LOTHAR FISCHER
He was born on 08 November 1933 in Germersheim (Palatinate), the son of art teachers Rosa and Max Fischer. The artist was the eldest of three sons.In 1934 the family moved to Neumarkt, where Lothar Fischer attended primary school and graduated from high school in 1952. After his Abitur, Fischer successfully applied to the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich. He began to study art education in the class of Anton Marxmüller, but after only one year he changed to the subject of sculpture in the class of Heinrich Kirchner. In 1955, he was appointed a master student by Kirchner.
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