Vera Fischer (27 January 1925 – 14 July 2009) was a Croatian sculptor. Ha-Kol (Glasilo Židovske zajednice u Hrvatskoj); In Memoriam - Vera Fischer; stranica 62; broj 110, lipanj / srpanj / kolovoz 2009. Fischer was born in

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family on 27 January 1925. Her father died when she was one year old and she was raised by her grandparents, and mother Latica (

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Klein). Ha-Kol (Glasilo Židovske zajednice u Hrvatskoj); Nataša Maksimović Subašić; Vera Fischer - Ljubav prema životu i toleranciji; stranica 16, 17; broj 112, studeni / prosinac 2009. In 1951, Fischer graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts, at the

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under professor Vanja Raduš. She has participated in the numerous solo and group exhibitions at home and abroad, such as the first public appearance in 1952 at the 8th Croatian Association of Artists exhibition, and in 1962 solo exhibition at the Croatian Association of Artists salon in Zagreb. In 2002, Fischer organized an autobiographical exhibition. Since 1952, Fischer was a member of the Croatian Association of Artists. In 1997, President of Croatia

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awarded Fischer with the

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. She was an active member of the Jewish community in Zagreb. Fischer died in Zagreb on 14 July 2009 and was buried at the

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. Gradska groblja Zagreb: Vera Fischer, Mirogoj Ž-119-II-285

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