Albert Fischer (painter)

Albert Fischer (born October 13, 1940 in Munich ; † November 26, 2003 in Herrsching am Ammersee ) was a deaf German painter and restorer . His stage name was Fise .

Life

Albert Fischer lived with his wife Heidi and son Oliver in Buch am Ammersee . There he experienced inspiration as well as the necessary calm for his work and developed his own form of painting - the "Fise-ART".

The Süddeutsche Zeitung wrote about it:

“The painter combines finely structured line patterns on an intensely colored background. Here, too, he has again found a way of expressing his topic: To show that what is alien to one another does not have to remain alien when both sides strive for understanding with open eyes and open hearts. ” Süddeutsche Zeitung, February 1, 1999

He lost his hearing in the first year of life and attended the state dust-dumb institute in Munich , which was in Tegernsee during his school days . After leaving school, he studied art with Blocherer in Munich from 1956 to 1959 . After several internships in Munich and Bonn , he started his own business as a painting restorer . From 1958 he was a member of the Fürstenfeldbruck artists' association. Solo and group exhibitions followed throughout Germany.

Fise was also an advocate for the self-determination of deaf people. He wrote many articles for various newspapers and was a welcome, but also feared guest at panel discussions and TV debates because of his strict demeanor.

With the help of painting he was able to express what moved him. “... I give every shade of color everything I have and, above all, what I want exactly. Chance does not play with me, rather my imagination plays with it. "

For his artistic and political work he received several prizes, including the “Deaf Culture 2001” prize.

In November 2003, Fise suddenly and unexpectedly died of a serious illness. He received many honors and awards posthumously, including a. the culture award of the German Association of the Deaf 2008.

The Bavarian television broadcast an obituary in 2004, which was repeated in all of Germany's third television programs in the following years . In 2012, two more programs were in production and his works were shown at several exhibitions and the Culture Days of the Deaf.

Web links

• former website ( memento from March 6, 2016 in the Internet Archive )