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Ernest Lindner School
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About Our School
Lindner_newsbio.jpgOur school is named for Ernest Friedrich Lindner, a nationally respected landscape artist who made a substantial contribution to the education of many students as a longtime teacher with Saskatoon Public Schools. 

Born in 1897, Lindner immigrated to Canada from Austria in 1926 and began teaching art at Saskatoon Technical Collegiate in 1931. In the mid-1930s, he was named head of the high school's art department. His teaching and leadership influenced hundreds of students during a career that ran until 1962, when he left teaching to devote his time fully to his art. 

Lindner was a nationally recognized landscape artist and his work was exhibited across Canada on many occasions during his life. To this day, his work can be found in the National Gallery of Canada. Several of Lindner's paintings are on display at the Saskatoon Board of Education office and in many schools.​

A leader in the local art community, Lindner led the revitalization of the Saskatoon Art Association in 1932 and actively championed the creation of the Federation of Canadian Artists in 1941. Lindner is recognized, alongside Augustus Kenderdine, as influencing the University of Saskatchewan's Emma Lake artist workshops that attracted artists from Saskatchewan, Canada and the United States. Lindner was a frequent participant during the 1950s and 1960s.

Among his many honours, Lindner received an Honorary Doctor of Law degree from the University of Saskatchewan in 1972, was elected a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of the Arts in 1977 and a Member of the Order of Canada in 1979 and was awarded the Saskatchewan Arts Board's Lifetime Award for Excellence in the Arts in 1988. Ernest Lindner died in Saskatoon on November 4, 1988, at the age of 91.