Archibald Joseph Charles Fisher (15 June 1896 – 7 November 1959) was an artist born in Dudley, England who was educated at the Royal College of Art, London who came to New Zealand to take up the post of principal of Elam Art School in 1924 and was instrumental in having Elam recognised as an integral part of the University of Auckland in 1950. Further reading Crippen, J. A.J.C. Fisher: His Life and Work in Home and Building Volume 27 no. 9, Feb 1965. References New Zealand painters 1896 births 1959 deaths University of Auckland faculty Alumni of the Royal College of Art People from Dudley English emigrants to New Zealand 20th-century British painters British male painters 20th-century British male artists