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12 April 1927Gregorian
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30 August 1903Gregorian
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12 April 1977
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Heinrich Robert Fischer known as Harry Fischer was born in 1903 Vienna, Austria into a middle-class Jewish family. He established himself as a book dealer and by the mid-1930's was running one of Vienna's largest bookshops. The Nazi annexation of Austria forced him to flee to Britain in 1938. During World War II he served in the British Army’s Pioneer Corps, an auxiliary unit joined by many Austrian and German refugees. Fischer went on to become one of the founders of Marlborough Fine Art in 1946. He became a naturalised British citizen the following year and established Fischer Fine Artin 1971. He died in London in 1977. The artists who showed in his gallery included John Hubbard, Michael Sandle, Brendan Neiland, Ken Kiff, Leon Kossoff, Ansel Krut, Liliane Lijn, Arthur Boyd, David Hepher, Cecil Stephenson and many more.In 1996 his wife Elfriede Fischer donated The Fischer Collection to the Victoria & Albert Museum. (British English)
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Marlborough Fine Art was founded in 1946 in London by Frank Lloyd and Harry Fischer. Both had emigrated to Britain from Austria during the outbreak of war and first met in 1940 as soldiers in the Pioneer Corps of the British Army. In Vienna, Lloyd's family had been antique and picture dealers for three generations, while Fischer dealt in antiquarian books. The gallery opened at 17-18 Old Bond Street in London, selling antiquarian books and a few paintings and initially exhibiting works mainly by Impressionists, Post-Impressionist and French Modern masters. After opening the gallery, they were joined in 1948 by David Somerset, Duke of Beaufort. (English)
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Heinrich Robert Fischer known as Harry Fischer was born in 1903 Vienna, Austria into a middle-class Jewish family. He established himself as a book dealer and by the mid-1930's was running one of Vienna's largest bookshops. The Nazi annexation of Austria forced him to flee to Britain in 1938. During World War II he served in the British Army’s Pioneer Corps, an auxiliary unit joined by many Austrian and German refugees. (British English)
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Marlborough Fine Art was founded in 1946 in London by Frank Lloyd and Harry Fischer. Both had emigrated to Britain from Austria during the outbreak of war and first met in 1940 as soldiers in the Pioneer Corps of the British Army. In Vienna, Lloyd's family had been antique and picture dealers for three generations, while Fischer dealt in antiquarian books. The gallery opened at 17-18 Old Bond Street in London, selling antiquarian books and a few paintings and initially exhibiting works mainly by Impressionists, Post-Impressionist and French Modern masters. After opening the gallery, they were joined in 1948 by David Somerset, Duke of Beaufort. (English)
23 July 2021
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