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Ferdinand Hodler

Ferdinand Hodler (1853 - 1918) was active/lived in Switzerland.  Ferdinand Hodler is 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 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.  This aspect of his work has perhaps suffered an unmerrited neglect at the hands of critics.    ...  [Displaying 1000 of 1787 characters.]  Artist bio

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