Paul Fischer artwork • painting • previously for sale The Vester Voldgade in Copenhagen by night
Paul Fischer
Kopenhagen 1860-1934 Gentofte (Denemarken)
1860-1934
The Vester Voldgade in Copenhagen by night
oil on canvas 55.5 x 39.8 cm, signed l.r.
This painting was previously for sale.
Paul or Poul Gustav Fischer came from an artistic family, his brother Johannes August (1854-1921) also became a painter. Paul was educated at the art academy in Copenhagen (1876-'78) and then worked in his father's pottery factory until 1888. He made study trips to Italy and stayed in Paris around 1890 where he studied the Impressionists and participated in the Salons. Fischer was a popular artist in his day for his family scenes, female figures and paintings of city scenes in the harbor and streets of Copenhagen, which he transformed into the 'Paris of the North' in his work. The artist also made illustrations for various magazines and a fairy tale book by Hans Christian Andersen.