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Still Life Theater Born in Austria, Fritzi spent her childhood in Northern Ontario after her parents immigrated to Canada in the 50s. As a teenager, she returned to her homeland where she became a sculpture apprentice to the fine artist Franz Tengg in Salzburg. During this time she also began her studies in stage design at the Mozarteum In 1978, Fritzi graduated with a diploma in stage design from the Academy of Fine Art in Vienna. However, she found herself inspired to work three-dimensionally and sculpturally, creating from all sides rather than from a flat canvas. She started making her dolls and selling them in Europe where they were exhibited. Seeking a new life, she moved back to Nova Scotia in 1996. She made her home in Clementsport, establishing a studio and antique store where she lives with her husband Bill. Seeing her work is similar to watching a play performed on stage. The dolls, though silent and still, invoke intense curiousity and have the power to rouse a profound emotional response from their audience. Consequently Fritzi refers to her work as "still life theatre" Words and photographs by Carolyn Sloan, reproduced with the kind permission of The Annapolis Spectator

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