Hans Ulrich Fisch

Hans Ulrich Fisch (22 September 1583 – 10 November 1647) was a Swiss painter and glass painter. Based in Aarau, he worked as a heraldist and book illustrator. His output included stained-glass works, heraldic panels, books of coats of arms and city views. He held several public offices in Aarau, including town clerk from 1644.

Biography Hans Ulrich Fisch was born in Aarau on 22 September 1583.

His earliest documented work as a painter was decorative work at Schenkenberg Castle in 1606. He was also active as a heraldist and topographer. Among his surviving stained-glass works are a group of six panels from the cloister of Wettingen Abbey, dated 1620–1621, and eight panels from the church at Gontenschwil, dated 1622. Around the middle of the 17th century, Fisch was among the most active glass painters in the present-day cantons of Aargau and Bern.

Examples of his work are held by Stadtmuseum Aarau, the Bernisches Historisches Museum, the University Library of Basel and the Wettingen Abbey.