20 Jan. 59 Zurich

Julius Bissier was a German painter and printmaker whose abstract works combined calligraphic mark-making with a restrained, meditative palette. Working primarily in watercolor, gouache, and ink from the 1920s onward, he developed a distinctive visual language rooted in gestural abstraction and the influence of East Asian art. His small-scale compositions often featured delicate linear forms and subtle color shifts across carefully composed fields. Bissier's practice bridged European modernism and contemplative Eastern aesthetics during a career spanning several decades in the twentieth century.

Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany