Varlin

Varlin (born 16 March 1900 as Willy Guggenheim in Zürich - died 1977 in Bondo, canton GR) was a Jewish Swiss painter.
His position in Swiss art history of the 20th century is exceptional: Varlin wasn’t influenced by avantgardist and abstract movements of his time, he coined his stand-alone own figurative work, that was about the fragility of every day life.
Varlin was friends with Hugo Loetscher and Friedrich Dürrenmatt, he even painted them.
Life
Varlin was borne with a twin sister Erna, on March 16, 1900, named Willy Leopold Guggenheim. He grew up in the heart of Switzerland on the outskirts of Zurich. His early life was struck with tragedy however, when at the age of twelve his father and elder sister died within two months of each other. This began a fascination with darkness that would show in his work for the rest of his life.
In his early teens Varlin and his remaining family moved to St. Gallen. Here he attended high school...