director Liselotte Pulver (born 1929) Maximilian Schell (1930–2014), actor and producer Michel Simon (1895–1975), actor and comedian Emil Steinberger (born 1933), comedian Art Jacques-Laurent Agasse (1767–1849), painter Cuno Peter Amiet (1868–1961) Thomas Ammann (1950–1993), art dealer and collector Albert Anker (1831–1910) Jean Arcelin (born 1962), painter Jean Arp (1886–1966), sculptor, painter and poet René Auberjonois (1872–1957), painter John Bernhard (born 1957), photographer François Bocion (1828–1890), painter Arnold Böcklin (1827–1901), painter Karl Bodmer (1809–1893), painter of the American West Ferdinand Brader (1833–1901), folk art sketch artist of rural farm life in USA Mark Staff Brandl (born 1955), painter, installation artist, and critic Sonam Dolma Brauen (born 1953), Swiss-Tibetan sculptor and painter Frank Buchser (1828–1890), painter Alexandre Calame (1810–1864), painter Jean Crotti (1878–1958), painter Adèle d'Affry (1836–1879), artist and sculptor Jean Dunand (1877–1942), decorative artist, sculptor Hans Erni (1909–2015) Fischli & Weiss (born 1946 & 1952), artist duo Adrian Frutiger (1928–2015), typeface designer Henry Fuseli (Johann Heinrich Füssli) (1741–1825), painter Johann Caspar Füssli (1706–1782), portrait painter Johann Kaspar Füssli (1743–1786), entomologist Karl Gerstner (1930–2017), graphic designer and painter Salomon Gessner (1730–1788) Alberto Giacometti (1901–1966), sculptor, painter H. R. Giger (1940–2014), illustrator Anton Graff (1736–1813), painter Eugène Grasset (1845–1917), decorative artist Willi Gutmann (1927–2013), sculptor Stefan Haenni (born 1958), painter Andreas Heusser (1976), conceptual artist and curator Ferdinand Hodler (1853–1918), painter Max Huber (1919–1992), graphic designer Anna Indermaur (1894–1980), painter and sculptor Robert Indermaur (born 1947), painter and sculptor Angelica Kauffman (1741–1807), painter Jorg Khun (1940–1964), wildlife artist and illustrator Paul Klee (1879–1940), painter Rudolf Koller (1828–1905), painter Rosa Lachenmeier (born 1959), contemporary artist Catherine Leutenegger (born 1983), visual artist Albert "Lindi" Lindegger (1904–1991), illustrator and painter Rochus Lussi (born 1965), artist Niklaus Manuel (1484–1530), painter Auguste de Niederhausern-Rodo (1863–1913), sculptor Sibylle Pasche (born 1976), sculptor Roger Pfund (born 1943), painter, graphic designer James Pradier (1790–1852), sculptor Oskar Reinhart (1885–1965), collector Iris von Roten-Meyer (1917–1990), lawyer and artist Jacques Sablet (1749–1803), painter Niki de Saint Phalle (1930–2002), sculptor, became Swiss in 1971 Albin Schweri (1885–1946), painter, glass painter Peter Schweri (1939–2016), painter, illustrator Nadja Sieger (born 1968), comedian, actress, jazz-vocalist, known as Nadeschkin Gerold Späth (born 1939), Swiss poet and writer Théophile Steinlen (1859–1923), painter and printmaker Harald Szeemann (1933–2005), curator Sophie Taeuber-Arp (1889–1943), painter, sculptor Myriam Thyes (born 1963), new media artist Jean Tinguely (1925–1991), kinetic artist Rodolphe Toepffer (1799–1846) Félix Vallotton (1865–1925), painter Isabelle Waldberg (1911–1990), sculptor Ricco Wassmer (1915–1972), painter