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Samuel Birmann was a Swiss painter. His father was the painter Peter Birmann.
Auguste Frédéric Dufaux the Younger was a Swiss painter and sculptor.
Auguste's father, painter and sculptor Frédéric Guillaume Dufaux (1820-1872), taught him to draw, then he entered the Geneva School of Fine Arts, continued his studies in Paris and Florence.
Dufaux painted lovely female portraits in genre and intimate scenes, children playing, and many depictions of nude women, often near water. He lived in Paris from 1876 to 1891 and participated in the Salon des Artistes Français. From his travels in Egypt and Algeria, Dufaux brought back paintings of local exotic subjects. Dufaux also worked on a panoramic painting of the French Army's entry into Le Verrière and executed several sculptures of famous personalities.
Niklaus Stoecklin was a Swiss painter and graphic artist, representative of the New Objectivity and magic realism.
After the Munich School of Arts and Crafts Niklaus entered the Basel School of Arts and Crafts, worked extensively, actively participated in exhibitions and traveled. In 1917, Stoecklin created his masterpiece Casa Rossa. His favorite genres were still life, portraiture, and landscapes, particularly city views. For many decades, Stoecklin also worked as a poster designer, designing stamps. Some of his posters have become icons of international poster art.
Niklaus Stoecklin was a Swiss painter and graphic artist, representative of the New Objectivity and magic realism.
After the Munich School of Arts and Crafts Niklaus entered the Basel School of Arts and Crafts, worked extensively, actively participated in exhibitions and traveled. In 1917, Stoecklin created his masterpiece Casa Rossa. His favorite genres were still life, portraiture, and landscapes, particularly city views. For many decades, Stoecklin also worked as a poster designer, designing stamps. Some of his posters have become icons of international poster art.
Ernst Georg Heussler was a Swiss painter, graphic designer and sculptor.
A versatile artist, Heussler worked in many techniques - prints and woodcuts, oil and watercolor, and large-scale murals. He painted Art Nouveau portraits and graphic still lifes, nude paintings and abstract landscapes.
Jean Lehmann was a Swiss painter, graphic artist and sculptor.
Jean graduated from the Lucerne School of Applied Arts, studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Venice and at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich. Lehmann worked at the Glacier Gardens in Lucerne and as a guide in mountain hotels, so many of his paintings are mountain snow-covered landscapes. The artist was particularly fond of painting rustic landscapes, rural scenes of quiet life, and he also created portraits and still lifes in a wide variety of techniques. He also painted a series of watercolors and chalk drawings of Swiss traditional costumes.
Lehmann also worked in the advertising business, creating posters for sporting events and travel companies.
Teo Eble was a Swiss abstractionist painter and graphic designer.
Eble studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Berlin, then taught at the Basel School of Applied Arts from 1931 to 1967. In 1933 he co-founded the Swiss Group 33, an anti-fascist association of artists.
His work was influenced by the realist, objective painting of the 1920s. The subjects of Eblé's early works were landscape paintings and depictions of cities and their life.
In 1934, Eblé began abstract painting and became a prominent artist of the abstract movement in Switzerland and was also recognized internationally. He held exhibitions in France and the United States, in 1958 at the Venice Biennale and in 1959 at Documenta in Kassel. In the 1960s, Eblé created numerous murals in public buildings.
Alois Carigiet was a Swiss graphic designer, painter, and illustrator. He may be known best for six children's picture books set in the Alps, A Bell for Ursli and its sequels, written by Selina Chönz, and three that he wrote himself. In 1966 he received the inaugural Hans Christian Andersen Medal for children's illustrators.
Hans Erni was a Swiss graphic designer, painter, illustrator, engraver and sculptor.
Hans Erni was a Swiss graphic designer, painter, illustrator, engraver and sculptor.
Mili Weber, full name Berta Emilie Weber, is a Swiss artist, illustrator, writer and musician.
From childhood, Mili showed an interest in nature and painting, with her older half-sister Anna being her first mentor. Mili attended the School of Arts and Crafts in Biel, where she later taught various arts and crafts subjects, she also studied at the Academy of Painting in Munich. From 1914, Mili began painting portraits of children, producing watercolor postcards with motifs from fairy tales and fables, and illustrating books. Her most famous images are of children among magical flowers. In addition to watercolor painting, Weber wrote short stories and composed music.
In 1917, the family moved to a picturesque wooden house built by Mili's brother and father on the edge of the forest near Lake St. Moritz. The most luxurious thing in this house was the organ on which she mused. Mili created her own wonderful world here: the artist decorated the ceilings and walls of the house with her marvelous frescoes of fairy tale scenes. She lived in this house all her life and now it is the home of the Mili Weber Museum, a "fairy house".
Roland Duss is a Swiss painter and sculptor.
Roland studied at the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences, then attended the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich and the Académie Julian in Paris. In the early 1930s, Duss created sculptures in Paris, returning to Lucerne during World War II.
Duss was a member of the Lucerne section of the Society of Swiss Painters and Sculptors and exhibited his work in group exhibitions.
Hans Erni was a Swiss graphic designer, painter, illustrator, engraver and sculptor.
Michel Favre is a Swiss painter and sculptor living and working in Martigny.
Michel trained as a marble sculptor from a young age: learning to work with materials, honing his craft and technical skills, and practicing restoration. In 1972 he opened his atelier in Martigny and until 1980 he created almost exclusively stone sculptures, but since the 1990s he has incorporated bronze, glass and other materials into his work. Since 1996 he has also created video installations, combining plastic arts, film, photography and new media. Michel Favre travels extensively and is passionate about archaeology.
The main motif of the sculptor's works is the fragile human being in a looming world of machines and technology. In his three-dimensional images, people are most often tiny and ant-like, trying to change something in the huge world around them.
Michel Favre has been a member of VISARTE (Society of Swiss Artists, Sculptors, Architects) since 1983 and has been active in numerous exhibitions around the world.
Peter Leisinger is a Swiss painter and sculptor.
Leisinger's favorite material for his work is wood. The artist enjoys the variability of wood and its susceptibility to craftsmanship. He also develops subjects and concepts for exhibitions, installations, books and films.
