Samuel Buri

Samuel Buri is a Swiss artist whose art practice fuses his interest in the natural world with a Neo-Expressionist style. His work presents an eclectic oeuvre of life-size sculptures, garden scenes, abstractions, and window views. Born on September 27, 1935 in Täuffelen, Switzerland, Buri moved to Basel with his family in 1948, where his father, the theologian Fritz Buri, became pastor of the St. Alban-Kirche and later of the Minster. An encounter in the early 1950s with the American artist Sam Francis, spurred his interest in becoming a painter. The artist has enjoyed significant recognition for his works and has exhibited at the Kunsthalle Basel in 1969 and the São Paulo Biennial in 1971. He lives and works in Basel, Switzerland. http://www.artnet.com/artists/samuel-buri