Vernon Fisher (born 1943) is an artist born in

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. He earned a BA in English literature from

Hardin–Simmons University Hardin–Simmons University (HSU) is a private Baptist university in Abilene, Texas. It is affiliated with the Baptist General Convention of Texas (Southern Baptist Convention). History Hardin–Simmons University was founded as Abilene Baptist ...

in 1967 and an MFA from the

University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (U of I, Illinois, University of Illinois, or UIUC) is a public land-grant research university in Illinois in the twin cities of Champaign and Urbana. It is the flagship institution of the Universit ...

in 1969. He taught at

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. The artist is best known for his paintings that resemble chalk on a school blackboard, often with incongruous elements added. ''Fish'', in the collection of the

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, is an example these "blackboard paintings". The

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, the

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(Washington, D.C.), the

, the

Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth (widely referred to as The Modern) is an art museum of post-World War II art in Fort Worth, Texas with a collection of international modern and contemporary art. Founded in 1892, The Modern is located in the c ...

, the

Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago The Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA) Chicago is a contemporary art museum near Water Tower Place in downtown Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The museum, which was established in 1967, is one of the world's largest contemporary ...

, the

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH), is an art museum located in the Houston Museum District of Houston, Texas. With the recent completion of an eight-year campus redevelopment project, including the opening of the Nancy and Rich Kinder Build ...

, the

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, the

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and the

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, often referred to as The Guggenheim, is an art museum at 1071 Fifth Avenue on the corner of East 89th Street on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City. It is the permanent home of a continuously exp ...

(New York City) are among the public collections holding work by Fisher.Mark Moore Fine Art
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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

Footnotes

{{DEFAULTSORT:Fisher, Vernon 1943 births Living people American artists University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign alumni People from Fort Worth, Texas