Bruno Goller

Bruno Goller (1912-1998) was a Swiss painter associated with the abstract expressionist movement.

Goller was born in Basel, Switzerland and studied art at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Basel before traveling to Paris in the 1930s, where he was exposed to the work of the Surrealists and other avant-garde artists. He returned to Switzerland in the 1940s and began experimenting with abstraction.

Goller's early work was influenced by the work of the Abstract Expressionists in the United States, particularly the gestural painting of Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning. He used a palette knife to create thick layers of paint on his canvases, building up rich textures and a sense of depth. Goller's later work became more geometric, incorporating straight lines and hard edges in his compositions. He continued to explore color and texture, using bold colors and a variety of techniques to create dynamic and expressive paintings.