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Helen Fisher (1909-1993)

  • Helen Fisher - self-portrait

Helen Elizabeth Fisher was born to Mont Braddus and Bertha May Newby Fisher in Frankfort, Indiana, on May 24, 1909. She had two brothers, Frank W. and Russell T. She did not marry.
Helen graduated from the Herron School of Art in Indianapolis, Indiana, then studied with sculptor John Johnson of Frankfort, Indiana. She worked full time as a silhouette artist from 1932 to 1942, cutting some 80,000 silhouettes and travelling to many states. She worked for the Army Map Service in 1942. Helen retired in 1969, returning to Indiana and some work with silhouettes and painting. She died May 26, 1993 in Greenwood, Indiana, and is buried in the Greenlawn Cemetery, Frankfort.

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