Switzerland Paintings

Browse free public domain artworks from Switzerland — paintings, illustrations, and museum pieces.

Paul Klee's 'Signs in the Sky' features abstract forms and vibrant colors.

Signs in the Sky

Paul Klee

Oil painting by Franz Niklaus König depicting a farmhouse and road

Bauernhaus und Strasse in Meiringen

Franz Niklaus König

Château de Bardi architecture by Gabriel Lory the Younger, oil painting

Château de Bardi (Parma)

Gabriel Lory the Younger

Oil painting by Johann Jakob Wolfensberger depicting a landscape of Rome with the Basilica di San Pietro.

Vue de Rome depuis les hauteurs avec la basilique Saint Pierre

Johann Jakob Wolfensberger

Landscape with harvest and light, oil painting by Ernst Schiess

Zitonenernte

Ernst Schiess

Landscape with misty mountains and river, oil on canvas by Johann Ludwig Bleuler

Vue du Couvent de Rheinau, Canton de Zurich

Johann Ludwig Bleuler

Villa Farnese by Abraham-Louis-Rodolphe Ducros, watercolor on paper, depicting a serene landscape with lush greenery.

Villa Farnese

Abraham-Louis-Rodolphe Ducros

Landscape with hills and light, oil painting by Walter Kurt Wiemken, 1940

View of the ‘Batterie’ toward Basel

Walter Kurt Wiemken

A seated man wearing a hat, painted by Albert Anker.

Sitzender Mann mit Mütze

Albert Anker

Landscape with lake and mountains, oil painting by Caspar Wolf

Vue du Chateau Seigneurial de Castelen dans le Canton de Lucerne

Caspar Wolf

Abstract work by Jakob Samuel Weibel, featuring soft pastels and emotional depth.

Pieterlen

Jakob Samuel Weibel

A vibrant abstract painting by Paul Klee featuring a phoenix.

Aged Phoenix (Invention 9)

Paul Klee

Landscape depicting Basle's skyline and river, created by Matthäus Merian the elder.

View of Basle from Grenzacherhorn

Matthäus Merian the elder

Paul Klee's 'Late Evening Looking Out of the Woods' captures a dreamlike forest scene.

Late Evening Looking Out of the Woods

Paul Klee

Landscape by Peter Birmann, oil painting depicting mountains and meadows.

Environs de Münchenstein

Peter Birmann

Abstract artwork by Jakob Samuel Weibel, featuring delicate forms and soft colors.

à Oberhassle

Jakob Samuel Weibel

Paul Klee's 'Föhn im Marc’schen Garten' captures a vibrant garden scene with abstract forms.

Föhn im Marc’schen Garten

Paul Klee

Girl in the garden, oil on canvas by Walter Kurt Wiemken

Girl in the Garden

Walter Kurt Wiemken

Landscape by Eugen Bracht, oil painting depicting a twilight horizon with soft hues.

Abendlandschaft

Eugen Bracht

Landscape by Eugen Bracht, featuring a luminous sky and horizon, oil painting

‘Der alte Hof (n. d. N. Windisch-Eschenbach)’

Eugen Bracht

Landscape featuring a glacier by Caspar Wolf, oil painting

Vue de Breit-Lauwinen Contre le Glacier du Breithorn

Caspar Wolf

Landscape oil painting by David Alois Schmid featuring a rural farmhouse and hills.

Maison de Paysan près Muri

David Alois Schmid

A still life painting featuring a bouquet of flowers.

Le bouquet d’autrefois

Louis Soutter

Staircase in the Park of Villa Chigi di Ariccia, oil on paper by Alexandre Calame

Staircase in the Park of Villa Chigi di Ariccia

Alexandre Calame

Oil painting by William de Goumois featuring mountains and valleys in blue and violet hues.

Mountains of Savoie

William de Goumois

A serene landscape painting by Albert Anker featuring a cloudy sky over a lake.

Regnerischer Himmel über einer Seelandschaft

Albert Anker

Expressionism landscape by Jakob Samuel Weibel, featuring deep shadows and hidden emotions.

Rüthe

Jakob Samuel Weibel

Figurative work by Hermann Hirzel, depicting a serene figure in grass, oil painting

Idyll

Hermann Hirzel

Landscape with swirling forms and vibrant colors by Jakob Samuel Weibel, oil on canvas

Brienz

Jakob Samuel Weibel

A still life painting featuring a coffee setting and a cognac bottle.

Still life with coffee setting and cognac bottle

Albert Anker

Luminous landscape of Bay in Terracina by Johann Jakob Frey, oil on canvas

Bay in Terracina

Johann Jakob Frey

A portrait of a young boy by Paul Klee, showcasing vibrant colors and abstract forms.

Knabenbildnis

Paul Klee

Still life oil painting by Peter Birmann featuring glassware and light reflections

Verrerie près de Lauffon

Peter Birmann

Paul Klee's 'Blümlisalp von Hilterfingen aus' features a vibrant landscape with abstract forms.

Blümlisalp von Hilterfingen aus

Paul Klee

Landscape with a winding path leading to the horizon, by Giovanni Giacometti, oil painting.

Waldweg

Giovanni Giacometti

Paul Klee's 'Komödie' is a vibrant exploration of humor and emotion.

Komödie (Comedy)

Paul Klee

Oil painting by Franz Kaisermann depicting the Tiber Valley at sunset

View from Tivoli across the Tiber Valley at Sunset

Franz Kaisermann

Engraving by Johann Ludwig Aberli depicting Lake Bienne and surrounding hills

Vue de Nidau, et du Lac de Bienne

Johann Ludwig Aberli

Paul Klee's painting 'Kunstvoller Sternehälter' features abstract forms and vibrant colors.

Kunstvoller Sternehälter (Ingenious Star Container)

Paul Klee

Pursuit at a Rocky Coastal Line by Ernst Schiess, oil on canvas depicting tumultuous waves and rocky coast.

Pursuit at a Rocky Coastal Line

Ernst Schiess

Landscape with trees and clouds, oil on canvas by Johann Jakob Aschmann

Prospect v. Rüschlikon am Zürichsee n.d. Natur

Johann Jakob Aschmann

Lauperswyl by Jakob Samuel Weibel, oil on canvas depicting a tranquil landscape with water and mist.

Lauperswyl

Jakob Samuel Weibel

Vue de Vevay by Jean-Antoine Linck, oil on canvas depicting hills and a village.

Vue de Vevay

Jean-Antoine Linck

Paul Klee's 'Der Verliebte' features a stylized figure with a heart motif.

Der Verliebte (The Man in Love)

Paul Klee

Landscape of Vûe d’Interlaken by Jakob Samuel Weibel, unknown medium

Vûe d’Interlaken

Jakob Samuel Weibel

The King’s Oak by Johann Jakob Siegmund, oil painting of a solitary oak tree with intricate roots.

The King’s Oak

Johann Jakob Siegmund

A sketch by Paul Klee depicting a harbor scene.

Skizze zu einem Hafenbild

Paul Klee

Paul Klee's 'Libido of the Forest' explores the interplay of color and form in a vibrant forest scene.

Libido of the Forest

Paul Klee

Facade of Das Pfrundhaus by Franz Schmid, showcasing architectural details in an unknown medium.

Das Pfrundhaus ; Hôtel-Dieu de Zürich

Franz Schmid

A striking allegorical painting by Louis Soutter depicting awakened senses.

Le péché – Les sens éveillés

Louis Soutter

Aya Sofia, Constantinople lithograph by Gaspare Fossati, showcasing light through columns and intricate mosaics.

Aya Sofia, Constantinople; as recently restored by order of H. M. the sultan Abdul-Medjid Pl.22

Gaspare Fossati

Vue de la Ville d’Arth, oil on canvas by David Alois Schmid, depicting a serene town landscape.

Vue de la Ville d’Arth

David Alois Schmid

The Cascades of Tivoli by Franz Knebel, oil painting depicting a waterfall and lush foliage.

The Cascades of Tivoli

Franz Knebel

In the Sea by Arnold Böcklin, oil on panel depicting a figure on a rock surrounded by waves.

In the Sea

Arnold Böcklin

Paul Klee's 'Episode Before an Arab Town' features vibrant colors and abstract forms.

Episode Before an Arab Town

Paul Klee

Landscape with river and rocks by Jean Jacottet, oil painting.

La chûte du Rhin et l’Hotel Veber

Jean Jacottet

Post-Impressionism landscape by Jean Jacottet, depicting vibrant colors and nature.

La Chaux-de-Fonds

Jean Jacottet

Gustave Courbet's painting captures the serene beauty of Lake Geneva and Chillon Castle.

Le Château de Chillon, Lake Geneva

Gustave Courbet

Paul Klee's 'Flourishing' showcases vibrant colors and abstract forms.

Flourishing

Paul Klee

Shepherd with his flock on a wooded path, oil painting by Friedrich Salathé

Shepherd with his flock on a wooded path

Friedrich Salathé

Paul Klee's 'Giftbeeren' features vibrant colors and abstract forms of berries.

Giftbeeren (Poisonous Berries)

Paul Klee

A depiction of a village tailor at work, showcasing everyday life.

The village tailor

Albert Anker

Landscape depicting a tranquil lake and mountains at dawn by Jakob Samuel Weibel

Gerzensee.

Jakob Samuel Weibel

Kircheninterieur by Christian Stöcklin, oil on canvas, depicting a church interior with stained glass light.

Kircheninterieur

Christian Stöcklin

Aya Sofia lithograph by Gaspare Fossati, featuring intricate mosaics and arches.

Aya Sofia, Constantinople; as recently restored by order of H. M. the sultan Abdul-Medjid Pl.20

Gaspare Fossati

Mont Rosa landscape by Gabriel Lory the Younger, oil on canvas depicting mountains and mist

Mont Rosa

Gabriel Lory the Younger

Twilight landscape with mountains by Johann Jakob Biedermann, medium unknown.

Lausanne, von Nordwesten

Johann Jakob Biedermann

Paul Klee's 'Horizon, Zenith and Atmosphere' features a blend of colors and shapes.

Horizon, Zenith and Atmosphere

Paul Klee

Abstract expressionism by Sigmund Freudenberger, oil painting with vibrant colors and emotional depth.

La Bonne Mere

Sigmund Freudenberger

Figurative representation of labor and family by Franz Niklaus König, oil painting.

La famille laborieuse

Franz Niklaus König

Genre scene depicting children playing in a sunlit afternoon, oil painting by Karl Girardet

A Sunday outing

Karl Girardet

Portrait of a young man by Benoît Arlaud, ivory medium, showcasing intense gaze and soft curls.

Portrait of a Young Man

Benoît Arlaud

Mosque on the banks of the Nile by Auguste Louis Veillon, Islamic Art

Mosque on the banks of the Nile

Auguste Louis Veillon

Slope with Beeches, oil painting by Eugen Bracht, features vibrant beech trees and a sloping terrain.

Slope with beeches

Eugen Bracht

Figurative work by Jakob Samuel Weibel, oil painting with warm hues and delicate brushstrokes

Signau

Jakob Samuel Weibel

Landscape of hills in Kirchlindach by Jakob Samuel Weibel, unknown medium

Kirchlindach

Jakob Samuel Weibel

Greenwich Park by Samuel Hieronymus Grimm, watercolor on paper depicting a serene landscape.

Greenwich Park

Samuel Hieronymus Grimm

Paul Klee's 'Kleine Schweizerlandschaft' features a whimsical landscape with vibrant colors.

Kleine Schweizerlandschaft

Paul Klee

Interior of a federal hall with deep ochre columns, by Theodor Gsell Fels, 1881

Julius‎ ‎Zimmermann – The‎ ‎Federal‎ ‎Council‎ ‎Hall,‎ ‎Bern

Theodor Gsell Fels

Genre scene depicting a gathering in a forest, oil painting by Gabriel Lory the Younger

Soirée champêtre dans l’Oberhasli

Gabriel Lory the Younger

Figurative artwork by Frank Buchser depicting a brigand standing guard in the mountains, oil painting

Brigand Standing Guard in the Mountains

Frank Buchser

Burkhard Mangold's painting captures the essence of the Basel artists' society exhibition.

Kunsthalle Basel. Ausstellung der Basler Künstler Gesellschaft

Burkhard Mangold

This artwork showcases the architectural exhibition at Kunsthalle Basel.

Kunsthalle Basel – Ausstellung der Basler Künstler-Gesellschaft

Burkhard Mangold

On the High Seas, oil painting by William de Goumois depicting deep cerulean waves and a vast ocean.

On the High Seas

William de Goumois

Waterfall Chesant by Peter Birmann, Romantic landscape, depicting a cascading waterfall.

Waterfall Chesant (Waterfall of the Birs)

Peter Birmann

Scree with a Patch of Snow by Ernst Schiess, oil painting depicting rugged terrain with a patch of snow.

Scree with a Patch of Snow

Ernst Schiess

Kleinbauernhaus im Berner Oberland by Franz Niklaus König, oil on canvas depicting a farmhouse and the Alps.

Kleinbauernhaus im Berner Oberland

Franz Niklaus König

Landscape by Arnold Böcklin, oil on canvas depicting hills and a gradient sky.

Landscape

Arnold Böcklin

Landscape view from a tavern in Zürich, oil painting by Johann Jakob Aschmann

Aussicht aus dem Wirts Haus zum Schwerdt in Zürich nach der Natur

Johann Jakob Aschmann

Fischerboot am Strand by Ernst Schiess, impressionism, depicting a boat on the beach with soft light.

Fischerboot am Strand

Ernst Schiess