Carl Fischer

CARL FISCHER (Vejle County, Denmark, 1887 - 1962).
"Interior with the artist's wife", 1920.
Oil on canvas.
Signed in the lower left corner.
Measurements: 71 x 60 cm; 82 x 69 cm (frame).

In this canvas Fischer offers us an intimate portrait in which his wife, who turns her back to us, is captured in a private space. Technically, the brushstroke stands out: an intense and energetic touch in some areas, of impressionist heritage.

Carl Fischer developed his training at the Danish Academy of Art between 1905 and 1912, and that same year he began to make his work known through official exhibitions. He took part in the Copenhagen Autumn Salon in 1912 and 1913, and also participated regularly in the annual exhibitions held in Charlottenborg, the Royal Danish Academy, where he would show his work between 1912 and 1939 and, after the war, in 1945 and 1946. He also exhibited in Copenhagen galleries such as Kiertzners Kunsthandel (1920 and 1924) and Winkel & Magnussen (1926), and in 1928 and 1938 he took part in the Charlottenborg Autumn Salon. In 1929 he participated in the Danish Art Forum, and in wartime he showed his works at the Winter Exhibition of 1939, 1941 and 1945. It is also worth mentioning other important exhibitions in his career, such as the one held in 1939 at the Vejle Museum (Denmark) or the group exhibition "Drawings by Danish Painters" at the Statens Museum for Kunst (1940-1941). Fischer was also awarded several prizes and scholarships: Ronge (1913), Bielke (1914-1915), the Danish Academy (1917) and J. R. Lund (1929). He was also awarded the Eckersberg Medal in 1922. Although he tackled landscape subjects, street scenes, flowers and still lifes, Fischer was mainly known for his depictions of young women half or full-length, set in interiors. Today, works by Carl Fischer can be found in the Statens Museum for Kunst and the Theater Museum in Copenhagen, and in the art museums of Vejle and Storstrøms, as well as in various private collections in different European countries.