Vernon Fisher

Fish by Fisher, 2002, oil on blackboard slating

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.^[1][2]

Fisher was best known for his paintings that resemble chalk on a school blackboard, often with incongruous elements added.^[3] 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.^{[4][better source needed]}

References

• Fisher, Vernon, Vernon Fisher (M. Georgia Hegarty Dunkerley Contemporary Art Series), University of Texas Press, 2010 ISBN 9780292723238
• Goldwater, Marge, Past/imperfect: Eric Fischl, Vernon Fisher, Laurie Simmons, Walker Art Center, 1987 ISBN 9780935640212
• 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

Footnotes

1. Vernon Fisher in Askart.com
2. Mark Moore Fine Art
3. Honolulu Museum of Art, wall label, Illustrations for a Story, accession 2017-31-07
4. Mark Moore Fine Art