Orville Fisher
Fisher was born in 1911 and died in 1999. He studied under Fred Varley at the Vancouver School of Art. After graduation he partnered with Ed Hughes and Paul Goranson to do design and murals. Their first commission in 1936 was 5 murals at the First United Church at Gore and Hastings (torn down in 1963). They were commissioned to do a large 4-panel mural (each 10'x15') for the BC Pavilion at the San Francisco Worlds Fair in 1938. In 1944 he became a war artist and documented the activities of D Day. Fisher taught drawing and painting and was the Head of Graphic Arts at the Vancouver School of Art.
Artwork nameArtistYearNeighbourhoodProgram
Orville Fisher
1957
Downtown
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