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 Born in 1955, Charles Fritz grew up in Mason City, Iowa, and studied history and education at Iowa State University in Ames. He soon left teaching to pursue his art career. His move to Montana in 1980 strengthened his interest in the history of the Great Plains and the West, which is apparent in the evolution of his work. Today he paints historical subjects in vast, luminous landscapes while residing in Billings with his wife and their two sons.
Charles Fritz's work has been included in mumerous museum exhibitions across the country, including the Albuquerque Museum, New Mexico; Artists of America Exhibit, Denver, Colorado; Booth Museum of Western Art, Cartersville, Georgia; Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, Oklahoma; Great American Masters Exhibit, Cincinnati, Ohio; Prix de West Exhibit, National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; National Museum of Wildlife Art, Jackson, Wyoming; Oregon Historical Society, Portland, Oregon; Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings, Montana; and the Salmagundi Club, New York, New York.
Fritz is listed in Who's Who in the American West and Who's Who in America. His work has been featured in many magazines and periodicals and is included in Donald Hagerty's books Leading the West: 100 Contemporary Artists and Canyon de Chelly: 100 Years of Painting and Photography.
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