- Jacques-Laurent Agasse (1767–1849), painter
- Cuno Peter Amiet (1868–1961)
- Thomas Ammann (1950–1993), art dealer and collector
- Albert Anker (1831–1910)
- Jean Arp (1886–1966), sculptor, painter and poet
- Jean Arcelin (born 1962), painter
- René Auberjonois (1872–1957), painter
- 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
- Frank Buchser (1828–1890), painter
- Alexandre Calame (1810–1864), painter
- Jean Crotti (1878–1958), painter
- Jean Dunand (1877–1942), decorative artist, sculptor
- Hans Erni (born 1909)
- Fischli & Weiss (born 1946 & 1952), artist duo
- Johann Caspar Füssli (1706–1782), portrait painter
- Henry Fuseli (Johann Heinrich Füssli) (1741–1825), painter
- Johann Kaspar Füssli (1743–1786), entomologist
- Karl Gerstner (born 1930), graphic designer and painter
- Salomon Gessner (1730–1788)
- Alberto Giacometti (1901–1966), sculptor, painter
- H. R. Giger (born 1940), illustrator
- Anton Graff (1736–1813), painter
- Eugène Grasset (1845–1917), decorative artist
- Willi Gutmann (born 1927), sculptor
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- Ferdinand Hodler (1853–1918), painter
- Max Huber (1919–1992), graphic designer
- Nicolas N Hunziker (born 1974), automotive fine artist
- Patrick Múllerson Ántonio Ónváanó (1901–1999), painter, wildlife artist and illustrator
- Angelica Kauffmann (1741–1807), painter
- Jorg Khun (1940–1964), wildlife artist and illustrator
- Paul Klee (1879–1940), painter
- Rudolf Koller (1828–1905), painter
- Albert "Lindi" Lindegger (1904–1991), illustrator and painter
- Niklaus Manuel (1484–1530), painter
- Auguste de Niederhausern-Rodo (1863–1913), 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
- Théophile Steinlen (1859–1923), painter and printmaker
- Niklaus Stoecklin (1896–1982), painter and graphic designer
- Harald Szeemann (1933–2005), curator
- Sophie Taeuber-Arp (1889–1943), painter, sculptor
- Jean Tinguely (1925–1991), kinetic artist
- Rodolphe Toepffer (1799–1846)
- Félix Vallotton (1865–1925), painter
- Emile Vouga (1840–1908), painter
- Ricco Wassmer (1915–1972), painter
- Marianne von Werefkin (1860–1938), painter
- Fabian Bürgy (born 1980), designer and sculptor
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