01 Painting, Streets of Paris, Paul Gustav Fischer's An Evening Stroll on the Boulevard, with footnotes, Part 90

Paul Gustav Fischer

An Evening Stroll on the Boulevard

Oil on canvas

15 1/2 by 22 in.; 39.4 by 55.9 cm.

Private collection

Sold for 65.500 USD in Jan 2011

Paul Gustav Fischer (22 July 1860 – 1 May 1934) was a Danish painter.

Paul Fischer was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. His father had started as a painter, but later succeeded in the business of manufacturing paints and lacquers.

His formal art education lasted only a short time in his mid teens when he spent two years at the Royal Danish Academy of Art in Copenhagen. Fischer began to paint when he was still young, guided by his father. He worked from 1878-88 at the father's factory and exhibited regularly at Charlottenborg Spring Exhibition 1884-1902.

It was thanks to a painting he had published in Ude og Hjemme that his reputation began to evolve as he came in contact with young Danish naturalists. His earlier paintings depict city life. After a stay in Paris from 1891–1895, his colours became richer and lighter. It was not long before Fischer gained fame as a painter of cities.

He benefited from contemporaries in Norway and Sweden, especially Carl Larsson. Around this time, he also painted bright, sunny bathing scenes, some with nude women, and developed an interest in posters. 

During the period when he actively painted, Danish art was dominated by Laurits Tuxen. Despite Fischer's lack of critical recognition during his lifetime, his art sold well. One major event in which he succeeded over Tuxen was when Sweden transferred the sovereignty of Norway back to the Norwegians - Fischer rather than Tuxen got the commission from the King of Norway to paint the event.  More on Paul Gustav Fischer

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