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Anya Fisher BIOGRAPHY
1905 Odessa, Russia - 1992 Altadena, California. Known for: Abstracted female form painting.
Anya Fisher is known for her strong, organic, abstracted female forms. Her use of flattened perspective and strong, jewel-like colors are descended from both Russian icons and modernism. She was born... Read full biography
Anya Fisher is known for her strong, organic, abstracted female forms. Her use of flattened perspective and strong, jewel-like colors are descended from both Russian icons and modernism. She was born in Odessa, Russia, to an affluent artistic family; she and her remaining family fled Odessa during... Read full biography
Anya Fisher is known for her strong, organic, abstracted female forms. Her use of flattened perspective and strong, jewel-like colors are descended from both Russian icons and modernism. She was born in Odessa, Russia, to an affluent artistic family; she and her remaining family fled Odessa during the Bolshevik Revolution. Fisher immigrated to Minnesota, and later moved to California, where she studied with Rico de Brun at the Jepson Art Institute. She worked professionally in the arts as a... Read full biography
Anya Fisher is known for her strong, organic, abstracted female forms. Her use of flattened perspective and strong, jewel-like colors are descended from both Russian icons and modernism. She was born in Odessa, Russia, to an affluent artistic family; she and her remaining family fled Odessa during the Bolshevik Revolution. Fisher immigrated to Minnesota, and later moved to California, where she studied with Rico de Brun at the Jepson Art Institute. She worked professionally in the arts as a painter, poet, and teacher for most of her adult life. She died in southern California in 1992. A partial list of her one-person exhibitions follows: . Sullivan Goss, Santa Barbara, California (2001, 1986, 1985, 1984) . Pasadena Public Library,... Read full biography
Anya Fisher is known for her strong, organic, abstracted female forms. Her use of flattened perspective and strong, jewel-like colors are descended from both Russian icons and modernism. She was born in Odessa, Russia, to an affluent artistic family; she and her remaining family fled Odessa during the Bolshevik Revolution. Fisher immigrated to Minnesota, and later moved to California, where she studied with Rico de Brun at the Jepson Art Institute. She worked professionally in the arts as a painter, poet, and teacher for most of her adult life. She died in southern California in 1992. A partial list of her one-person exhibitions follows: . Sullivan Goss, Santa Barbara, California (2001, 1986, 1985, 1984) . Pasadena Public Library, Pasadena, California (1983) . Jack Carr Gallery, Pasadena, California (1975) . Pasadena Society of Artists at Pacific Cultur... Read full biography
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Anya Fisher is known for her strong, organic, abstracted female forms. Her use of flattened perspective and strong, jewel-like colors are descended from both Russian icons and modernism.
She was born in Odessa, Russia, to an affluent artistic family; she and her remaining family fled Odessa during the Bolshevik Revolution. Fisher immigrated to Minnesota, and later moved to California, where she studied with Rico de Brun at the Jepson Art Institute. She worked professionally in the arts as a painter, poet, and teacher for most of her adult life.
She died in southern California in 1992.
A partial list of her one-person exhibitions follows:
Sullivan Goss, Santa Barbara, California (2001, 1986, 1985, 1984)
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