Dr. Matti Fischer

Painter and lecturer in Art History. Studied at Bezalel and under the guidance og Aharon April. Holds a Phd. degree from the Department of Art History in the Tel Aviv University. Has been teaching art history since 1993 in various institutions (T.A. University, Sapir College, Ariel College, Talpiot College, Kalisher College).

Publications in English:

- Matti Fischer, "Patriae faciem: the Emperor's Portrait as a Signifier of Roman Identity in the First and Second Centuries C.E." in S. Mucnick editor, Kallathos, Studies in Honour of Asher Ovadiah, Tel-Aviv, Tel-Aviv University Press, 2006, 529-568.
- Matti Fischer, "The Art of Aharon April". Article in an exhibition Catalogue of his work, Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Moscow, 2002, 8-10.
- Matti Fischer, "Portrait and Mask, Signifiers of the Face in Classical Antiquity". Assaf, Studies in Art History, 6 (2001), 31-62

http://www.tau.ac.il/arts/projects/PUB/assaph-art/assaph6/articles_assaph6/fischer.pdf