Vernon Fisher

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.Vernon Fisher in Askart.comMark Moore Fine Art

Fisher was best known for his paintings that resemble chalk on a school blackboard, often with incongruous elements added.Honolulu Museum of Art, wall label, Illustrations for a Story, accession 2017-31-07 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.Mark Moore Fine Art

References Fisher, Vernon, Vernon Fisher (M. Georgia Hegarty Dunkerley Contemporary Art Series), University of Texas Press, 2010 Goldwater, Marge, Past/imperfect: Eric Fischl, Vernon Fisher, Laurie Simmons, Walker Art Center, 1987 Gumpert, Lynn and Allan Schwartzman, Investigations: Probe, Structure, Analysis; Agnes Denes, Lauren Ewing, Vernon Fisher, Stephen Prina, David Reed, The New Museum, New York, 1980 Haring, Keith, Vernon Fisher, Rotterdam Arts Council, 1982 Hickey, Dave, Vernon Fisher, La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art, 1989 ASIN: B01FKT4ZHY Mayo, Marti and Vernon Fisher, Vernon Fisher: Story Paintings and Drawings, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, TX, 1980

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