Biographical Notes
Thomas Fischer was born in 1941 in Zürich to a family of industrialists and artists. His uncle is Franz Fischer, a well known Swiss sculptor. He does three years of practical training in the metallurgy industry where he learns the handling of different metals, before studying economics. Since 1996, he lives in Spain where his job as a businessman doesn´t allow him time, except for sporadic moments, to dedicate himself to his great passion, which is art and specifically sculpture.
He partially retires from business in 1996 and he dedicates himself with renewed energy to sculpture. Fischer is self taught but disposes of a palette of technical knowledge which allows him to work with great ease with wood and different metals, notably with steel.
Despite the enormous artistic variety in his work he is gaining the personal stamp that distinguishes great artists.
The works of Fischer, both with wood and with steel, have a strong expressive force. As he states, he is always moving forward, without stopping in self satisfaction but always looking for a better or distinct way of expressing the art he feels within