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Born February 29, 1864 • Switzerland
Died November 6, 1930 (aged 66) • Bern • Switzerland
Movement / Style art brut • outsider art
Oskar Kokoschka
Oskar Kokoschka
Austrian painter and writer
Paul Klee
Paul Klee
Swiss-German artist
Constant, detail of an oil painting by Hercule des Roches, c. 1830; in the Musée Carnavalet, Paris
Benjamin Constant
French author
Max Frisch
Max Frisch
Swiss author
Carl Spitteler
Swiss poet
Gottfried Keller, drawing by R. Leemann, 1842; in the Zentralbibliothek, Zürich
Gottfried Keller
Swiss author
Stefano Franscini
Swiss statesman
Fuseli, Henry: The Three Witches Appearing to Macbeth and Banquo
Henry Fuseli
Swiss-born painter
Peter Bichsel
Swiss author
Robert Walser
Swiss writer
Jakob Schaffner
Swiss writer
Lavater, Johann Kaspar
Johann Kaspar Lavater
Swiss writer
Heinrich Federer
Swiss writer
Albert Steffen
Swiss writer
Peider Lansel
Romansh poet
Amman, Jost: The Miner
Jost Amman
German engraver
Urs Graf
Swiss artist
Adolf Frey
Swiss writer and historian
Meinrad Inglin
Swiss author
Henri Frédéric Amiel
Henri Frédéric Amiel
Swiss writer