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Swiss illustrators

36 published records, arranged alphabetically. Each entry is published only where a named source supports it.

Albert SteffenIllustrator · IllustrationAlbert Steffen (10 December 1884, Wynau, Switzerland – 13 July 1963, Dornach, Switzerland) was a poet, painter, dramatist, essayist, and novelist.
Anna FüssliIllustrator · IllustrationAnna Füssli (16 September 1749 – 24 February 1772), sister of Henry Fuseli, was a Swiss painter of flowers and insects. She died at age 22.
Benjamin VautierIllustrator · IllustrationMarc Louis Benjamin Vautier (27 April 1829 – 25 April 1898) was a Swiss genre painter and illustrator.
Carlos SchwabeDesigner · Modern designCarlos Schwabe (born Émile Martin Charles Schwabe; 21 July 1866 – 22 January 1926) was a Swiss Symbolist painter and printmaker.
Charles Émile EgliEngraver · PrintsCharles Émile Egli (known as Carlègle; 30 March 1877 – 9 November 1937) was a Swiss-born illustrator and painter who spent most of his life in Paris.
Eugène GrassetArtist · PaintingsEugène Samuel Grasset (French pronunciation: [øʒɛn samɥɛl ɡʁasɛ]; 25 May 1845 – 23 October 1917) was a Swiss decorative artist who worked in Paris, France in a variety of creative design…
Frank FellerIllustrator · IllustrationFrank Feller (1848–1908) was a Swiss artist who settled in England and made a career as an illustrator and painter.
H. R. GigerIllustrator · IllustrationHans Ruedi Giger (lang; 5 February 1940 – 12 May 2014) was a Swiss artist best known for his airbrushed images that blended human physiques with machines, an art style known as…
Hans Beat WielandIllustrator · IllustrationIllustration — Portrait of Hans Beat Wieland
Hans Holbein the ElderArtist · PaintingsHans Holbein the Elder (c. 1460/65 – 1524) was a German painter of the early German Renaissance.
Hans Holbein the YoungerEngraver · PrintsHans Holbein the Younger (Hans Holbein der Jüngere; c. 1497 – between 7 October and 29 November 1543) was a German painter and printmaker active in Switzerland and England.
Hans RichterArtist · SculptureHans Johannes Siegfried Richter (lang; 6 April 1888 – 1 February 1976) was a German Dada painter, graphic artist, avant-garde film producer, and art historian.
Henry FuseliIllustrator · IllustrationHenry Fuseli (Johann Heinrich Füssli; 7 February 1741 – 17 April 1825) was a Swiss painter, draughtsman, and writer on art who spent much of his career in Britain.
Hercule NicoletIllustrator · IllustrationIllustration — Batocera wallacei
Hermann HesseArtist · PaintingsHermann Karl Hesse (2 July 1877 – 9 August 1962) was a German-Swiss poet and novelist, and winner of the 1946 Nobel Prize in Literature.
Hermann HirzelEngraver · PrintsIllustration — Paul Cassirer, Lovis Corinth, Hermann Hirzel, Prof. Max Liebermann, Fritz Klimsch, and Leopold von Kalkreuth preparing the Berlin Secession.
Hieronymus HessIllustrator · IllustrationIllustration — Portrait of Hieronymus Hess
Jean TinguelyArtist · SculptureJean Tinguely (22 May 1925 – 30 August 1991) was a Swiss sculptor best known for his kinetic art sculptural machines (known officially as Métamatics) that extended the Dada tradition into…
Jost AmmanEngraver · PrintsJost Amman (June 13, 1539 – March 17, 1591) was a Swiss-German artist, celebrated chiefly for his woodcuts, done mainly for book illustrations.
Karl SchmidIllustrator · IllustrationKarl Schmid (10 May 1914 – 13 August 1998) was a Swiss artist active from the 1930s to the 1990s. He was a painter, sculptor, engraver, illustrator, graphic designer and teacher.
Lorenz FrølichEngraver · PrintsLorenz Frølich (25 October 182025 October 1908) was a Danish painter, illustrator, graphic artist and etcher.
Louis BuvelotIllustrator · IllustrationAbram-Louis "Louis" Buvelot (lwi byvlo; 3 March 1814 – 30 May 1888) was a Swiss landscape painter who lived 17 years in Brazil, and following 5 years back in Switzerland, stayed 23 years in…
Marcus PfisterArtist · PaintingsMarcus Pfister (born 30 July 1960 in Bern, Switzerland) is a Swiss author and illustrator of children's picture books.
Markus RaetzDesigner · Modern designMarkus Raetz (6 June 1941 – 14 April 2020) was a Swiss painter, sculptor, and illustrator.
Martha PfannenschmidIllustrator · IllustrationMartha Pfannenschmid (1900–1999) was a Swiss illustrator. A secretary, laboratory assistant, and technical aide at the Institute of Forensic Medicine at the University of Basel, she later…
Martin DislerIllustrator · IllustrationMartin Disler (1 March 1949 – 27 August 1996) was a Swiss painter, draughtsman and writer.
Matthäus MerianArtist · PaintingsMatthäus Merian der Ältere (or "Matthew", "the Elder", or "Sr."; 22 September 1593 – 19 June 1650) was a Swiss-born engraver who worked in Frankfurt, Germany for most of his career, where…
Matthäus Merian the youngerEngraver · PrintsMatthäus Merian (25 March 1621 – 15 February 1687) was a Swiss engraver and portrait painter.
Niki de Saint PhalleArtist · SculptureNiki de Saint Phalle (born Catherine Marie-Agnès Fal de Saint Phalle; 29 October 193021 May 2002) was a French American sculptor, painter, filmmaker, and author of colorful hand-illustrated…
Paul GirardetIllustrator · IllustrationIllustration — Marshall Étienne MacDonald; after Eugène Charpentier
Paul MonnierIllustrator · IllustrationIllustration — Monnier in 1975
Rodolphe TöpfferArtist · PaintingsRodolphe Töpffer (lang; 31 January 1799 – 8 June 1846) was a Swiss teacher, author, painter, cartoonist, and caricaturist.
Salomon GessnerIllustrator · IllustrationSalomon Gessner (1 April 1730 – 2 March 1788) was a Swiss painter, graphic artist, government official, newspaper publisher, and poet, best known in the latter instance for his Idylls.
Sophie Taeuber-ArpIllustrator · IllustrationSophie Henriette Gertrud Taeuber-Arp (19 January 1889 – 14 January 1943) was a Swiss artist, painter, sculptor, textile designer, furniture and interior designer, architect, and dancer.
Théophile SteinlenArtist · SculptureThéophile Alexandre Steinlen (November 10, 1859 – December 13, 1923), was a Swiss-born French Art Nouveau painter and printmaker.
Tobias StimmerEngraver · PrintsTobias Stimmer (7 April 1539 – 4 January 1584) was a Swiss painter and illustrator. His most famous work is the paintings on the Strasbourg astronomical clock.

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