• A Ph.D. in art history from the City University of New York and a B.F.A. from Cornell University

• Over twenty years of experience as an art consultant, curator, professor, and author

•  As a curator at the Montclair Art Museum, organized:

 Paris 1900: The “American School” at the Universal Exposition

Primal Visions: Albert Bierstadt “Discovers” America

American Tonalism: Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Montclair Art Museum, co-curated with Kevin J. Avery

•  Taught at Montclair State University, Seton Hall University, and Pratt Institute

References furnished upon request

dianefischer@fischerfineart.net

Photo credits:

Page 1 (Home Page): Top, Thomas Torak, Daybreak , 2003, oil on panel, 10 x 12 inches, Courtesy Private Collection; Bottom, Antonio Carreño, Manumission, 2004, mixed media on paper, 48 x 96 inches

Page 2 (Why an Art Advisor?): Lower left, KayWalkingStick, Blame the Mountains (color variation), 1998, oil on gessoed paper, 25 x 50 inches; Upper right, Serena Bocchino, Universe Shift, 2003, oil & enamel on canvas, 52 x 72 inches; Lower right, Lucy Clink,
Along the Tiber, Rome, 2005, oil on linen on panel, 22 x 32 inches

Page 3 (Why Diane Fischer?): Lower left: Paul Garland, Fair View , 2005, acrylic on canvas, 53 x 53 inches; Upper right: Lynne Friedman, Valdez Arroyo II, 2004, oil on canvas, 20 x 24 inches; Lower left: Daniel Anthonisen, Boat House, 2003, oil on panel, 22 x 33 inches, Courtesy Private Collection

Page 4 (Credentials):upper right Installation shots of the Paris 1900 exhibition, Photo Credit, Mike Peters, Courtesy of the Montclair Art Museum: lower right: Antonio Carreño, Partida, 2003, mixed media on canvas, 40 x 60 inches, Courtesy Private Collection.