Austria, Germany. 1900 - 1986
Genre, figure, streetscene, religion and atmospheric landscape painting
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1853 Bern, Switzerland - 1918 Geneva. Known for: Landscape and portrait painting.
Ferdinand Hodler was born in 1853 in Gurzelen, Bern. At seventeen he left the Bernese Oberland for Geneva, where he lived in great poverty, trying to earn a little money by painting portraits, scenic... Read full biography
Ferdinand Hodler was born in 1853 in Gurzelen, Bern. At seventeen he left the Bernese Oberland for Geneva, where he lived in great poverty, trying to earn a little money by painting portraits, scenic views and butchers' shop signs. But before long, he met his benefactor, Barthelemy Menn, who was a... Read full biography
Ferdinand Hodler was born in 1853 in Gurzelen, Bern. At seventeen he left the Bernese Oberland for Geneva, where he lived in great poverty, trying to earn a little money by painting portraits, scenic views and butchers' shop signs. But before long, he met his benefactor, Barthelemy Menn, who was a friend of Corot, an admirer of Ingres and a teacher at the Geneva School of Fine Arts. He gave Hodler methodical instruction in painting and taught him the rules governing the application of geometry... Read full biography
Ferdinand Hodler was born in 1853 in Gurzelen, Bern. At seventeen he left the Bernese Oberland for Geneva, where he lived in great poverty, trying to earn a little money by painting portraits, scenic views and butchers' shop signs. But before long, he met his benefactor, Barthelemy Menn, who was a friend of Corot, an admirer of Ingres and a teacher at the Geneva School of Fine Arts. He gave Hodler methodical instruction in painting and taught him the rules governing the application of geometry to art. His first works were inspired by Corot, but he soon freed himself from this influence. Hodler was of a mystical turn of mind, obsessed with his search for the ideal. He also painted a series of very moving portraits and a great many... Read full biography
Ferdinand Hodler was born in 1853 in Gurzelen, Bern. At seventeen he left the Bernese Oberland for Geneva, where he lived in great poverty, trying to earn a little money by painting portraits, scenic views and butchers' shop signs. But before long, he met his benefactor, Barthelemy Menn, who was a friend of Corot, an admirer of Ingres and a teacher at the Geneva School of Fine Arts. He gave Hodler methodical instruction in painting and taught him the rules governing the application of geometry to art. His first works were inspired by Corot, but he soon freed himself from this influence. Hodler was of a mystical turn of mind, obsessed with his search for the ideal. He also painted a series of very moving portraits and a great many landscapes of the Bernese Oberland and the Geneva region that possess great beauty, strength and grandeur.&nbs... Read full biography
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Slide 1 of 3: View of Lake Geneva from Saint-Prex
View of Lake Geneva from Saint-Prex
Ferdinand HodlerView of Lake Geneva from Saint-Prex
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Lake Geneva with Mont-Blanc in the early morning hours, March. 1918
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MONTANALANDSCHAFT MIT BECS DE BOSSON UND VALLON DE RÉCHY
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