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Willi Fischer


Wilhelm (Willi) Fischer, born the 14 January 1925 in Bohemian Krumau / Český Krumlov, died the 1 January 2019 in Vänersborg, was a Czech-Swedish ceramicist.

Willi Fischer was born and grew up in Unesco world heritage city Krumau in the German-speaking part of Czech Republic that before World War II was called Sudetenland. His father was the famous artist Wilhem Fischer (1894–1979), famous for his depictions of Krumau and the Bohemian Forest.

He studied sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich in 1943. but was forced to interrupt his studies when he was called up for military service and at the end of the war he was a prisoner of war in an English camp in Rimini. After his imprisonment he ended up in Linz, Austria where he was recruited by Swedes and offered work at the Rörstrands Porslinsfabrik in Lidköping where he arrived in 1948. He was noticed by Rörstarnd's artistic director Gunnar Nylund and was allowed to make his models. During the 60s, he became a partner in Ego Stengods in Lidköping and later he formed his own company under the name Fischer Stengods. After Lidköping, he was active in Uddevalla and since 1974 in Vänersborg, where he ran his ceramics workshop until 2005. He has had a large production of ceramic works of art for the decoration of buildings and churches, of corporate and municipal gifts, sculptures for private collectors and a variety of decorative items that could be sold in the summer cottage in Fiskebäckskil to eager tourists and summer guests. For Vänersborg, in 1987 he executed the wall decoration Vänersborgsreliefen in glazed stoneware.

Fischer had many exhibitions over the years in Sweden, Norway, Germany and Austria. The last exhibition "Diligent, dirty hands" was in 2007 at Konstgillet's gallery in Vänersborg. He is buried at the Katrinedal cemetery in Värnersborg.

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  • Willi Fischer 1925- beskriven hos Signaturer.se
  • Wilhelm FischerGravar.se

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Category:Men Category:2019 deaths Category:1925 births Category:People from Český Krumlov Category:Swedish ceramists Category:Czech ceramists