Reportage Switzerland
Armen Eloyan is an Armenian-born painter who lives and works in Zurich. He is known for his large-scale, hooligan depictions of anthropomorphic animals and figures, absurdist narratives in dark, existential works. His creations are inspired by caricature and street art, as well as by European masters.
Jakob Sollberger is a Swiss painter and graphic artist, sculptor, photographer and video director.
Initially Jakob was very interested in video and photography, and at the age of 26 he founded his own studio for advertising photography and production of industrial films and TV commercials. A few years later he took up other art forms as well.
Since the early 1990s, Sollberger has taught photography courses at the Zurich Education Center and has created many photographic portraits. In recent years, Jakob Sollberger has also worked on short films on various subjects.
Wolfgang-Adam Töpffer was a Swiss and French painter, printmaker, caricaturist, and draftsman.
He studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris and painted landscapes and portraits. Later he became interested in plein air landscapes and excelled in this art. Töpffer is also known as a talented draughtsman and political cartoonist. His son Rudolf Töpffer also became a caricaturist.