Vernon Fisher
1943–
Introduction
Vernon Fisher (1943–2023) was an multimedia artist born in Fort Worth, Texas. He earned a BA in English literature from Hardin–Simmons University in 1967 and an MFA from the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in 1969. He taught at Austin College and later at University of North Texas.
Fisher was best known for his paintings that resemble chalk on a school blackboard, often with incongruous elements added. Fish, in the collection of the Honolulu Museum of Art, is an example these "blackboard paintings".
The Art Institute of Chicago, the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (Washington, D.C.), the Honolulu Museum of Art, the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, the Phoenix Art Museum, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (New York City) are among the public collections holding work by Fisher.
Wikidata identifier
Q18669759
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Country of birth
United States
Roles
Artist, assemblage artist, conceptual artist, installation artist, painter, photographer, sculptor
ULAN identifier
500107104
Names
Vernon Fisher, Vernon Fischer
Information from the Getty Research Institute's Union List of Artist Names ® (ULAN), made available under the ODC Attribution License. Accessed November 12, 2024.
