Lot 195: Janet Fisher (1867-1926)

Janet Fisher (1867-1926)
Distant Thoughts
signed 'Janet Fisher' (lower left)
oil on canvas
33 x 33 in. (83.8 x 83.8 cm.)

with Whitford and Hughes, London, from whom purchased by the father of the present owner.

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Little is known of Janet Fisher, although photographs of a few other examples of her work exist in a Witt Library file. Her distinctive pointilist technique is rare in British Art of this date, and suggests an awareness of artistic developments on the continent.