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A. Hugh (Alfred Hugh) Fisher
1867–1945
A British painter, etcher, photographer, and travel writer, he turned years of artistic training and wide-ranging journeys across the British Empire into vivid books and images. His work blends careful observation with a strong sense of place, especially in India, Burma, and southern Africa.
2 Audiobooks
Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Hereford A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See
by A. Hugh (Alfred Hugh) Fisher
Through India and Burmah with pen and brush
by A. Hugh (Alfred Hugh) Fisher
About the author
After spending nine years in a City office, Alfred Hugh Fisher left business behind to study art in London and Paris. He trained at the Lambeth School of Art and the South Kensington School of Art, and later studied under Jean-Paul Laurens and Benjamin Constant in Paris. Over time he became known not only as a painter and etcher, but also as an illustrator, photographer, and writer.
A major part of his career came through work for the Colonial Office Visual Instruction Committee, which sent him across the British Empire to create images for educational lectures. Those travels shaped much of his best-known work and helped inspire books such as Through India and Burmah with pen and brush. His writing and artwork often grew out of firsthand observation, giving them a lively travel-documentary quality.
Fisher was born in London in 1867 and died in 1945. Today he is remembered as a versatile artist whose paintings, prints, photographs, and books captured places and people with both visual skill and a traveler’s curiosity.