Upcoming Exhibitons
LewAllen Galleries, Santa Fe: Solo show, Portraits and Interiors
April 26, 2024, through May 25, 2024
Current Exhibitons
Museum of Contemporary Art / La Jolla: Inaugural Opening of the Selldorf Building
April 9, 2022, ongoing
The Jewish Museum, New York: Personas: Artists on Artists
October 28, 2022 ongoing
Recent Exhibitons
Kalamazoo Institute of Arts: Art Music & Feminism in the 1950s
January 21, 2023, through May 7, 2023
Fairfield University Art Museum: In Their Element(s): Women Artists Across Media
April 21, 2023, through July 15, 2023
Oklahoma City Art Museum: First Look: New to the Museum
December, 2023
Curriculum Vitae
b. Galveston, Texas June 7, 1923; d. Los Angeles November 10, 2017
Ethel Fisher painted in New York, Miami, and Los Angeles. She had solo exhibitions in Havana, Miami, New York, Los Angeles, and San Francisco.
Education
University of Houston
The University of Texas, Austin, with Everett Spruce, Howard Cook, and William McVey
Washington University, St. Louis, with Fred Conway
The Art Students League of New York, with Morris Kantor, Robert Beverly Hale, and Will Barnet
Select Solo Exhibitions
2024 LewAllen Galleries, Santa Fe
1986 Michael Ivey Gallery, Los Angeles
1975 Mitzi Landau Twentieth Century Art, Los Angeles
1961 Edward Dean Gallery, San Francisco
1960 Angeleski Gallery, New York
1958 The Riverside Museum, New York
Norton Gallery, West Palm Beach, FL
The Gallery, Miami
Washington Federal Art Exhibit, Miami Beach, FL
1957 Instituto Nacional de Cultura, Palacio de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba
1954 Joe and Emily Lowe Gallery, University of Miami, Coral Gables
Mirell Gallery, Coconut Grove, FL
Select Group Exhibitions
2003 "Face to Face: Portraits," Platt Gallery, American Jewish University, Los Angeles
2000 "Revealing and Concealing," Portraits, Skirball Cultural Center and Museum, Los Angeles - catalogue
1999 "Art Trends 1940s - 1960s," Kendall Campus Art Gallery, Dade Community College, Miami
1998 "Venice Art Walk," Exhibit, Venice, CA
1997 "Group Show, Paintings," Hooks Epstein Gallery, Houston, TX
1986 Michael Ivey Gallery, Los Angeles
1985 "AG Nature," Visuals for Performance Art by MAFISHCO, Dance Theater Workshop, New York
1983 "Facings," Downey Museum, Downey, CA
1979 "Portraits/79," Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles
1978 "Déjá vu," Masterpieces Updated, Downey Museum, CA
1977 "Shades of Grey," Drawing survey, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles - catalogue
"Cityscapes," San Francisco Museum Association
"California Figurative Painters," Tortue Gallery, Los Angeles
1976 Video Interviews, Ron Feldman Gallery, New York
Hansen Fuller Gallery, San Francisco
"Westside Story," Tortue Gallery, Los Angeles
Broxton Gallery, Los Angeles
1975 "Current Concerns," curated by Walter Hopps, Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art
1974 "Painting, Color, Form and Surface," Lang Gallery, Scripps College, Claremont, CA - catalogue
1973 "Women Choose Women," New York Cultural Center, NY - catalogue
1972 "Small Images Exhibit," California State University, Los Angeles - catalogue
1971 "Figurative Show," Los Angeles County Museum (art rental)
1968 "The 164th Annual," Pennsylvania Academy, Philadelphia - catalogue
Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles
Waddell Gallery, New York
1967 "The Contained Object," Collage, Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Eugenia Butler Gallery, Los Angeles
"Artists by Artists," Capricorn Gallery, New York
The Silvermine Annual New England Exhibit, Silvermine, CT
1965 Castagno Gallery, New York
1961 "Cubism Now and Expressionism in the West," Ford Foundation and Stanford University and the De Young Museum, San Francisco - catalogue
1960 Staempfli Gallery, New York
Survey Show, The Museum of Modern Art (art rental), New York
The Boston Arts Festival - catalogue
Riverside Museum, New York
1957 Sarasota Art Association at Ringling Museum, Sarasota, FL
1956 The Lyceum, Esposición Colectiva de pintura Norteamericana, Habana, Cuba
1945 The Philadelphia Print Club
"Artists under 25," Jacques Seligmann Gallery, New York and Bennington College, VT
Awards
1965 The Tiffany Award for Painting, Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation, NY
1963 The Kulicke Award, Westchester Art Association, White Plains, NY
1959, 1960 The Four Arts Award, Society of the Four Arts, Palm Beach, FL
1957 Harry Rich Exposition, painting award, Miami
1953 Lowe Gallery, first prize in painting, Miami
Selected Public and Corporate Collections
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Special Collections, University of California, Los Angeles, CA
The Morgan Library and Museum, New York, NY
The Museum of the City of New York, NY
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
The Crocker Museum, Sacramento, CA
The Oklahoma City Museum of Art, Oklahoma City, OK
The Martha Alf Foundation, Los Angeles, CA
Lowe Gallery, University of Miami, FL
The Norton Gallery, West Palm Beach, FL
Penticon Gallery, Penticon, BC, Canada
Peabody Museum, Nashville, TN
The Archives of American Art, NY
The Eighties Co. Inc., Taft Entertainment (Showtime TV), Beverly Hills, CA
Williams and Ballas Law Firm, Los Angeles
The Jim Walters Collection, Miami and Atlanta
The Security Pacific Bank Collection (now Bank of America), CA
The First National Bank of Fort Lauderdale, FL
The Lennar Corporation
The Ryder Collection
Richard Plummer Inc. A.I.D., Miami
Jay I. Kislak Corporation, Miami
Maurice, Inman and Fine Attorneys, Los Angeles
Academic and Professional Affiliations, Lectures
Brentwood Art Center, Staff Instructor, Advanced Painting, 1980-1982
The San Francisco Academy of Art, Guest Lecturer
California State University at Northridge, Guest Lecturer
University of California at Los Angeles, Studio Lecture
University of Southern California, Studio Lecture
The University of Miami, Guest Lecturer
Florida Arts Commission, appointed by LeRoy Collins, Governor of Florida, 1960-1961
President, Florida Chapter, Artists Equity Association, 1959
Bibliography
"Ethel Fisher" in L.A. Rising: SoCAL Artists Before 1980, Article, Photos (California International Arts Foundation, 2010)
Hometown Santa Monica, The Bay Cities Book, Cover, Article, Photos (Prospect Park Books, 2007)
"At Home with Ethel Fisher," Nancy Smith, Palisadian Post, Feature Article, Photos, August 17, 2006
Archives of American Art, 1997
Art Week, Review, June 18, 1983
Who's Who in American Art (American Federation of Art, 1982, 1959)
The Los Angeles Times, Review of "Portraits/79," April 29, 1979
Visual Dialogue, Feature Interview by Roberta Loach and Photos, Vo. 3 No. 2 (Winter 1977-1978)
"Ethel Fisher: Corbusier Chair in Front of Terrace," Artweek, Photo w/caption, Dec. 3, 1977
"Buildings Live on Canvas," Charlene Ahern, Palisadian Post, Feature Article, July 15, 1976
Art Week, Review by Sandy Ballatore, April 10, 1976
"California Artists," 30-minute Video Interview, produced by Gerry Rosen, 1975
"Buildings as Ikons," Art Week, Article by Martha Alf, Photo, March 15, 1975
L.A.I.C.A. Journal, mentioned in article, February 1975
"Expressive Drawings" in Hidden Elements of Drawing, J. Mugniani, Article, Photo (Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, 1974)
"An Old House Gets Its Chance," Dan MacMasters, Los Angeles Times, Feature Article, Photos, March 3, 1974
ARTS, Review, February 1973
San Francisco Examiner, Article about show at Edward Dean Gallery, Photo, January 23, 1961
Pictures on Exhibit, New York, Review of Solo Show at Angeleski Gallery, February 1960
The New York Times, Review of Solo Show at Angeleski Gallery, February 20, 1960
ART News, Review of Solo Show at Angeleski Gallery, February 1960
"Archives of Venice Biennale," 1960
"Our Town's New Shows," Doris Reno, The Miami Herald, Review, August 1958
Gran Pintura Norteamericana," A. Martinez Bello, Diario de La Mañana, Habana, December 18, 1957
"Visitò el Presidente la Sala de Arquitectura en Bellas Artes," Diario, Habana, December 10, 1957
"Vida Cultural y Artistica," Rafael Marquina, La Informacion, Review, December 5, 1957
"Cultural Activity, Mastery and Sensitivity, the Paintings of Ethel Fisher," Adele Jaume,
Diario de la Mañana, Review, December 3, 1957
"Four Art Exhibits Display," The Miami Herald, Review, January 24, 1954
Television and Film
1987 Paintings used in Showtime Original Movie, "Home Fires"
1986 Paintings used in NBC-TV series, "Family Ties"