Discipline: Visual Art

Frederick Ortner

Discipline: Visual Art
Region: Baton Rouge, LA
MacDowell Fellowships: 1975

Frederick Ortner was trained in New York City at Pratt Institute, the New York Studio School, and New York University's Institute of Fine Arts. His painting has been supported by grants from the Skowegan School, the Royal College of Art in London, the Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris, the E. J. Noble Foundation, and MacDowell. His work has been exhibited in New York at the Bowery Gallery, the Blue Mountain Gallery, and the Prince Street Gallery. He has also exhibited in public and private galleries in Connecticut, Illinois, Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Texas, Iowa, Norway, and France. He is professor of art at Louisiana State University.

Studios

Eastman

Frederick Ortner worked in the Eastman studio.

Thanks to the generous support of MacDowell Fellow and board member Louise Eastman, this century-old farm building was reinvented as a modern, energy efficient live and workspace for visual artists. Originally built in 1915 to house a forge and provide storage when the residency program was expanding, this small barn was simply converted for…

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