Ulrich W. Fisher. Untitled. [Gulf Coast seascape with quiet sea by moonlight, sand dues in foreground.]

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Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

This collection consists of 38 works of art, along with one text document related to the artwork.

Beard donated sixteen oil paintings. Texas artists Ulrich W. Fisher, Joseph Lane, Gerald Harvey Jones (G. Harvey), Renne Hughes, and Porfirio Salinas are represented in the collection, as well as paintings by Earl G. Hammock (Arizona), Robert Wesley Amick (Connecticut/Colorado), Oscar Edmund Berninghas (New Mexico/Missouri/Kansas), Ross Stefan (Arizona), Harry Worthman (New York), Leonard Howard Reedy (Illinois), Mike Carroll (unknown), and William Herbert Dunton (Main/New Mexico). Many of the paintings are Texas landscapes and scenes related to the old West.

Beard also selected twenty engravings produced by Star Engraving Company of Houston, Texas. Nine of these engravings were created by artist Bernhardt Wall.

Dates

early 20th century

Creator

From the Collection: Beard, Roy J. (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Researchers are encouraged to use digital surrogates. In-person research with original artwork(s) must be approved/scheduled by the University Archivist.

Biographical / Historical

ULRICH W. FISHER (1887-1970, TEXAS)

Ulrich W. Fisher studied painting in Berlin. He was one of the directors of an art group in Stettin. In 1920 he went to Buenos Aires, Argentina where he exhibited in the National Art Exhibition and was awarded the gold medal of the "" Sociedad National de Arts Decorative"". In 1922, he came to New York where he worked for several years for tapestry designing and other art projects. In 1937, he moved to Florida,lived and taught painting in several cities such as Daytona Beach, Orlando, West Palm Beach and Fort Lauderdale.

He moved to California several years later where he painted a lot of seascapes. In 1960, he moved Texas and worked in Houston and McAllen. He died in 1970 in Corpus Christi, Texas.

Source: "Ulrich Fischer," askART, https://www.askart.com/artist/Ulrich_W_Fisher/3000103/Ulrich_W_Fisher.aspx (accessed June 20, 2022).