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!
Nataliia Salamatova
Games of Imagination
Nataliia Salamatova
Painting - 40 x 40 x 3 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch
$5,422
Above the clouds
Nataliia Salamatova
Painting - 30 x 40 x 3 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch
$7,192
Development Puzzels
Nataliia Salamatova
Painting - 60 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$8,852
Victories and defeats
Nataliia Salamatova
Painting - 58 x 75 x 3 cm Painting - 22.8 x 29.5 x 1.2 inch
$8,852
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Christine Staehelin
Summer fields III
Christine Staehelin
Painting - 33.5 x 25.5 x 2 cm Painting - 13.2 x 10 x 0.8 inch
$1,438
Still life with leash
Christine Staehelin
Painting - 20 x 20 x 3 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 1.2 inch
$1,272
Still life with two plants
Christine Staehelin
Painting - 30.5 x 23 x 3 cm Painting - 12 x 9.1 x 1.2 inch
$1,217
Wheat fields II
Christine Staehelin
Painting - 20 x 20 x 3 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 1.2 inch
$1,272
Wheat fields III
Christine Staehelin
Painting - 20 x 20 x 3 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 1.2 inch
$1,217
Sabrina Jeannine Rahn
Cream River
Sabrina Jeannine Rahn
Painting - 60 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,640
Lake Hillier
Sabrina Jeannine Rahn
Painting - 39 x 37 x 4 cm Painting - 15.4 x 14.6 x 1.6 inch
$1,584
Out of my mind
Sabrina Jeannine Rahn
Painting - 50 x 49 x 4 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.3 x 1.6 inch
$1,463
Healing Energy
Sabrina Jeannine Rahn
Painting - 100 x 80 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch
$2,313
Nina Schipoff
Stubborn optimiste
Nina Schipoff
Photography - 50 x 75 x 0.5 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0.2 inch
$1,660
Stubborn optimiste (1)
Nina Schipoff
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.5 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.2 inch
$1,106
Stubborn optimiste (2)
Nina Schipoff
Photography - 50 x 75 x 0.5 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0.2 inch
$1,660
Stubborn optimiste (3)
Nina Schipoff
Photography - 50 x 75 x 0.5 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0.2 inch
$1,660
Stubborn optimiste 4
Nina Schipoff
Photography - 50 x 75 x 0.5 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0.2 inch
$1,660
Christian Bader
Nature is suffering
Christian Bader
Painting - 140 x 200 x 2.5 cm Painting - 55.1 x 78.7 x 1 inch
$5,676
She screams her life
Christian Bader
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$3,552
Surprised with satisfaction
Christian Bader
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$2,136
Un Dieu d'Ailleurs - A God from elsewhere
Christian Bader
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$3,729
The man and his imaginary friend
Christian Bader
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$3,729
The conflict or the dispute?
Christian Bader
Painting - 143 x 207 x 2.5 cm Painting - 56.3 x 81.5 x 1 inch
$5,676
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Peter Wüthrich
Mady Epstein
Composition abstraite
Mady Epstein
Painting - 81 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.9 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,484
Portrait du poète russe Ivanov
Mady Epstein
Painting - 61 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 24 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,221
Vue sur Genève, le Jura et le lac depuis Cologny
Mady Epstein
Painting - 28 x 35 x 0.5 cm Painting - 11 x 13.8 x 0.2 inch
$993
Portrait jeune homme
Mady Epstein
Painting - 60.5 x 47.5 x 2 cm Painting - 23.8 x 18.7 x 0.8 inch
Sold
Portrait homme à barbe
Mady Epstein
Painting - 45 x 38 x 0.5 cm Painting - 17.7 x 15 x 0.2 inch
Sold
Louis Henri Salzmann
Paysage de la campagne genevoise et du Jura
Louis Henri Salzmann
Painting - 50 x 61 x 1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 24 x 0.4 inch
$662
Chalet en montagne
Louis Henri Salzmann
Painting - 38 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 15 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
$879
Bouquet de fleurs
Louis Henri Salzmann
Painting - 39.5 x 34.5 x 2 cm Painting - 15.6 x 13.6 x 0.8 inch
$571
Deux roses en vase
Louis Henri Salzmann
Painting - 46 x 33 x 0.3 cm Painting - 18.1 x 13 x 0.1 inch
$651
Vue du lac Léman et Dents du Midi
Louis Henri Salzmann
Painting - 60.5 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 23.8 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
$2,283
Dos de femme nue assise
Louis Henri Salzmann
Painting - 55 x 45 x 0.5 cm Painting - 21.7 x 17.7 x 0.2 inch
$970
Adrien Holy
Jeune femme en costume folklorique
Adrien Holy
Painting - 53 x 35 x 2 cm Painting - 20.9 x 13.8 x 0.8 inch
$2,066
La place animée et la Piazza Governo, à Bellinzone
Adrien Holy
Painting - 33 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 13 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
$1,233
Jean Verdier
Bouquet rose et la canne au pommeau d'argent
Jean Verdier
Painting - 46 x 38 x 2 cm Painting - 18.1 x 15 x 0.8 inch
$674
La cour Saint Pierre, Genève
Jean Verdier
Painting - 65 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
$776
Café Monti, Chêne-Bourg Genève
Jean Verdier
Painting - 38 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$662
Drapeau Français, miche de pain et bouteille de vin
Jean Verdier
Painting - 100 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
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Les anémones et l’œillet blanc
Jean Verdier
Painting - 27 x 22 x 0.5 cm Painting - 10.6 x 8.7 x 0.2 inch
Sold