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!
Pierrette Bloch
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
$1,346 $1,144
Ambiance Printanière
Pierre-Alain Michel
Painting - 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$2,244
Végétation
Pierre-Alain Michel
Painting - 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$2,244 $1,907
Au printemps
Pierre-Alain Michel
Painting - 100 x 140 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 55.1 x 1.6 inch
$4,936 $4,196
Jardin Secret
Pierre-Alain Michel
Painting - 100 x 140 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 55.1 x 0.8 inch
$4,936
Entre Saison
Pierre-Alain Michel
Painting - 100 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,693 $2,289
Jean Jacques Boimond
Paysage de Moneuse
Jean Jacques Boimond
Painting - 24 x 41 x 2 cm Painting - 9.4 x 16.1 x 0.8 inch
$609
Triangle du Tacul
Jean Jacques Boimond
Painting - 34 x 24.5 x 2 cm Painting - 13.4 x 9.6 x 0.8 inch
$862
Aiguille du plan, Dent de Requin à Chamonix n°1
Jean Jacques Boimond
Painting - 33 x 41.5 x 2 cm Painting - 13 x 16.3 x 0.8 inch
$804
L'Aiguille du Midi
Jean Jacques Boimond
Painting - 71.5 x 49 x 0.5 cm Painting - 28.1 x 19.3 x 0.2 inch
$804
Composition abstrait
Jean Jacques Boimond
Painting - 64 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 25.2 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
$827
Peintre et jardinier en plein travail
Jean Jacques Boimond
Painting - 37 x 18 x 0.5 cm Painting - 14.6 x 7.1 x 0.2 inch
$747
Fleurs blanches et pinceaux
Jean Jacques Boimond
Painting - 55.5 x 38.5 x 2 cm Painting - 21.9 x 15.2 x 0.8 inch
$644
Shem
Jean Tinguely
Daniel Göttin
015 Nr. 1, 2018 (Abstract painting)
Daniel Göttin
Painting - 24 x 18 cm Painting - 9.4 x 7.1 inch
$1,505
BP18, BORINGCAPITALIST (Abstract painting)
Daniel Göttin
Painting - 42 x 29.7 cm Painting - 16.5 x 11.7 inch
$3,402
A12 - I am having so much fun
Daniel Göttin
Painting - 22.7 x 30.3 cm Painting - 8.9 x 11.9 inch
$1,505
022 o.T. (Abstract painting)
Daniel Göttin
Painting - 30.2 x 20.3 cm Painting - 11.9 x 8 inch
$1,505
016 Nr. 2, 2018 (Abstract painting)
Daniel Göttin
Painting - 24 x 18 cm Painting - 9.4 x 7.1 inch
$1,505
Kseniia Redina
Vik Schroeder
Melody of awakening
Vik Schroeder
Painting - 50 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,010 $858
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
$5,049
Mount Fuji welcomes Spring.
Vik Schroeder
Painting - 60 x 80 x 1 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch
$1,234
Water and sky dancing
Vik Schroeder
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,122
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
$1,122
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
$1,458 $1,240
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
$1,346
Topographie Humaine II
Olivier Furter
Painting - 60 x 92 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch
$2,019 $1,717
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
$1,683
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
$1,795 $1,526
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
$632
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
$1,034
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
$575
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
$804
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
$701
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
$690
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
$690
Claude Voutat
Jean-Claude Bossel
Cantor's Numbers #877
Jean-Claude Bossel
Painting - 160 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 63 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$63,194
Cercles I / XII
Jean-Claude Bossel
Painting - 100 x 140 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 55.1 x 0.8 inch
$55,889
Via Crucis II
Jean-Claude Bossel
Painting - 100 x 70 x 3.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 1.4 inch
$31,369
Cercles I / VII
Jean-Claude Bossel
Painting - 130 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 51.2 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$52,273
Cantor's Numbers #875
Jean-Claude Bossel
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$29,665