augustine Art Association; Florida Federation of Art.
Exhibits: St. Augustine Art Association, March 1952, best painting, Old School House; March of Dimes, Outdoor Exhibit, St. Augustine Plaza, February 1953; St. Augustine Art Association, 2nd award, oil, Old Spanish Street; SAAA, March 1954, honorable mention, watercolor, Plaza and Cathedral; SAAA, April 1954, Charles Cedric Wolfe Award, oil, Romantic Yesterday; SAAA, February 1955, 2nd Exchange Bank Award, oil, Spanish Street Reflection; SAAA, March 1955, judge; SAAA, February 1956, Princes Scherbatow, 2nd award, oil; SAAA, April 1956, 3rd Walter Cole Award, oil; SAAA, honorable mention, January 1957; SAAA, February 1957, 1st award, oil, 2nd award, March 1957; SAAA, March 1958, honorable mention, oil, Mending the Nets; SAAA, March 1959, honorable mention, watercolor; SAAA, March 1960, honorable mention.
Directory: Listed in the St. Augustine City Directory in 1953, 1954, 1955, 1960 as a landscape artist with a studio at 44 St. George
