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
Anya Fisher - Artist Info
About Anya Fisher: Books
Books & Publications (3)
Publications based on askART research. List may not be comprehensive.
Emerging from the Shadows: Volume Two (E-K): A Survey Of Women Artists Working in California, 1860-1960
2015
St. Gaudens, Maurine (Editor)
352 pages (color)
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes