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Fine Arts in Switzerland

Famous Swiss Painters

Konrad Witz (born between 1400 and 1410 in Rottweil, Germany, died 1445 in Basel)
paintings, overview
Johann Heinrich Füssli [Henry Fuseli / Fusely] (born 1741 Zurich, died 1825 Putney Hill/London). Romantic painter.
biography, comment, pictures
Johann Ludwig Aberli
Jacques-Laurent Agasse
Cuno Amiet
Albert Anker
Hans Asper
Karl Bodmer
Arnold Böcklin [Boecklin] (1827-1901) pictures
Ferdinand Hodler
Paul Klee
Max Bill
Hans Erni
H.R. Giger
Ferdinand Hodler
Angelica Kauffmann
Rafael Ritz
Sophie Taeuber-Arp
Hans Brühlmann
Helen Dahm
Adolf Dietrich
Ignaz Epper
Ernst Kreidolf
Martha Haffter
Carl Roesch
Ernst Emil Schlatter

Famous Swiss Sculptors

Alberto Giacometti is known for his distinctive elongated figures
Jean Tinguely created elaborate moving mechanical sculptures
Tinguely fountain in Basel: pictures and video clips
Max Bill

Moving sculpture fountain by Jean Tinguely, Basel, Switzerland

Some museums of fine arts in Switzerland

Kunsthaus Zurich
Kunsthalle Basel (contemporary art)
Kunstmuseum Basel (15th to 20th century, outstanding collection of works by Holbein)
Fondation Beyeler, Basel
Tinguely Museum, Basel
Kunsthalle Bern
Fondation Pierre Gianadda, Martigny
Kunstmuseum Lucerne
Paul Klee Zentrum, Bern
Rosengart Collection, Lucerne (Klee, Picasso, Miró, Matisse ...)
Kartause Ittingen hosting Thurgau's Cantonal Museum of Fine Arts

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