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Ferdinand Hodler
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Swiss artist (1853–1918)
Authority record · VIAF
- Lifespan
- 1853–1918
- Nationality
- CH, CHE
- Role / Field
- Painters, Watercolorist, Sculpteurs, Portretists, Portraitist, Painting
- Language
- ger, deu
- Gender
- Male
Recorded by 29 libraries
via VIAF · OCLC
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1853-03-14 ) March 14, 1853, Bern , Switzerland
- Died
- May 19, 1918 (1918-05-19) (aged 65), Geneva , Switzerland
- Known for
- painting
- Movement
- Symbolism
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Ferdinand
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Switzerland
- Place of birth
- Bern
- Place of death
- Geneva
- Child
- Hector Hodler
- Occupation
- muralist
- Position held
- chairperson
- Employer
- University of Geneva
- Languages spoken
- French
- Student of
- Barthélemy Menn
- Field of work
- Symbolism
- Movement
- Symbolism
- Image
- Selbstbildnis mit aufgerissenen Augen III (1912) - Ferdinand Hodler.jpg
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- Commons category
- Ferdinand Hodler
- date of birth
- 1853-03-14
- date of death
- 1918-05-19
- Commons Creator page
- Ferdinand Hodler
- Commons gallery
- Ferdinand Hodler
- member of
- Berlin Secession
- name in native language
- Ferdinand Hodler
- place of burial
- Geneva
- influenced by
- Hans Holbein the Younger
- municipal affiliation of a Swiss national
- Gurzelen
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Works in European collections
36 objects attributed to Ferdinand Hodler, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
Flying girl
The miller and his son with donkey
Portrait of Dancer Giulia Leonardi
The Day
Thunersee with Stockhorn chain
Self-portrait
The Selected
Cherry trees
Madame Hodler
Self-portrait
Self-portrait
The Woodcutter
Self-portrait
The Song from a Distance
Spring
Self-portrait
Expecting
Tires of Life
Self-portrait
Girls
Study of the Portrait Carl Spitteler
Study of the Battle of Fraubrunnen
Decorated woman
Café de Tempérance
Self-portrait
Self-portrait
Café de Tempérance
Lake Geneva
Autumn trees
Self-portrait
Self-portrait with postponed tie
Self-portrait
Italian
Self-portrait
Portrait of General Wille
Portrait Hélène Weiglé
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Encyclopedic overview
Ferdinand Hodler (March 14, 1853 – May 19, 1918) was a Swiss painter. He is one of the best-known Swiss painters of the nineteenth century. His early works were portraits, landscapes, and genre paintings in a realistic style. Later, he adopted a personal form of Symbolism which he called "parallelism".
Early life
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