The Most Famous
ARTISTS from Switzerland
This page contains a list of the greatest Swiss Artists. The pantheon dataset contains 125 Artists, 1 of which were born in Switzerland. This makes Switzerland the birth place of the 22nd most number of Artists behind Uruguay, and North Macedonia.
Top 1
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Swiss Artists of all time. This list of famous Swiss Artists is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity.
1. Francesca Thyssen-Bornemisza (b. 1958)
With an HPI of 57.83, Francesca Thyssen-Bornemisza is the most famous Swiss Artist. Her biography has been translated into 15 different languages on wikipedia.
Baroness Francesca Anna Dolores von Thyssen-Bornemisza de Kászon et Impérfalva (born 7 June 1958), formerly Francesca von Habsburg-Lothringen, is a Swiss art collector, curator and philantropist. By birth, she is a member of the House of Thyssen-Bornemisza. She is also the former wife of Karl von Habsburg, current head of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine. She is the founder and chair of TBA21 Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary and the co-founder of TBA21–Academy (along with Markus Reymann), a research platform that connects contemporary art with ocean science, climate politics, and environmental justice. She has repeatedly appeared on the ARTnews Top 200 Collectors list. For more than two decades, she has commissioned and supported artistic and research initiatives addressing subjects including climate change, ocean-related issues, migration, and historical narratives. She has also established or contributed to marine conservation projects in Jamaica and the Caribbean, including the Alligator Head Foundation and the East Portland Fish Sanctuary.
People
Pantheon has 1 people classified as Swiss artists born between 1958 and 1958. Of these 1, 1 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Swiss artists include Francesca Thyssen-Bornemisza.
