Frank Fisher
Born 1857 (Circa)
Active: 1875 - 1911
Country of birth and death: England
Sculptor, medallist
Born in Blackfriars, London. His father was Thomas Fisher (born c.1818 in Chelsworth, London), piano tuner. His older brother, Arthur, was a professor of music and two younger sisters, Helena (born c.1865) and Elizabeth (born c.1862) were artists, possibly painters and sculptors. Frank and both his sisters exhibited at the Royal Academy.
Works
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Ophelia
1886 (Presumed)
Locations
Address The Prairie Chertsey Addleston | View on map
1886 (Circa) - 1911 (Circa)
Address Crouch Oak Green Lanes | View on map
1891 (Circa)
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at Sixth Annual Autumn Exhibition of Modern Pictures in Oil and Water Colour, and Architectural Designs, &c. (Nottingham Castle Museum), 1886
'Ophelia'
Exhibited at Leeds City Art Gallery, The Spring Exhibition, 1892
'The Haunted Glen'
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts (Summer Exhibition), 1768-
1875 - 1898
Exhibited 5 times, average 1 work per year.
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts (Summer Exhibition), 1768-
1875 - 1898
Exhibited 5 times, six works (three portrait medallions, a portrait, a group and a statuette)
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of pictures, in oil and water-colours: the fifteenth (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1885
1885
Ophelia (cat. no. 1422, plaster, £3 3s.).
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of pictures, in oil and water-colours: the seventeenth (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1887
1887
Imogen (cat. no. 1245, marble, £42).
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-first (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1891
1891
Love's Beacon (cat. no. 1250, terracotta, £6 6s.).
Descriptions of Practice
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891
'Sculptor' neither employer nor employed, his sisters Helena and Elizabeth were 'Artists Painter Sculp'
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
'Sculptor' working on own account at home, his sisters Helena and Elizabeth were 'Artists'
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
'Sculptor'
Sources
Autumn exhibition of pictures, in oil and water-colours: the fifteenth, 1885 Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
1885
pp. 85-87.
Autumn exhibition of pictures, in oil and water-colours: the seventeenth, 1887 Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
1887
pp. 74-76.
Catalogue of the Spring Exhibition, The City Art Gallery, Leeds 1892
1892
Cat. No. 509, pp. 50, 93
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891
2004
RG12 Piece 553 Folio 35 Page 17
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
2001
RG13 Piece 591 Folio 85 Page 33
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
2009
RG14 PN3002 RG78PM105 RD32 SD2 ED7 SN252
Citing this record
'Frank Fisher', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 [http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/person.php?id=msib5_1207045714, accessed 17 Feb 2020]
