Brian Richard Fisher RCA (1939). "His finely-webbed linear abstracts reflect the disciplined approach of Bloore and Kiyooka, yet are completely unlike anything else done in Canada." - Paul Duval (1).... Read full biography
Brian Richard Fisher RCA (1939). "His finely-webbed linear abstracts reflect the disciplined approach of Bloore and Kiyooka, yet are completely unlike anything else done in Canada." - Paul Duval (1). An important Canadian painter, draughtsman, printmaker, muralist, sculptor and educator of the... Read full biography
Brian Richard Fisher RCA (1939). "His finely-webbed linear abstracts reflect the disciplined approach of Bloore and Kiyooka, yet are completely unlike anything else done in Canada." - Paul Duval (1). An important Canadian painter, draughtsman, printmaker, muralist, sculptor and educator of the 1960s and 1970s, Brian Fisher was born in Uxbridge, England and emigrated to Canada with his parents in 1940. He was raised in Regina, Saskatchewan; lived in Vancouver, B.C. from 1964 to 1976; and again... Read full biography
Brian Richard Fisher RCA (1939). "His finely-webbed linear abstracts reflect the disciplined approach of Bloore and Kiyooka, yet are completely unlike anything else done in Canada." - Paul Duval (1). An important Canadian painter, draughtsman, printmaker, muralist, sculptor and educator of the 1960s and 1970s, Brian Fisher was born in Uxbridge, England and emigrated to Canada with his parents in 1940. He was raised in Regina, Saskatchewan; lived in Vancouver, B.C. from 1964 to 1976; and again in Regina from 1976 to 1980 (2). His home since 1981 has been Henley Beach [Adelaide], Australia. Fisher's Op Art creations rank among Canada's most distinctive works of abstract art; examples of it are in the permanent collections of almost every... Read full biography
Brian Richard Fisher RCA (1939). "His finely-webbed linear abstracts reflect the disciplined approach of Bloore and Kiyooka, yet are completely unlike anything else done in Canada." - Paul Duval (1). An important Canadian painter, draughtsman, printmaker, muralist, sculptor and educator of the 1960s and 1970s, Brian Fisher was born in Uxbridge, England and emigrated to Canada with his parents in 1940. He was raised in Regina, Saskatchewan; lived in Vancouver, B.C. from 1964 to 1976; and again in Regina from 1976 to 1980 (2). His home since 1981 has been Henley Beach [Adelaide], Australia. Fisher's Op Art creations rank among Canada's most distinctive works of abstract art; examples of it are in the permanent collections of almost every major Canadian art museum. (3). Fisher's mediums include acrylic, collage*, serigraph*, lithograph, pen & ink, pencil, stencil, fres... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (35)
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The Visual Arts in Canada: The Twentieth Century (Dedicated to the memory of John Fox, Painter and Teacher)
2010
Foss, Brian; Anne Whitelaw and Sandra Paikowsky
480 pages (color)
Abstract Painting in Canada (Exhibition catalog)
2008
Nasgaard, Roald
432 pages (color)
Paint: A Psychedelic Primer (Vancouver Art Gallery) (Exhibition catalog)
2006
Szewczyk, Monika
71 pages (color)
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
The Sixties in Canada (National Gallery of Canada) (Exhibition catalog)
2005
Leclerc, Denise; Pierre Dessureault; National Gallery of Canada
188 pages (color)
Biographical Index of Artists in Canada
2003
McMann, Evelyn de Rostaing
250 pages
Sights of Resistance: Approaches to Canadian Visual Culture, Volume 1
2001
Belton, Robert James
398 pages
The Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction
2001
Westbridge, Anthony R. and Diana L. Bodnar
622 pages
A to Z of Canadian Art: Artists and Art Terms
1997
McKendry, Blake
242 pages (color)
64-94: Contemporary Decades (Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design)
1994
Carter, Sam et al
160 pages (color)
Hidden Values: Contemporary Canadian Art in Corporate Collections (Exhibition catalog)
1994
Swain, Robert
164 pages (color)
Art and Architecture in Canada: A Bibliography and Guide to the Literature to 1981
1991
Lerner, Loren R; Mary F. Williamson
1,557 pages (color)
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts-Spring Exhibitions 1880-1970 (Formerly Art Association of Montreal)
1988
McMann, Evelyn de Rostaing
417 pages
A Concise History of Canadian Painting (Second Edition)
1988
Reid, Dennis
418 pages (color)
Contemporary Canadian Art
1983
Burnett, David; Marilyn Schiff
300 pages (color)
Vancouver School of Art: The Growth Years, 1939-1965
1983
Lindberg, E. Theodore, Augaitis Daina and Elsa Schamis
48 pages (color)
Vancouver: Art and Artists, 1931-1983 (Exhibition catalog)
1983
Rombout, Luke
440 pages (color)
Printmaking in British Columbia, 1889-1983 Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
1983
Tuele, Nicholas, Leslie Dawn and Greg Bellerby
64 pages (color)
Royal Canadian Academy of Arts: Exhibitions and Members, 1880-1979
1981
McMann, Evelyn de Rostaing
448 pages
Saskatchewan Paper: New Works on Paper by Saskatchewan Artists (Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery)
1980
Phillips, Carol A
30 pages
Contemporary Works on Paper by B.C. Artists (Traveling Exhibition) (Exhibition catalog)
1978
Graham, Colin
36 pages (color)
Enjoying Canadian Painting
1976
Godsell, Patricia
275 pages (color)
B.C. Artists' Tribute to Colin Graham (Art Gallery of Greater Victoria)
1974
Harvey, Donald
16 pages
The History of Painting in Canada: Toward A Peoples' Art
1974
Lord, Barry
253 pages (color)
A Dictionary of Canadian Artists (8 Volumes)
1974
MacDonald, Colin, S.
3,667 pages
Mystic Circle: Burnaby Art Gallery
1973
Lhalungpa, Lobsang Phuntshok and George Woodcock
156 pages (color)
Four Decades: The Canadian Group of Painters and their Contemporaries, 1930-1970
1972
Duval, Paul
192 pages (color)
Creative Canada: A Biographical Dictionary of Twentieth Century Creative and Performing Arts (Two Volumes)
1972
Rodney, Helen M.
616 pages
Contemporary Canadian Painting
1972
Withrow, William
224 pages (color)
Canadian Art Today
1970
Townsend, William
114 pages (color)
The New Art of Vancouver (Newport Harbor Art Museum)
1969
Garver, Thomas H.
40 pages
The Canada Council Collection (National Gallery of Canada)
1969
Thompson, David
64 pages (color)
Agnes Etherington Art Centre Queen's University at Kingston
1968
Smith, Frances K.
195 pages
Statements: 18 Canadian Artists (Exhibition catalog)