Swiss family of artists. (1) Jean Huber, especially gifted in the art of the SILHOUETTE, is best known for his witty paintings, cut-out profiles, prints and drawings of the writer and thinker Voltaire (1694-1778). Jean Huber's son, (2) Jean-Daniel Huber, was a landscape artist. Both were important figures in the Geneva School (see GENEVA,
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