Paul Gustave Fischer Paintings

A simply beautiful oil on panel by Danish realist painter Paul Gustav Fischer. The work depicts a young woman wearing pink ballet shoes and a flowing blue dress performing a dance in a ballroom, a tambourine raised above her head and elegant men and women looking on. Signature: Signed and dated 1910 lower right Dimensions: Framed: 23"x17.5" Unframed: 18"x12.5" Paul Fischer was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. Paul Fischer was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. He belonged to the fourth generation of a Jewish family which originally came from Poland. He was the son of Philip August Fischer (1817-1907) and Gustafva Albertina Svedgren (1827-83). The family was upper middle class; His father had started as a painter, but later succeeded in the business of manufacturing paints and lacquers. His formal art education lasted only a short time in his mid teens when he spent two years at the Royal Danish Academy of Art in Copenhagen. Fischer began to paint when he was still young, guided by his father. He worked from 1878-88 at the father's factory and exhibited regularly at Charlottenborg Spring Exhibition 1884-1902. It was thanks to a painting he had published in Ude og Hjemme that his reputation began to evolve as he came in contact with young Danish naturalists. His earlier paintings depict city life. For this reason, he has been called "Copenhagen's painter" (Københavns maler). After a stay in Paris from 1891–1895, his colours became richer and lighter. It was not long before Fischer gained fame as a painter of cities, not just Copenhagen, but scenes from Scandinavia, Italy and Germany, reaching his zenith between 1890 and 1910. He benefited from contemporaries in Norway and Sweden, especially Carl Larsson. Around this time, he also painted bright, sunny bathing scenes, some with nude women, and developed an interest in posters, inspired by Théophile Steinlen and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. During the period when he actively painted, Danish art was dominated by Laurits Tuxen...

Oil on panel by Danish painter Paul Gustave Fischer depicting an elegant young woman, Harriet, in an interior reading a letter. There is a piano in the corner of the room and framed pictures adorn the walls. Harriet was the artists daughter and he painted her on many occasions - often at their home in Sofievej the upmarket street in Copenhagen where the artist had his home and studio. Signed and dated 1908 lower right. Framed dimensions are 29 inches high and 22 inches wide. Provenance: Private collection - Denmark Paul Fischer...

Paul Gustav Fischer 1860-1934 • Danish An Evening at the Royal Theatre, Copenhagen Signed and dated “Paul Fischer 1887-88” (lower right) Oil o...