Ignjat Fischer

Fischer was born in Zagreb to a Croatian-Jewish family.{{harvtxt|Goldstein|2005|p=287}}{{harvtxt|Snješka Knežević|2011|p=177}} His father Samuel was a prominent construction engineer.{{cite news|url=http://www.jewishrenaissance.org.uk/issue32.htm|title=The Jews of Croatia|publisher=Jewish Renaissance|work=www.jewishrenaissance.org.uk|access-date=9 December 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100726103305/http://www.jewishrenaissance.org.uk/issue32.htm|archive-date=26 July 2010|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|url=http://www.jutarnji.hr/ignjat-fischer--projektirao-je-i-hrvatski-sabor--ali-i-javne-kuce-u--kozarskoj-ulici/973169/|title=Ignjat Fischer: Projektirao je i Hrvatski sabor, ali i javne kuće u Kožarskoj ulici|publisher=Jutarnji list|work=www.jutarnji.hr|language=hr|access-date=12 September 2011|archive-date=12 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140112024645/http://www.jutarnji.hr/ignjat-fischer--projektirao-je-i-hrvatski-sabor--ali-i-javne-kuce-u--kozarskoj-ulici/973169/|url-status=dead}}{{in lang|hr}} Ha-Kol (Glasilo Židovske zajednice u Hrvatskoj); Aleksander Laslo, Nataša Maksimović Subašić; Graditelji novog Zagreba; stranica 22; broj 108, siječanj / veljača 2009. Fischer studied in Vienna and Prague.

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In his early stage he was one of the major architects who introduced the Vienna Secession in Croatian architecture. During that phase he created several impressive designs, such as a house Rado at Strossmayer Square 7 in 1897, sanatorium in Klaićeva Street known for its V-based ground plan in 1908, and the building of the deanery and the institute of pathology at the Medical Faculty of Šalata in 1912.{{cite journal|url=https://www.ipu.hr/content/radovi-ipu/RIPU-30-2006-265-280-Bagaric.pdf|title=Sanatorij u Klaićevoj ulici u Zagrebu - djelo arhitekta Ignjata Fischera|journal=Radovi Instituta Za Povijest Umjetnosti|issue=30|year=2006|pages=265–280|last=Bagarić|first=Marina|publisher=Institute of Art History|location=Zagreb|language=hr|access-date=19 November 2018}}

During the Interwar period, Fischer designed in the spirit of late modernism, historicism and, modestism. His greatest achievements are the forestry Academy building in Mažuranić Square 5 in 1920, the head office of City Savings Bank of Zagreb on Ban Jelačić Square in 1922–1925 (upgraded in 1931), and modern house Arko at Dolac Market.{{cite magazine |url=http://arhiva.nacional.hr/clanak/38852/19-dragulja-u-centru-zagreba |title=19 dragulja u centru Zagreba |magazine=Nacional |issue=622 |language=hr |trans-title=19 gems in the centre of Zagreb |author=Marina Biluš |date=16 October 2007 |access-date=19 November 2018 |archive-date=23 May 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120523183701/http://www.nacional.hr/clanak/38852/19-dragulja-u-centru-zagreba |df=dmy-all }}

The full extent of Fischer's work is not known with certainty. Recent research discovered a number of architectural designs that were previously not attributed to him, most notably the building of the Croatian Parliament in the St. Mark's Square. In Zagreb, he had a large studio where he designed up to forty different buildings.

Fischer was a member of Croatian Freemasonry.{{cite news |title=FOTO Novi broj magazina Svijet ekskluzivno donosi: Prvi pogled u londonski dom Gorana Štroka |url=http://www.jutarnji.hr/novi-broj-magazina-svijet-ekskluzivno-donosi--prvi-pogled-u-londonski-dom-gorana-stroka/1033500/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303212709/http://www.jutarnji.hr/novi-broj-magazina-svijet-ekskluzivno-donosi--prvi-pogled-u-londonski-dom-gorana-stroka/1033500/ |archive-date=2016-03-03 |work=www.jutarnji.hr |publisher=Jutarnji list |language=hr}} He was married to Helena (née Egersrodfer) with whom he had two daughters, Ivana and Marija Magdalena. Events before and during World War II affected his health. His daughter Ivana recalled that her "father was imprisoned even when he was 70 years old, because he was a Jew. As a result of those persecutions he became seriously ill and died in 1948." Fischer was buried at the Mirogoj Cemetery.{{Cite news|title=Grobno mjesto Ignjata Fischera F-9-I-4|publisher=www.gradskagroblja.hr|url=http://www.gradskagroblja.hr/default.aspx?id=331|access-date=13 June 2012|language=hr}}{{in lang|hr}} Gradska groblja Zagreb: Ignjat Fischer, Mirogoj RKT-9-I-4

• Ivana Fišer (daughter)

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