Alexander Fisher

Alexander Fisher was a silversmith and leading artist working with enamels. He was an influential teacher and taught at the London Central School of Arts and Crafts from 1896-1898 and later at other London Schools.

Fisher trained as a painter but became interested in enamelling and went to study its technique in Paris…

Die sog. "Tristan"-Schließe nimmt eine Sonderstellung ein. Sie wurde als Unikat entworfen und 1896 hergestellt von Alexander Fisher, dem bedeutendsten englischen Emailkünstler seiner Zeit. Neben einer symbolistischen Ornamentik sind zwei Szenen aus Richard Wagners "Tristan und Isolde" in feinster Emailmalerei dargestellt. Mit einer Breite von 20 × 10 cm war sie sicher nicht für den praktischen Gebrauch bestimmt wie die meisten Gürtelschließen.

Alexander Fisher, silversmith, was a leading artist working with enamels. He taught at the LCC Central School of Arts and Crafts from 1896-1898 and later at other London Schools. He also had several private pupils. In the spirit of the Arts and Crafts Movement, he advocated that every artwork should express a particular idea and should be designed and worked through all its stages by one person…