About Olga Fisch-Anhalzer
Lived 1901 – 1990 (aged 89). Olga Fisch-Anhalzer was a Hungarian and Ecuadorian textile designer and art dealer.
Olga Anhalzer Fisch (Budapest, 1901- Quito, December 30, 1990 ) was a Bauhaus artist, rug maker, art collector, and gallery owner. Her work is in the collection of the United Nations and has been exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art, Lincoln Center, and The Textile Museum.
Her collection of Ecuadorian art and artifacts was featured in the Renwick Gallery's 1981 exhibition, A Feast of Color: Corpus Christi Dance Costumes of Ecuador.
Fisch, who was Jewish, fled Hungary due to Nazi persecution. She and her husband, Bela, settled in Ecuador in 1939 and opened the gallery, Olga Fisch Folklore, in 1942.
As a child, she collected folk art from Hungarian villages.
Fisch was Jewish.
Death Fisch died in Ecuador on December 30, 1990.
Collections United Nations, Handwoven Ecuadorean Rugs, Acquired February 20, 1956
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Hungarian artist (1900–1990)
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Olga Fisch-Anhalzer was born on 29 January 1901 in Budapest.
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Olga Fisch-Anhalzer died on 30 December 1990 in Quito.
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Olga Fisch-Anhalzer was a textile designer and art dealer.
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Olga Fisch-Anhalzer was Hungarian and Ecuadorian.
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