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Place of Birth: Ried in der Riedmark, Upper Austria, Austria
About Ernestine Tahedl
- Ernestine Tahedl (born 1940) is a Canadian painter. Born in Vienna, Tahedl studied at the Academy of Applied Arts Vienna, receiving her master of arts in graphic arts in 1961.
- For the next two years she worked with her father, Heinrich Tahedl, on the design and execution of stained glass pieces, before her emigration to Canada.
- She produced a portfolio of etchings, Circle of Energy, in 1981, and did restoration work on the church of Christ the King in Klagenfurt in 1989; otherwise she is best known for her abstract landscapes.
- She has exhibited throughout Canada, the United States, and Europe both in solo shows and group exhibitions, and her work is in numerous public, private, and corporate collections.
- In 1967 she received a Canada Council arts award; in 1967, she was the recipient of a purchase award at the Concours Artistiques du Québec, and in 1966 she was awarded the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada's allied arts medal.
- In 1963 she won a bronze medal at the Vienna International Exhibition of Paintings; she has also received other awards throughout her career.
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