Swiss artists
For a small country, Switzerland has produced many talented artists known throughout the world and who have truly marked the history of art. Here are a few of them ...
Sophie Taeuber-Arp, was a Swiss artist who belonged to the Dada movement, an intellectual, literary and artistic movement that was created in Zurich around 1916 and aimed to challenge ideological, aesthetic and political conventions. Meret Oppenhiemer worked in the context of the Surrealist movement, creating many surrealist objects, including Le Déjeuner en Fourrure, a cup, saucer and a spoon covered with fur. There is also Alberto Giacometti, an important sculptor of the 20th century known for his elongated cast bronze figures. In 2010, his work The Man Who Walks I (1960) becomes the most expensive sculpture in the world when it was sold for $ 92.5 million by Sotheby's. Jean Tinguely is also a sculptor but he approaches the medium very differently. The artist's main interest was the relationship between art and mechanics, which lead him to create artworks animated by motors. Tinguely creates sculptures that can draw by themselves, which he calls the Meta-Matics.
Today the contemporary Swiss art scene is just as interesting as it was in the past. Indeed, to emphasise the importance of the growing contemporary art scene in Switzerland, Art Paris Art Fair has elected the country as the "guest of honour" for its 2018 edition.
On Artsper you'll find many contemporary Swiss artists. There is the famous Mr. Chat, dreamed up by the artist Thoma Vuille. It is the all too recognisable smiling yellow cat which first appeared first on inaccessible walls in French city but can now be found on canvas and even in the form of sculptures. You'll also discover Roman Signer, who works in various mediums, but who became best known for his performances with an often a humorous tone that he captures through video or photography. In this selection you'll find many more Swiss contemporary artists that you absolutely need to know!
Zdenka Palkovic
Désertique
Zdenka Palkovic
Fine Art Drawings - 69 x 49 x 2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 27.2 x 19.3 x 0.8 inch
€1,600 €1,360
Japanese Landscape
Zdenka Palkovic
Fine Art Drawings - 49 x 62 x 2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.3 x 24.4 x 0.8 inch
€1,600
Pierrette Bloch
Juliette Wegrzyk
Métamorphose
Juliette Wegrzyk
Fine Art Drawings - 42 x 29 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.5 x 11.4 x 0 inch
€1,300
sans titre
Juliette Wegrzyk
Fine Art Drawings - 42 x 29 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.5 x 11.4 x 0 inch
€1,100
Saule
Juliette Wegrzyk
Fine Art Drawings - 20 x 15 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.9 x 5.9 x 0 inch
€650
Regard ailé
Juliette Wegrzyk
Fine Art Drawings - 24 x 32 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.4 x 12.6 x 0 inch
€1,100
Pierre-Alain Michel
Paysage printanier
Pierre-Alain Michel
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€1,200 €1,020
Ambiance Printanière
Pierre-Alain Michel
Painting - 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€2,000
Végétation
Pierre-Alain Michel
Painting - 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€2,000 €1,700
Au printemps
Pierre-Alain Michel
Painting - 100 x 140 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 55.1 x 1.6 inch
€4,400 €3,740
Jardin Secret
Pierre-Alain Michel
Painting - 100 x 140 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 55.1 x 0.8 inch
€4,400
Entre Saison
Pierre-Alain Michel
Painting - 100 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
€2,400 €2,040
Jean Tinguely
Mémoire de la Liberté
Jean Tinguely
Print - 66 x 88 x 0.5 cm Print - 26 x 34.6 x 0.2 inch
€5,500 €4,950
Daniel Göttin
015 Nr. 1, 2018 (Abstract painting)
Daniel Göttin
Painting - 24 x 18 cm Painting - 9.4 x 7.1 inch
€1,404
BP18, BORINGCAPITALIST (Abstract painting)
Daniel Göttin
Painting - 42 x 29.7 cm Painting - 16.5 x 11.7 inch
€3,174
A12 - I am having so much fun
Daniel Göttin
Painting - 22.7 x 30.3 cm Painting - 8.9 x 11.9 inch
€1,404
042 o.T. (Heib) (Abstract painting)
Daniel Göttin
Painting - 29.7 x 24 cm Painting - 11.7 x 9.4 inch
€1,587
016 Nr. 2, 2018 (Abstract painting)
Daniel Göttin
Painting - 24 x 18 cm Painting - 9.4 x 7.1 inch
€1,404
Kseniia Redina
Vik Schroeder
Set of 2 Wall Sculpture. Diptych. Collage on canvas, Monochrome black - white.
Vik Schroeder
Sculpture - 150 x 150 x 2 cm Sculpture - 59.1 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch
€4,500
Mount Fuji welcomes Spring.
Vik Schroeder
Painting - 60 x 80 x 1 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch
€1,100
Melody of awakening
Vik Schroeder
Painting - 50 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€900 €765
Water and sky dancing
Vik Schroeder
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,000
Watkins Glen State Park in New York City. Impasto impressionism painting.
Vik Schroeder
Painting - 50 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,000
Olivier Furter
Face II
Olivier Furter
Fine Art Drawings - 60 x 80 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0 inch
€1,300 €1,105
Mensch III
Olivier Furter
Fine Art Drawings - 100 x 70 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0 inch
€1,200
Topographie Humaine II
Olivier Furter
Painting - 60 x 92 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch
€1,800 €1,530
Leaving SF III
Olivier Furter
Fine Art Drawings - 70 x 100 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 27.6 x 39.4 x 0 inch
€1,500
Remembering I
Olivier Furter
Fine Art Drawings - 70 x 100 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 27.6 x 39.4 x 0 inch
€1,600 €1,360
Henri Fehr
Etude de "La bataille de Näfels"
Henri Fehr
Fine Art Drawings - 20 x 44 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.9 x 17.3 x 0.1 inch
€587
Portrait de jeune fille
Henri Fehr
Fine Art Drawings - 36 x 27 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 14.2 x 10.6 x 0.1 inch
€961
Danceuse
Henri Fehr
Fine Art Drawings - 25 x 18.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.8 x 7.3 x 0 inch
€534
Jeune femme
Henri Fehr
Fine Art Drawings - 29 x 22 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.4 x 8.7 x 0.1 inch
€640
Attablée au bar
Henri Fehr
Fine Art Drawings - 60 x 50 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
€640
Jeune femme allongée
Henri Fehr
Fine Art Drawings - 48 x 64 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 18.9 x 25.2 x 0.1 inch
€651
Étude d'homme au chapeau
Henri Fehr
Fine Art Drawings - 59 x 40 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 23.2 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
€747
Régate sur le lac Léman
Henri Fehr
Painting - 54 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 21.3 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
€1,708