The best-loved painting by Ferdinand Hodler is Eiger, Monch and Jungfrau in Moonlight (1908). Woman in Ecstasy (1911) and Eiger, Monch and Jungfrau in Moonlight (1908) come next among the canvases readers know best. Our catalogue holds 609 works by Ferdinand Hodler: here are the 100 most famous, each with its year, its museum and what makes it memorable.
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In the quietude of 1908, Ferdinand Hodler captured a nocturnal moment in his painting, Eiger, Monch and Jungfrau in Moonlight. The scene is dominated by three majestic mountains, arranged with a distinct sense of scale: the leftmost peak appears smaller, followed by a middle mountain with a slightly larger summit, while the rightmost peak stands as the largest of the trio. Above this rugged landscape, two airplanes traverse the sky—one…
To encounter Ferdinand Hodler’s Woman in Ecstasy is to step into a realm where the boundaries between the physical form and the ethereal spirit dissolve. Painted in 1911, this monumental canvas serves as a cornerstone of the Art Nouveau movement, capturing far more than a mere moment of movement; it embodies an entire era's yearning for beauty, transcendence, and liberation. The painting depicts a woman caught in the throes of…
In this 1908 oil on canvas, the landscape is dominated by three majestic mountain peaks: the Eiger, the Monch, and the Jungfrau. These summits are arranged in a rhythmic, ascending scale, with the leftmost peak appearing smaller, followed by a middle mountain with a slightly larger summit, and the rightmost peak standing as the largest of the trio. The scene is set during a moonlight night, characterized by a palette…
The painting depicts a sunset over Lake Geneva. The sky above the water is rendered in shades of yellow, orange, and pink, creating a vibrant atmosphere. In the foreground, mountains are visible, providing depth to the landscape. A boat is positioned on the water, contributing to the serene scene.
Ferdinand Hodler’s “Study of Two Figures” is not a grand, dramatic statement; rather, it's an invitation to linger in the quiet intimacy of a shared moment. Painted in 1897, this graphite drawing on paper captures two women seated together, their postures suggesting a profound sense of contemplation and perhaps even melancholy. Hodler, a pivotal figure within Swiss Symbolism, wasn’t interested in literal representation but rather in conveying emotional atmosphere and…
In the monumental mural Unity, created in 1911, Ferdinand Hodler presents a profound meditation on the collective human spirit. This expansive work, stretching across an impressive scale, transcends mere portraiture to become a rhythmic tapestry of existence. The composition is masterfully arranged in rows of figures that seem to pulse with a shared vitality; some individuals press toward the foreground with palpable presence, while others recede into the background, creating…
To gaze upon Ferdinand Hodler's Lake Geneva in Chexbres is to be invited into a moment suspended between the vastness of nature and the quiet contemplation of the human spirit. This magnificent oil on canvas, dating from 1904, captures more than just a picturesque vista; it encapsulates the very essence of the Swiss landscape filtered through the profound lens of an artistic master. The scene unfolds across a broad expanse…
Ferdinand Hodler's "Composition Study," created in 1887, isn’t merely a sketch of three figures engaged in strenuous activity; it’s a profound meditation on the human condition, rendered with an arresting blend of anatomical precision and evocative symbolism. This work, now housed within the Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow, offers a rare glimpse into the artist's deeply personal vision – a world shaped by loss, contemplation, and a fascination with the ephemeral…
To stand before Ferdinand Hodler’s Self-portrait with stand is to encounter a moment suspended between public presentation and private contemplation. This striking work, dating from 1879, captures the artist not merely as a likeness, but as a study in poised masculinity and burgeoning artistic self-awareness. The subject, impeccably dressed in a suit and tie, adopts a formal bearing, suggesting an occasion of importance or perhaps simply the necessary facade required…
To stand before Ferdinand Hodler’s The Wetterhorn is to be enveloped by the sublime majesty of the Swiss Alps, rendered through a lens of profound introspection. Painted in 1912, this oil on canvas masterpiece transcends mere topographical depiction; it is a meditation on permanence against the backdrop of fleeting human experience. The sheer scale of the snow-covered peak dominates the composition, its striking blue hue lending the entire scene an…
To gaze upon Ferdinand Hodler’s depiction of a hilly landscape in the Bernese Oberland is to step directly into a moment suspended between human activity and sublime nature.…
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The artwork titled View of Lake Leman from Chexbres is a landscape painting created by the artist Ferdinand Hodler. This specific work was executed in 1905. It belongs…
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Stockhorn chain (blue sky) is a landscape painting by Ferdinand Hodler. The work captures a specific segment of the Swiss Alps, focusing on the rugged geometry of the…
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A quietude settles over the canvas, rendered in a muted palette of whites, creams, and somber browns. The subject lies recumbent, her form occupying the majority of the…
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In the quietude of 1904, Ferdinand Hodler captured a moment of profound stillness that transcends the mere depiction of landscape. Lake Geneva from Chexbres presents a sweeping panorama…
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In this 1873 portrait, we encounter a woman captured in a moment of profound stillness. She is positioned in profile, her figure occupying the vertical space of the…
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Portrét Berthe Hodlerovy – Symbolemická Elegance Švýcarského Výtvarného Umění Berthe Hodlerová byla významná švýcarská spisovatelka, která se narodila roku 1853 v Bernu a zemřela roku 1918. Její dílo…
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Ferdinand Hodler’s paintings stand apart not merely for their aesthetic beauty but for the profound psychological depth they convey—a characteristic that cemented his place as a titan amongst…
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In the quiet majesty of the Swiss Alps, where the earth meets the sky in a breathless embrace, Ferdinand Hodler captured a moment of profound stillness in his…
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Ferdinand Hodler’s “Poetry,” painted in 1897, is far more than a simple portrait; it's an immersion into a world meticulously crafted to evoke profound stillness and a poignant…
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Ferdinand Hodler's "The Cobbler by the Window," painted in 1882, is more than a simple depiction of an elderly man; it’s a poignant meditation on time, memory, and…
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Nature reveals itself through a structured geometry in this 1916 landscape. A forest stream flows through a rugged terrain of rocks and trees, its movement punctuated by a…
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Ferdinand Hodler's "The Shoemaker," painted in 1878, is more than just a depiction of a craftsman at work; it’s a poignant meditation on labor, mortality, and the enduring…
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To gaze upon Ferdinand Hodler’s depiction of The Beech Forest is to step through a veil and into a moment suspended between vibrant life and quiet contemplation. This…
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Untitled (529) by Ferdinand Hodler is a landscape painting. The work captures a specific moment of natural stillness through the lens of the Art Nouveau style. It presents…
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To gaze upon this depiction of Lake Thun Landscape is to be transported to a realm where nature’s grandeur meets profound tranquility. The composition immediately draws the eye…
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Ferdinand Hodler's "Female Figure with Garland," painted in 1895, is more than a simple portrait; it’s a carefully constructed meditation on femininity, nature, and the ephemeral beauty of…
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This oil on canvas painting, created in 1916, features a man with a beard and mustache. The subject is depicted wearing a tie and a scarf around his…
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Ferdinand Hodler, a renowned Swiss artist, created the captivating oil on canvas painting titled Prayer in the Saint Pierre Cathedral in Geneva in 1882. This piece is a…
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Rhythmic Landscape on Lake Geneva: A Symphony of Symbolism Artist: Ferdinand Hodler Year: 1908 Size: 67 x 91 cm Medium: Oil on Canvas Ferdinand Hodler’s *Rhythmic Landscape on…
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A tender moment unfolds within a muted, intimate setting. A mother bends toward her young child, who sits at a small, round table. The composition is vertical, drawing…
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In the delicate, charcoal-etched world of Ferdinand Hodler’s 1908 study, "Pulling soldiers", we encounter a moment frozen in the raw, unadorned language of preparatory art. This intimate work,…
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A woman moves along a path at the edge of a forest, her figure positioned amidst a dense arrangement of vertical tree trunks. She wears a long dress…
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Ferdinand Hodler’s Serene Vision of Lake Geneva A Moment Frozen in Time: Ferdinand Hodler's “Lake Geneva on the evening in Chexbres,” painted in 1895, isn't merely a depiction…
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To gaze upon Ferdinand Hodler's "Lake Thun, Symmetric reflection" is to be enveloped in a profound hush, the kind that only vast, unspoiled nature can bestow. This painting…
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Gazing upon this depiction of The river Aare in Solothurn is to step directly into a moment suspended between profound tranquility and gentle activity. Ferdinand Hodler, master chronicler…
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To stand before The Orator is to be caught in a moment of pure, unbridled eloquence. This painting captures not merely a man speaking, but the very act…
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To stand before Ferdinand Hodler’s What are Flowers Saying is to step into a moment suspended between the earthly and the ethereal. This painting, executed in 1893, is…
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Gazing upon this depiction of Lake Geneva with Mont Blanc in the morning light is to witness nature's most profound meditation rendered in oil on canvas. It is…
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To gaze upon Ferdinand Hodler's depiction of The Lake Geneva from Chexbres is to be invited into a moment suspended between the grandeur of nature and the quiet…
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To gaze upon Ferdinand Hodler’s Spring is to step directly into a moment suspended between dreams and reality. This painting, executed in 1901, is not merely a depiction…
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To stand before Ferdinand Hodler’s Transfiguration is to step across a threshold into a realm suspended between earthly beauty and spiritual rapture. This oil on canvas, dating from…
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The day after his model and mistress Valentine Godé-Darel died of cancer, Hodler painted a portrait of her on her deathbed. The work, executed in an incomplete and…
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“Emotion (Study)” by Ferdinand Hodler is a captivating artwork that exemplifies the artist's mastery of capturing human emotion within a natural setting. Created in 1902, this oil painting…
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Gazing upon The Black Lutschina is to step directly into a moment suspended between memory and dream. This breathtaking landscape does not merely depict a scene; it captures…
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In the quietude of 1875, Ferdinand Hodler captured a moment that transcends mere landscape painting, offering instead a window into the very soul of the Swiss Alps. A…
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Ferdinand Hodler’s "Dying Cadet," painted in 1896, is not merely a depiction of an event; it is a profound meditation on vulnerability, fate, and the inescapable passage of…
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In the quietude of 1911, Ferdinand Hodler captured a moment of profound tranquility in his masterpiece, Lake Geneva in Chexbres. This breathtaking landscape serves as more than just…
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In the heart of the Swiss landscape, where the earth meets the heavens in a dramatic display of geological majesty, lies Ferdinand Hodler’s Thun, Stockhornkette. This breathtaking composition…
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In the breathtaking masterpiece Thunersee with Niesen, Ferdinand Hodler invites the viewer into a realm where the terrestrial and the ethereal converge. The canvas unfolds as a profound…
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To gaze upon Ferdinand Hodler’s "The road to a particular interest" is to step across the threshold of time and into a deeply contemplative landscape. This painting, executed…
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The painting titled Portrait of Berthe Jacques, wife of the artist is a work by Ferdinand Hodler. Created in 1894, the oil on canvas captures a specific presence…
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Ferdinand Hodler's “Figure Study,” painted in 1901, isn’t merely a sketch; it’s a distilled essence of late 19th-century Swiss Symbolism. Born amidst profound personal loss – the untimely…
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To gaze upon Ferdinand Hodler's "Sensation" is to step into a moment suspended between vibrant life and profound introspection. The scene unfolds in a sun-drenched meadow, a tapestry…
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Lake Silvaplana in Autumn is a painting by Ferdinand Hodler. The work was completed in 1907. It is a representation of the Swiss landscape, specifically the area around…
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To gaze upon Ferdinand Hodler’s Dents du Midi in Clouds is to be enveloped by a sublime vision where the raw power of nature meets the delicate touch…
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The four subjects that return most often on these canvases, each with its best-loved example.
8 muzea, v nichž je umístěno nejvíce obrazů z této stránky.
| Muzea | Město | Díla autora Ferdinand Hodler | Obrazy z tohoto seznamu |
|---|---|---|---|
 Národní galerie Bosny a Hercegoviny |
Sarajevo | 74 | Study of two figures, Composition study, Portrét Berthe Hodler |
 Kunsthaus Zürich |
Zürich | 16 | Sunset on Lake Geneva, The fall in Silvaplana, Gymnasts' Banquet |
 Kunstmuseum Basel |
Basilej | 5 | View of Lake Leman from Chexbres, The Patient, Valentine Godé-Darel one day before her death |
 Musée d'Art et d'Histoire de Genève |
Ženeva | 8 | Thun with symmetric mirroring, The Miller, his Son and the Donkey |
 Art Institute of Chicago |
Chicago | 3 | Day (Truth), Head of a Soldier |
 Von der Heydt Museum |
Wuppertal | 3 | From Le Grand Muveran Villars, The Woodcutter |
 Kunst Museum Winterthur | Reinhart am Stadtgarten |
Winterthur | 2 | Self-portrait with stand, The road to a particular interest |
 Kunstmuseum Solothurn |
Solothurn | 4 | The Beech Forest |
To stand before Ferdinand Hodler’s Self-portrait with stand is to encounter a moment suspended between public presentation and private contemplation. This striking work, dating from 1879, captures the…
Ferdinand Hodler's "Composition Study," created in 1887, isn’t merely a sketch of three figures engaged in strenuous activity; it’s a profound meditation on the human condition, rendered with…
Ferdinand Hodler’s “Study of Two Figures” is not a grand, dramatic statement; rather, it's an invitation to linger in the quiet intimacy of a shared moment. Painted in…
In the quietude of 1908, Ferdinand Hodler captured a nocturnal moment in his painting, Eiger, Monch and Jungfrau in Moonlight. The scene is dominated by three majestic mountains,…
To encounter Ferdinand Hodler’s Woman in Ecstasy is to step into a realm where the boundaries between the physical form and the ethereal spirit dissolve. Painted in 1911,…
Eiger, Monch and Jungfrau in Moonlight (1908), followed by Woman in Ecstasy (1911) and Eiger, Monch and Jungfrau in Moonlight (1908).
Ferdinand Hodler, born in 1853, was 55 years old: Eiger, Monch and Jungfrau in Moonlight dates from 1908.
Eiger, Monch and Jungfrau in Moonlight, Woman in Ecstasy, Eiger, Monch and Jungfrau in Moonlight, Sunset on Lake Geneva, Study of two figures, Unity, Lake Geneva in Chexbres, Composition study, Self-portrait with stand a The Wetterhorn. Each canvas in the ranking above comes with its year and its museum.
609 works by Ferdinand Hodler are in our catalogue, dated 1873 to 1918.
Mostly in Národní galerie Bosny a Hercegoviny (Sarajevo), Kunsthaus Zürich (Zürich) a Kunstmuseum Basel (Basilej); the list above names each museum and its canvases.
In 1910s, which gave 30 of the 100 works on this page, Woman in Ecstasy among them.
The earliest canvas here is Portrait of Fraulein Kyburz (1873); the latest is Landscape of the Swiss Alps (1918).
Landscape (21), Mountains (13) a Swiss alps (8), across the 100 works on this page.
Oil On Canvas, used in 40 of the 100 works on this page.
Symbolist expressionism a Art nouveau, as the canvases on this page show.
The Národní galerie Bosny a Hercegoviny, Sarajevo holds 5 of the works on this page, among them Study of two figures, Composition study a Portrét Berthe Hodler.
Yes. Every painting on this page can be ordered from its own page as an oil reproduction painted by hand, or as a fine art print, in the size you choose.
Narodil se v Bernu ve Švýcarsku v roce 1853, jehož raná léta byla definována tichým, vytrvalým žalem. Ještě než dosáhl dospělosti, tuberkulóza, která si vzala jeho otce a dva mladší bratry, zanechala v jeho domácnosti prázdnotu. Tento první střet se ztrátou se stal v jeho díle opakujícím se motivem, stínem, který ho provázel od skromných počátků učňovství až po vrcholy jeho profesionální kariéry. Svůj výcvik začal jako dekorativní malíř, pomáhal nevlastnímu otci při práci s komerčními nápisy, což byla praktická výchova, která v něm zrodila precizní ovládání linie a formy. Tento řemeslný základ mu poskytl technickou důslednost, která později podpořila jeho složitější filozofické úvahy.
Jeho přesun do Ženevy v roce 1871 znamenal odklon od komerčních nároků jeho mládí. Ve městě hledal hlubší spojení s uměním, účastnil se vědeckých přednášek a kopíroval díla mistrů v místním muzeu. Právě zde začal ustupovat od pečlivého realismu svých raných krajin a portrétů. Už nebyl spokojen s pouhým zrcadlením scenerie švýcarských Alp nebo podobnosti modela; usiloval o zachycení podkladních rytmů existence. Tento přechod od objektivity k subjektivitě ho nakonec dovedl k vytvoření zcela vlastního vizuálního jazyka.
Nejvýznamnějším přínosem Hodlera k evoluci moderního malířství byla jeho teorie paralelismu. Nebyla to pouze kompoziční technika, ale způsob vidění světa jako série propojených, rytmických vzorů. Pozoroval, jak se tvary v přírodě – sklon hory, křivka lidé končetiny nebo odraz ve vodě – často zrcadlí v uspořádané, geometrické harmonii. Tím, že uspořádával postavy a prvky krajiny do těchto opakujících se, rytmických kadecí, se pokoušel vykreslit strukturální řád, který podle něj ovládal přírodní svět. Tento přístup mu umožnil překlenout mezeru mezi fyzickou realitou scény a emocionálním stavem pozorovatele.
Jeho dílo často obývalo prostor mezi symbolismem a více strukturovanou, moderní senzibilitou. V dílech jako Noc, dokončených v roce 1890, zkoumal témata odpočinku a smrtelnosti prostřednictvím ležících postav, což byl subjekt, který vyzyval tehdejší převládající vkus. Jeho schopnost spojit klasickou formu s moderní, téměř strukturální intenzitou je patrná v díle Pravda II (1897). Nespoléhal na chaotické tahy štětcem svých současníků; místo toho používal záměrnou, často tlumenou paletu ochry, hnědých a zelené barvy, aby vytvořil pocit trvalosti a váhy. Jeho plátna nebyla pouhými okny do scény, ale organizovanými prostředími, kde byla lidská duše a krajina svázány společnou geometrií.
Švýcarská krajina zůstávala v jeho díle stálou přítomností, zejména grandiózní Alpy. Tyto hory nevnímal pouze jako topografické rysy, ale jako spirituální entity. Jeho ztvárnění Eigeru, Mönchu a Jungfrau nebo výhledy z Dent du Midi odrážejí touhu přeložit měřítko hor do jazyka emocionální rezonance. Často využíval proces vrstvení, nanášel tenké barevné glazury přes silnější impasto, aby dosáhl specifické luminiscence, zejména ve svých pozdějších studiích světla nad jezerem Bodamsko. Tato díla prokazují mistrovství atmosféry, zachycují mlhavou, éterickou kvalitu alpského světla, aniž by obětovala strukturální integritu terénu.
V době své smrti v Genevě v roce 1918 se Hodler ugruntoval jako ústřední postava švýcarské kunst historie. Jeho vliv lze vidět v rozvoji expresionismu, neboť jeho důraz na subjektivní emoce a rytmickou formu poskytl základ těm, kteří se chtěli pohybovat za hranice tradiční reprezentace. Zůstal malířem hluboké psychologické hloubky, který využíval nástroje svého řemesla k čelení fundamentálním otázkám života a smrti. Jeho odkaz se nachází ve způsobu, jakým přinutil diváka, aby se podíval za povrch světa a našel v něm tiché, opakující se vzory, které ho drží pohromadě.
