Samuel Melton Fisher [also known as S. Melton Fisher] was born in London, England on 20 January 1859 and studied at Lambeth School of Art and the Royal Academy Schools in London from 1876 to 1881. In 1881 he was awarded a gold medal and a travelling scholarship enabling him to continue his studies in Paris. He subsequently lived in Italy for ten years, where he painted several Venetian scenes. Fisher exhibited at the Royal Academy in London every year between 1878 and (posthumously) 1940. He also exhibited at Baillie Gallery, Fine Art Society, Grosvenor Gallery, New Gallery, Royal Society of Portrait Painters, Royal Society of British Artists, Ridley Art Club, and Royal Institute of Oil Painters vin London; Royal Birmingham Society of Artists; Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts; Royal Hibernian academy in Dublin; Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool; Manchester City Art Gallery; and at the Royal Scottish Academy in Edinburgh.
His painting "In Realms of Fancy" was purchased by the Chantry Bequest in 1898.
His address was given as Elmfield, Herne Hill, Surrey in 1871 and 1885; The English Club, Venice, Italy in 1886 and 1889; 3375 St. Angelo, Venice, Italy in 1890; Arts Club, Hanover Square, London in 1891 and 1894; and 12 Orme Square, Bayswater, London in 1895 and 1939. He died in Camberley, Surrey on 5 September 1939.
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