Anna S. Fisher (1873-1942), an artist and teacher, was well-known and popular in the New York City art community. Her talent, her living and working in the city and her teaching at Pratt Institute... Read full biography
Anna S. Fisher (1873-1942), an artist and teacher, was well-known and popular in the New York City art community. Her talent, her living and working in the city and her teaching at Pratt Institute for 41 years, allowed her to participate in the major juried exhibitions in the Northeast and... Read full biography
Anna S. Fisher (1873-1942), an artist and teacher, was well-known and popular in the New York City art community. Her talent, her living and working in the city and her teaching at Pratt Institute for 41 years, allowed her to participate in the major juried exhibitions in the Northeast and associate with artists now better known than she. Her career and works are essentially overlooked and unstudied yet her paintings appeal even today when seen by the public. Pratt celebrated its 125th... Read full biography
Anna S. Fisher (1873-1942), an artist and teacher, was well-known and popular in the New York City art community. Her talent, her living and working in the city and her teaching at Pratt Institute for 41 years, allowed her to participate in the major juried exhibitions in the Northeast and associate with artists now better known than she. Her career and works are essentially overlooked and unstudied yet her paintings appeal even today when seen by the public. Pratt celebrated its 125th Anniversary in 2012 and had on its web site the top 125 Iconic Works of all time by its faculty and alumni as chosen by thousands of voters. Not only was a Fisher still life among these works, it was one of the most admired. Fisher's paintings are in two... Read full biography
Anna S. Fisher (1873-1942), an artist and teacher, was well-known and popular in the New York City art community. Her talent, her living and working in the city and her teaching at Pratt Institute for 41 years, allowed her to participate in the major juried exhibitions in the Northeast and associate with artists now better known than she. Her career and works are essentially overlooked and unstudied yet her paintings appeal even today when seen by the public. Pratt celebrated its 125th Anniversary in 2012 and had on its web site the top 125 Iconic Works of all time by its faculty and alumni as chosen by thousands of voters. Not only was a Fisher still life among these works, it was one of the most admired. Fisher's paintings are in two distinct and contrasting styles. Her better-known studio oil and watercolor works - flower and vase still lifes - are realistic,... Read full biography
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About Anna S Fisher: Books
Books & Publications (23)
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The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
Paintings and Sculpture in the Collection of The National Academy of Design Volume One: 1826-1925
2004
Dearinger, David B.
672 pages (color)
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
The Salons of America (Exhibition catalog)
1991
Marlor, Clark S
242 pages
Art by American Women Collection Louise and Alan Sellars (Exhibition catalog)
1991
Sternberg, Paul E
146 pages (color)
Annual Exhibition Record, National Academy of Design: 1901-1950 (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Falk, Peter Hastings
622 pages
The Annual Exhibition Record of the Art Institute of Chicago (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
1,117 pages
Centennial Exhibition 1889-1989 Members National Assoc Women Artists (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Sternberg, Paul E
62 pages (color)
Annual Exhibition Record, 1876-1913, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Volume II (Exhibition catalog)
1989
Falk, Peter Hastings
612 pages
Annual Exhibition Record, 1914-68, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (Exhibition catalog)
1989
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
538 pages
Paintings by American Women The Collection of Louise and Alan Sellers (Exhibition catalog)
1989
Sternberg, Paul E
56 pages (color)
Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers
1986
Opitz, Glenn B (editor)
1,081 pages
Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947
1985
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
707 pages
Americans in the Arts 1890-1920
1985
Huneker, James G/Arnold Schwab
672 pages
Dictionary of Women Artists: An International Dictionary of Women Artists Born Before 1900
1985
Petteys, Chris with Hazel Gustow, Ferris Olin and Verna Ritchie
851 pages
American Watercolors, Pastels, Collages The Brooklyn Museum
1984
Faunce, Sarah; Linda S. Ferber (Curators)
88 pages (color)
Dictionary of American Artists
1982
Opitz, Glenn
372 pages
The American Painting Collection of the Montclair Art Museum
1977
Gamble, Kathryn (Foreward); Thomas Hoving, William Gerdts, Lloyd Goodrich
268 pages (color)
Women Artists in America: Eighteenth Century to Present
1973
Collins, Jim L.
426 pages
History of the National Academy of Design, 1825-1953
1954
Clark, Eliot
296 pages
Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index