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Charlotte Weiss (1870 Basel -1961 Herrliberg) was a Swiss painter.
Albrecht Samuel Anker was a Swiss painter and illustrator who has been called the "national painter" of Switzerland because of his enduringly popular depictions of 19th-century Swiss village life.
Konrad Grob was a Swiss painter.
Johann Caspar Füssli was a Swiss portrait painter and writer.
Lägh da Cavloc is a lake near Maloja Pass in the Val Forno, Grisons, Switzerland.
Giovanni Ulrico Giacometti was a Swiss painter. He was the father of artists Alberto and Diego Giacometti, and architect Bruno Giacometti.
Jean-Pierre Saint-Ours was a Swiss painter from Geneva.
Hans Conrad Escher von der Linth was a Swiss scientist, artist, and politician. He headed the "Great Council of Switzerland" in 1798, a period of French occupation. He also published a survey of the Swiss Alps and is perhaps most significant for his work in the project to "tame" the Linth river. His son was geologist Arnold Escher von der Linth.
Cuno Amiet was a Swiss painter, illustrator, graphic artist and sculptor. As the first Swiss painter to give precedence to colour in composition, he was a pioneer of modern art in Switzerland.
Anna Maria Barbara Abesch was a Swiss reverse glass painter and the daughter of Johann Peter Abesch.
SIKART is a biographical dictionary and a database on visual art in Switzerland and Liechtenstein. It is published online by the Swiss Institute for Art Research (SIAR). Conceptually and in content, it is an expanded and continually updated online version of the SIAR's 1998 Biographical Lexicon of Swiss Art, which featured 12,000 short entries and some 1,100 detailed biographical articles.
Heinrich Altherr was a Swiss painter. He is best known for his murals in churches and various public buildings.
Theo Eble (1899–1974) was a Swiss painter.
Alis Guggenheim was a Swiss painter, and sculptor born in Lengnau and who died in Zürich. Daughter of Moses Guggenheim and Fanny Guggenheim-Weil. Sister of Hilda, Bona, Martha, Hermann, Jacques and Daniel. She was the mother of Ruth Guggenheim Heussler and the grandmother of Olivia Heussler and Delia Heussler,
Joseph Simon Volmar was a Swiss painter and sculptor.
Emanuel Witz was a Swiss painter, born in Biel.
Hans Potthof was a Swiss painter as well as a sprint canoeist who competed in the late 1930s.
David Eduard Steiner was a Swiss painter.
Francisco Sierra is a contemporary artist known for his use of irony and humour in his photorealistic drawings and paintings.
Charles Wyrsch was a Swiss contemporary artist and painter.
Anna Füssli was a Swiss painter. She specialized in flower and insect paintings.