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Alvan Fisher
(1792–1863)
Alvan Fisher spent his early years in Dedham, Massachusettes, and as a boy, worked in a country store. He apparently tired of clerking and apprenticed himself to a Boston painter. He began his career in art as a portrait painter, but when he was in his 20s he started a series of barnyard and stable scenes which made him a pioneer in genre and landscape painting in America. He traveled throughout New England to sketch and paint; and toured the South, painting race horses on commission. In his 30s he went abroad to study then returned to Boston.
(1792–1863)
Alvan Fisher spent his early years in Dedham, Massachusettes, and as a boy, worked in a country store. He apparently tired of clerking and apprenticed himself to a Boston painter. He began his career in art as a portrait painter, but when he was in his 20s he started a series of barnyard and stable scenes which made him a pioneer in genre and landscape painting in America. He traveled throughout New England to sketch and paint; and toured the South, painting race horses on commission. In his 30s he went abroad to study then returned to Boston.
Artist Objects
In the Nick of Time 2002.1.57