Ferdinand Hodler
The art of the Swiss painter Ferdinand Hodler (1853-1918) has two sides: One the graphic, to Art Nouveau and then the one of peace and power radiating vistas. Hodler feels like so many European artists of the millennium, the symbolism, the romantic contemporary art connected.
Evocative representations of interiors, of individual and group portraits and imaging a two-dimensional, symbolic nature are Hodler's trademark. The latter served just the landscapes rich Switzerland to honour the most important artist he is. After initial successes and great recognition in Paris and Vienna Hodler was also known in Germany, where he received commissions for large murals, as in Hannover and Jena.
Evocative representations of interiors, of individual and group portraits and imaging a two-dimensional, symbolic nature are Hodler's trademark. The latter served just the landscapes rich Switzerland to honour the most important artist he is. After initial successes and great recognition in Paris and Vienna Hodler was also known in Germany, where he received commissions for large murals, as in Hannover and Jena.
