Background
Fischer was born in Burglengenfeld, Upper Palatinate.
Fischer was born in Burglengenfeld, Upper Palatinate.
He studied in Bohemia and combined Bohemian elements with Bavarian Baroque traditions.
He is a major representative of south German Baroque architects. He often co-operated with the most gifted Bavarian artists of his time, such as Cosmas Damian Asam and Egid Quirin Asam, Johann Joseph Christian, Johann Michael Feuchtmayer, Matthäus Günther, Ignaz Günther, Franz Joseph Spiegler, Johann Baptist Straub, and Johann Baptist Zimmermann. Fischer died, aged 74, in Munich, and is buried in the Munich Frauenkirche.