Paul Gustav Fischer

Paul Gustav Fischer (22 July 1860 – 5 January 1934) was a Danish painter.

Paul Fischer was born in Copenhagen, Denmark.

He belonged to the fourth generation of a Jewish family which originally came from Poland.

He was the son of Philip August Fischer (1817–1907) and Gustafva Albertina Svedgren (1827–1883). The family was upper middle class; His father had started as a painter, but later succeeded in the business of manufacturing paints and lacquers.

His formal art education lasted only a short time in his mid teens when he spent two years at the Royal Danish Academy of Art in Copenhagen. Fischer began to paint when he was still young, guided by his father. He worked from 1878–88 at the father's factory and exhibited regularly at Charlottenborg Spring Exhibition 1884–1902.

It was thanks to a painting he had published in Ude og Hjemme that his reputation began to evolve as he came in contact with young Danish naturalists. His earlier paintings depict city life. For this reason, he has been called "Copenhagen's painter" (Københavns maler). After a stay in Paris from 1891–1895, his colours became richer and lighter.