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| name = Eberhard Fischer
| image = The President, Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil presenting the Padma Shri Award to Dr. Eberhard Fischer, at an Investiture Ceremony-II, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on April 04, 2012.jpg
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| birth_date = 15 October 1941
| birth_place = Berlin, Germany
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| occupation = Art historian, museologist
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| awards = [[Padma Shri]]
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'''Eberhard Fischer''' (born 15 October 1941) is a German art historian, ethnologist and author based in Switzerland.<ref name="About the Author">{{cite web | url=http://www.press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/author/F/E/au19191466.html | title=About the Author | publisher=University of Chicago Press | date=2015 | access-date=October 25, 2015}}</ref><ref name="German Wikipedia">[[:de:Eberhard Fischer (Ethnologe)|German Wikipedia, 15 December 2014]], Retrieved December 15, 2014{{Better source|date=October 2015|reason=[[WP:CIRCULAR]]}}</ref> He is a former Director<ref name="Lost In Translation">{{cite web | url=http://www.outlookindia.com/article/Lost-In-Translation/289806 | title=Lost In Translation | publisher=Outlook India | date=24 March 2014 | access-date=December 14, 2014}}</ref> and the incumbent President of [[Rietberg Museum|Rietberg Society]], Switzerland.<ref name="Museum Rietberg">{{cite web | url=http://www.rietberg.ch/en-gb/the-museum/museum.aspx | title=Museum Rietberg | publisher=Museum Rietberg | date=2013 | access-date=December 14, 2014}}</ref> Fischer was honored by the [[Government of India]], in 2012, with the fourth highest Indian civilian award of [[Padma Shri]].<ref name="Padma Shri">{{cite web |url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Shri |publisher=Padma Shri |date=2014 |access-date=November 11, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6U68ulwpb?url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=November 15, 2014 }}</ref>

==Biography==
Eberhard Fischer was born in Berlin, Germany on 15 October 1941.<ref name="German Wikipedia" /> He is an ethnologist and art historian who is known to have researched on the heritages of India<ref name="Art and rituals: 2500 years of Jainism in India">{{cite book | title=Art and rituals: 2500 years of Jainism in India | publisher=International Publications Service | author=Eberhard Fischer | year=1977 | pages=80 | isbn=978-0800201784}}</ref><ref name="The Temple of Devi-Kothi: Wall Paintings and Wooden Reliefs in a Himalayan Shrine of the Great Goddess in the Churah Region of the Chamba District, Himachal Pradesh (Artibus Asiae)">{{cite book | title=The Temple of Devi-Kothi: Wall Paintings and Wooden Reliefs in a Himalayan Shrine of the Great Goddess in the Churah Region of the Chamba District, Himachal Pradesh (Artibus Asiae) | publisher=University of Washington Press | author=Eberhard Fischer | year=2008 | pages=192 | isbn=978-3907077078}}</ref><ref name="Temple Tents for Goddesses in Gujarat, India">{{cite book | title=Temple Tents for Goddesses in Gujarat, India | publisher=Niyogi Books | author=Eberhard Fischer (Author), Haku Shah (Contributor), Jyotindra Jain (Contributor) | year=2014 | pages=300 | isbn=978-9383098156}}</ref><ref name="Amorous Delight: The Amarushataka Palm-Leaf Manuscript, Illustrated by the Master of Sharanakula in the 19th Century (Orissa, India) (Artibus Asiae)">{{cite book | title=Amorous Delight: The Amarushataka Palm-Leaf Manuscript, Illustrated by the Master of Sharanakula in the 19th Century (Orissa, India) (Artibus Asiae) | publisher=University of Washington Press | author=Eberhard Fischer | author2=Dinanath Pathy | year=2008 | pages=256 | isbn=978-3907077214}}</ref> and other African and Asian places.<ref name="Guro: Masks, Performances, and Master Carvers in Ivory Coast">{{cite book | title=Guro: Masks, Performances, and Master Carvers in Ivory Coast | publisher=Prestel | author=Eberhard Fischer | year=2008 | pages=52o | isbn=978-3791339412}}</ref> He is a former Director of [[Rietberg Museum|Rietberg Society]] and serves as its President.<ref name="Museum Rietberg" /> He is also the Secretary General of the Swiss-Liechtenstein Foundation for Archaeological Research Abroad (SLSA).<ref name="Kuensel">{{cite web | url=http://www.kuenselonline.com/preservation-of-heritage-calls-for-strengthening-archeology/#.VI3TZcv9nwo | title=Kuensel | publisher=Kuensel | date=17 November 2014 | access-date=December 14, 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141215101042/http://www.kuenselonline.com/preservation-of-heritage-calls-for-strengthening-archeology/#.VI3TZcv9nwo | archive-date=15 December 2014 | url-status=dead }}</ref> Fischer has authored several books on art and ethnic heritage<ref name="List of Books on WorldCat">{{cite web | url=http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=au%3AFischer%2C+Eberhard%2C&qt=hot_author | title=List of Books on WorldCat | publisher=WorldCat | date=2014 | access-date=December 15, 2014}}</ref><ref name="List of Books on Amazon">{{cite web | url=https://www.amazon.com/Eberhard-Fischer/e/B001JOLYHY | title=List of Books on Amazon | publisher=Amazon | date=2014 | access-date=December 15, 2014}}</ref> and has contributed to the publication of many others.<ref name="Mural Paintings in Orissa">{{cite book | url=http://www.abebooks.co.uk/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=2960247297&searchurl=tn%3Dmural+paintings+in+orissa%26an%3Ddinanath+pathy+foreword+by+dr+eberhard+fischer | title=Mural Paintings in Orissa | publisher=Orissa Lalit Kala Akademi |author1=Dinanath Pathy |others=Foreword By Eberhard Fischer | year=1981 | location=Bhubaneshwar}}</ref><ref name="Outlook India">{{cite web | url=http://www.outlookindia.com/article/Lost-In-Translation/289806 | title=Outlook India | publisher=Outlook India | date=24 March 2014 | access-date=December 15, 2014}}</ref> He has also produced ''Nainsukh'',<ref name="IMDB">{{cite web | url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1783352/ | title=IMDB | publisher=IMDB | date=2014 | access-date=December 15, 2014}}</ref> a 90 mins feature film in [[Dogri language]] with English subtitles, in 2010, with filmmaker [[Amit Dutta]] .<ref name="Nainsukh">{{cite AV media | url=http://filmsdivision.org/the-fd-zone/101st-edition-provoking-cinema-to-encounter-painting-amit-duttas-nainsukh.html | title=Nainsukh | publisher=Films Division | date=2010 | people=Amit Dutta, Eberhard Fischer | medium=Documentary | location=Kangra | access-date=2014-12-15 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141215092903/http://filmsdivision.org/the-fd-zone/101st-edition-provoking-cinema-to-encounter-painting-amit-duttas-nainsukh.html | archive-date=2014-12-15 | url-status=dead }}</ref> The [[Government of India]] awarded him the civilian honor of [[Padma Shri]] in 2012.<ref name="Museum Rietberg" /><ref name="The Indian Express">{{cite web | url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/master-of-traditions/934031/ | title=The Indian Express | publisher=The Indian Express | date=8 April 2012 | access-date=December 15, 2014}}</ref> After receiving the award on 4 April 2012, Fischer donated his collection of over 40 books to [[Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi|Jawaharlal Nehru University]], Delhi.<ref name="The Indian Express" />

==See also==
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* [[Rietberg Museum]]
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{{portal|India|Germany|Switzerland}}

==References==
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==Further reading==
* {{cite book | url=http://www.abebooks.co.uk/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=2960247297&searchurl=tn%3Dmural+paintings+in+orissa%26an%3Ddinanath+pathy+foreword+by+dr+eberhard+fischer | title=Mural Paintings in Orissa | publisher=Orissa Lalit Kala Akademi |author1=Dinanath Pathy |others=Foreword By Eberhard Fischer | year=1981 | location=Bhubaneshwar}}
* {{cite book | title=Art and rituals: 2500 years of Jainism in India | publisher=International Publications Service | author=Eberhard Fischer | year=1977 | pages=80 | isbn=978-0800201784}}
* {{cite book | title=The Temple of Devi-Kothi: Wall Paintings and Wooden Reliefs in a Himalayan Shrine of the Great Goddess in the Churah Region of the Chamba District, Himachal Pradesh (Artibus Asiae) | publisher=University of Washington Press | author=Eberhard Fischer | year=2008 | pages=192 | isbn=978-3907077078}}
* {{cite book | title=Temple Tents for Goddesses in Gujarat, India | publisher=Niyogi Books | author=Eberhard Fischer (Author), Haku Shah (Contributor), Jyotindra Jain (Contributor) | year=2014 | pages=300 | isbn=978-9383098156}}
* {{cite book | title=Amorous Delight: The Amarushataka Palm-Leaf Manuscript, Illustrated by the Master of Sharanakula in the 19th Century (Orissa, India) (Artibus Asiae) | publisher=University of Washington Press | author=Eberhard Fischer | author2=Dinanath Pathy | year=2008 | pages=256 | isbn=978-3907077214}}
* ''[https://archive.org/details/treasuresfromrie0000brin/ Treasures from the Rietberg Museum]'' (1980)

==External links==
* {{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OV4F4sUV7xE | title=Civil Investiture Ceremony - Padma Shri | publisher=YouTube | work=Video | date=4 April 2012 | access-date=December 1, 2014}}
* {{cite web | url=https://www.amazon.com/Eberhard-Fischer/e/B001JOLYHY | title=List of Books on Amazon | publisher=Amazon | date=2014 | access-date=December 15, 2014}}
* * {{IMDb title|tt1783352|Nainsukh}}

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