Genre painters Figurative art
Karl Otto Bachmann, a Swiss painter, graphic artist, and illustrator, began his artistic career in Luzern before moving to Zurich and pursuing freelance work. He achieved a breakthrough in 1943 with the publication of his "Faust" portfolio. Bachmann drew inspiration from his travels across Europe, often joining circus troupes for income and creative ideas. His paintings were characterized by imaginative and virtual settings, with themes revolving around the stage, carnival, and circus. Bachmann's elegant lines, delicate colors, and harmonious compositions made him a respected book illustrator. He actively participated in numerous exhibitions throughout his life, both domestically and internationally.
Max Gubler was a Swiss artist.
He experimented with various contemporary styles, until developing his own personal vivid style of landscape painting on Lipari. Later he turned to abstraction, but continued to use bright colours. In 1956 he did a series of pastel illustrations for Ernest Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea. In his late works, darker colours predominate.
His work was shown in many galleries.
Aris Kalaizis is a German artist of Greek origin. He studied painting at the Leipzig Academy of Fine Arts.
Aris Kalaizis gained international recognition after taking part in the 2010 Venice Biennale (Mostra Internazionale di Architettura) and in the 4th Triennale in Guangzhou, China in 2011.
Calaisis creates his works by assembling elaborate spatial compositions and constructing large-scale scenes on the site of an imaginary action. In the process, he takes a series of preparatory photographs from which the final work is constructed. The scenes in his paintings, which often have a surrealistic impression, are developed from ideas that Kalaisis develops in the manner of a screenplay. The result of this step-by-step creative process are pictorial works that embody desired images of the inner world in line and colour.
Eva Navarro is a Spanish painter living in Madrid, Spain. She has a bachelor's degree in Fine Arts from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Her work is considered part of the Spanish New Figurative Art Movement. She mostly exhibits her work in Europe and the United States.
Navarro's work has been described as "vivacious, uncomplicated and energetic, as well as being full of extraordinary colour". Basic elements such as movement, space, action and time, all expressed through the human figure, are reflected in her work.
