Johannes Hüppi is a Swiss

Switzerland

Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....

 painter

Painting

Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...

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The son of Alfonso Hüppi

Alfonso Hüppi

Alfonso Hüppi is a Swiss painter.- Biography :Alfonso Hüppi could be trained from 1950 to 1954 in Lucerne for a silversmith and worked as a journeyman until 1954. From 1954 to 1958 he worked as a hammer in a hammer mill workers. Then he moved from 1958 to 1959 while traveling in the Middle East...

, Johannes Hüppi studied fine arts at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf

Kunstakademie Düsseldorf

The Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, formerly Staatliche Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, is the Arts Academy of the city of Düsseldorf. It is well known for having produced many famous artists, such as Joseph Beuys, Gerhard Richter, Sigmar Polke, Thomas Demand, and Andreas Gursky...

 from 1984 to 1990, where he was a student of Fritz Schwegler

Fritz Schwegler

Fritz Schwegler is a German painter, graphic artist, sculptor and musician.Born in the Swabian town of Breech near Göppingen, Schwegler was first apprenticed as a joiner to his father. He then traveled through the whole of Europe for three years, where he visited 21 cities...

 and Dieter Krieg. From 1997 to 2000 he ran a studio in New York City and in 2000/2001 in Miami, Florida. Since 2004 he lives and works in Basel.

From 2004 to 2007 Hüppi was Professor of Painting at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste Braunschweig

Hochschule für Bildende Künste Braunschweig

The Hochschule für Bildende Künste Braunschweig is the second largest College of Fine Arts in Germany.- History :The history of the “Hochschule für Bildende Künste” – abbreviated as HBK - in Brunswick goes back to the “Zeichnen-Instithut” founded by the Brunswick Business Association in 1841 and...

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