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Swiss Painter
A list of notable Swiss painters: A * Johann Ludwig Aberli *Otto Abt *René Acht * Hans Aeschbacher * Jacques-Laurent Agasse *Heinrich Altherr * Urs Amann * Cuno Amiet * Jost Amman * Werner Andermatt *Albert Anker *Dominique Appia *Dennis Armitage * Hans Asper * René Auberjonois B * Claudio Baccalà * Silvia Bächli * Augustin Meinrad Bächtiger * Karl Ballmer *Aimé Barraud *François Barraud * Franz Karl Basler-Kopp * Auguste Baud-Bovy *Ernst Baumann *Fritz Baumann * Otto Baumberger *Hans Bendel *Hans Eduard von Berlepsch-Valendas *Giuseppe Bernardazzi *Emil Beurmann * Diego Bianconi *Heinrich Bichler * Johann Jakob Biedermann * Max Bill *Edmond Bille * Peter Birkhäuser *Peter Birmann *Samuel Birmann *Johann Heinrich Bleuler * Johann Ludwig Bleuler * François Bocion *Arnold Böcklin * Karl Bodmer *Paul Bodmer * Walter Bodmer *Max Böhlen * Carlo Borer * Marius Borgeaud * Louise-Cathérine Breslau *Serge Brignoni *Arnold Brügger *Hans-Ulrich Brunner *Emanuel Büchel * Fra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Switzerland
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Silvia Bächli
Silvia Bächli (born 1956) is a Swiss visual artist, photographer, and educator. She works primarily in painting and drawing. She has taught art at the Academy of Fine Arts, Karlsruhe () since 1993. Biography Silvia Bächli was born on 16 March 1956 in Wettingen, Baden District, Aargau, Switzerland. She attended Haute École d'Arts Appliques de Bâle, and École Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Genève. In 2009, her work was part of the Swiss pavilion at the 53rd Venice Biennale. Bächli has received many awards and honors including the Manor Cultural Prize in the Canton of Aargau in 1990, Montres Breguet Prize for contemporary art in 1991, the Meret-Oppenheim Prize in 2003, and the drawing prize from the Daniel and Florence Guerlain Fondation d’Art Contemporain in 2007. Her work can be found in museum collections, including at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. See also * List of Swiss painters A list of notable Swiss painters: A *Johann Ludwig Aberli * Ot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emil Beurmann
Emil Beurmann (14 March 1862 – 5 February 1951) was a Swiss painter, writer and poet. Life Beurmann was born and grew up in Basel. From an early age he was writing (both prose and poetry) and painting. He undertook an apprenticeship as a decorative painter, also taking lessons with Hans Sandreuter. An early influence at this stage was his fellow student Lisa Ruutz, later known as the poet Lisa Wenger. In 1881 he travelled to Paris, at that time an "artists' mecca". He found himself a cheap room in the Latin Quarter and quickly made contact with high-profile artists including Albert Anker, Lovis Corinth, Cuno Amiet und Giovanni Giacometti. There followed a period combining study with travel that took in Germany, Italy, France, Turkey, Spain and Egypt where he lived for a year or so in Cairo, living with his two models Nebiha and Chadiga. After this he settled back home in Basel where he was able to make a living producing portraits, although he came to dislike this ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giuseppe Bernardazzi
Giuseppe Raimondo Bernardazzi (13 August 1816, Pambio – 15 January 1891, Pambio) was a Swiss architect and painter. Biography His father was the architect, Vincenzo Bernardazzi (1773–1837). After completing his studies in Milan, and receiving his diploma in architecture (1834), he went to Saint Petersburg, where he had received commissions for work on the Winter Palace. He also worked in Kronstadt and Moscow. In 1851, he decorated the bell tower at Saints Peter and Paul Cathedral in Saint Petersburg. In 1855, he was in Sebastopol, planning and building fortifications for the Crimean War. He returned to Switzerland in 1859 where, in addition to painting and architectural work, he served as a teacher. His paintings include vedute of Lugano Lugano (, , ; lmo, label=Ticinese dialect, Ticinese, Lugan ) is a city and municipality in Switzerland, part of the Lugano District in the canton of Ticino. It is the largest city of both Ticino and the Italian-speaking southern Switz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hans Eduard Von Berlepsch-Valendas
Hans Karl Eduard von Berlepsch-Valendas (31 December 1849, St. Gallen – 17 August 1921, Munich) was a Swiss architect, designer, writer and painter. Biography His father, Hermann Alexander (1813–1883) was a liberal bookseller and writer who had come to Switzerland from Göttingen during the German revolutions of 1848–49, German Revolutions. He was a student of the architect Gottfried Semper from 1868 to 1871. After 1872, on his father's advice, he was employed at several business enterprises. He later studied painting in Frankfurt and the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich. After a short stint as a battle painter for the Russians in Bulgaria during the Russo-Turkish War, he worked as an architect, interior designer and craft designer in Munich; working in the Art Nouveau style. Notable examples are at the Villa Tobler in Zürich, and (for his family) the Villa Berlepsch in Planegg near Munich). He also designed interiors for two cruise ships that serviced the Bodensee. He was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hans Bendel
Hans Sigmund Bendel (18 October 1814 – 28 November 1853) was a Swiss painter and illustrator. Life Hans Bendel, of Schaffhausen, in Switzerland, was an historical painter and lithographer, and attended the Academy of Munich, under Kaulbach. The son of a master tailor, Bendel completed an apprenticeship as a painter. During his travels as a youth, he visited Munich where he found work as a craftsman at the Munich Residenz while he improved his painting. He befriended Wilhelm von Kaulbach who helped Bendel continue his education at the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich. From October 1838 until May 1839 he practiced painting and studied the classics in Rome with his teacher. Bendel worked as a successful book illustrator and historical painter. His works include illustrations for Goethe Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (28 August 1749 – 22 March 1832) was a German poet, playwright, novelist, scientist, statesman, theatre director, and critic. His works include plays, poetry, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Otto Baumberger
Otto Baumberger (21 May 1889 Altstetten, Zurich – 26 December 1961 Weiningen Weiningen is a municipality in the district of Dietikon in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland. It is located in the Limmat Valley (German: ''Limmattal''). The municipality was first mentioned in 870 as ''Winingon''. Geography Weiningen has ...), was a noted Swiss painter and poster artist. Baumberger produced some 200 posters of great quality and style. His realistic rendering of a herringbone tweed coat became a classic of Swiss poster, an example of a Sachplakat (object poster). References 1889 births 1961 deaths 20th-century Swiss painters 20th-century Swiss male artists Swiss male painters Swiss poster artists Alumni of the Académie de la Grande Chaumière Academic staff of ETH Zurich {{Switzerland-painter-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fritz Baumann
Fritz Cäsar Baumann (3 May 1886, Basel – 9 October 1942, Basel) was a Swiss painter who worked primarily in the Expressionist and Cubist styles. Preoccupation with caricature, textile and pottery, puppet theater and book illustration. Biography From 1904 to 1907, he completed an apprenticeship in decorative painting. He then studied with Fritz Schider at the (Arts and Crafts School) in Basel for one year. This was followed by a study trip to Rome with August Babberger. Upon his return, he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich. He then moved to the mountain village of Rührberg, near Grenzach, where he created drypoint etchings. In 1909, he married Anny Rickenbach, daughter of a gunsmith from Muttenz. Shortly after, he went to Karlsruhe to study with Hans Thoma and improve his etching techniques. After the birth of his son Fritzli in 1910, the family lived in Erlenhof (Thürnen Thürnen is a municipality in the district of Sissach in the canton of Basel-Countr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernst Baumann
Ernst Baumann (17 April 1909, in Wileroltigen – 9 January 1992, in Basel) was a Swiss painter and artist. Selected works * 1945, 1950 Murals at Friedhof am Hörnli and Wolfgottesacker, Basel * 1956 Mural "''Der Frühling''" ''(Spring)'', Kantonsspital Basel * 1962 Mosaic "''Kind und Natur''" ''(Child and Nature)'', Erlensträsschen school, Riehen (BS) * 1965 Mural, government building, Bottmingen (BL) Exhibitions * 1952 and 1956 Museum Allerheiligen, Schaffhausen * 1960 Kunstverein, Olten * 1955 to 1960 several exhibitions at the Bettie Thommen Gallery, Basel * 1964 Kunsthalle, Basel * 1974, 1979 Bodenacker school, Liestal * 1976 Trubschachen Art Exhibition * 1982 Bad Homburg vor der Höhe * 1988 Schweizerische Schifffahrtsschule, Basel * 1989 Ausstellungsraum Kaserne, Basel * 1993 Memorial exhibition at Bodenacker school, Liestal Liestal (, Standard ), formerly spelled Liesthal, is the capital of Liestal District and the canton of Basel-Landschaft in Switzerland, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Auguste Baud-Bovy
Auguste Baud-Bovy (13 February 1848, Geneva - 3 June 1899, Davos) was a Swiss painter who specialized in landscapes, village scenes and shepherds. Biography His father, Henri-Georges Baud, was the director of a well known jewelry store (Le Bijouterie Baud) which is still in business. In 1849, the Bovy and Balland families purchased the Château de Gruyères, restored it, and used it for a summer residence. The Bauds were among their regular guests and Auguste spent much of his childhood there. The Bovys were also Fourierists and their home, "La Colonie" served as the meeting place for many famous artists. Through one of the Bovys, he made friends with and began taking lessons from Barthélemy Menn. In 1868, he married Zoé-Jeanne-Suzanne Bovy, who was an enamel painter. After that, he styled his name as "Baud-Bovy". By 1870, he was a professor at the Municipal Art School in Geneva. There, he made many friends among those who had come to Switzerland as a result of the Paris ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franz Karl Basler-Kopp
Franz Karl Basler-Kopp (1879–1937) was a German painter who lived in Switzerland. In addition to works with historic and biblical scenes, symbolic portrayals of the phases of life, he created, most famously, illustrations of legends and fairy tales. He was educated at the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts. He became known as a "fairy tale painter" ("Märchenmaler") through his illustrations of Arnold Büchli's three-volume work ''Schweizersagen'' (Swiss legends) (1926, 1928 and 1931) as well as through his illustration and cover design of several books, some of which were written for literary and musical education in schools, such as ''Osterhas, Sankt Nicolas, Weihnacht und Neujahr'' by Eduard Fischer (1926) and the book of fairy tales ''Am Märchenbrunnen'' by Helene Kopp. Life Franz Karl Basler was born to a farming family from South Bavaria. Shortly after his birth, the family moved to Lucerne, where Basler grew up in poor conditions. He later compensat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
François Barraud
François Barraud (24 November 1899 – 11 September 1934) was a Swiss painter. Barraud was the second eldest of four brothers who all painted or sculpted at various points in their lives. The brothers, François, Aimé, Aurèle and Charles, were largely self-taught artists having been raised as professional plasterers and house painters. Barraud attended evening classes at the local art school in 1911 together with his brothers. In 1919, he exhibited his paintings in La Chaux-de-Fonds and participated in the National Exhibition of Fine Arts in Basel. Encouraged by the success of the exhibitions he left Switzerland in 1922, and moved to Reims in France where he worked as a house painter for two years. He married Marie, a French woman, in 1924. Marie subsequently featured as a model in several of his paintings. Around 1924 or 1925, Barraud found work in Paris as an artist and craftsman. While living in Paris he studied painting at the École du Louvre. François Barraud pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
