100 Great Artists

FERDINAND HODLER

ISH B()rn in &m, ,oo

o/"cllrpm"r

1871 M",." to G~,,,.

Srudi" at L'FAd,

d'I B,tlllx-Anr

untkr ,\1m"

IS87 MufY &r,bll

Smcki. Angus,ill<

Dupin gr.'" birth

to"," Humr

ISS9 MllnT" &nbll

Sm""i, di"(TCI!J

b.,. 1891

1691 Vi":,, Qnd ",bib,,,

in Pari,

1894 ,\/",,-&rib.

1897

1699

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1909

1911

19H

1917

1916

J«II'''5, IIfllTTj"

b.,. 1898

Wi", gold ,",dill

Ilt Munich

Adm;",'; '" Bn/in

S«:",io"

W;", g()M ,",tlnl

Ilt Pari, JI'.,rld

Exhibition

iJ<1l,b of

AUgU51ir" Oupin

V"kn,ilY (i"k·

/"),,,,1 gi!~J birth

li' dlltlgbur

Pawi",· Val",,,,,,

iJ</ltb fro'" "11Iar

"/Jid"""" Goth-

Do"'

Pr°f_I),-tr~·jng, r" G",r..' 11

Art ACiUkllf:J

Oi" of p",,,,"",,ill

in G"'''' 11

Poster tOr 1 9th Art Exftil>ition of the

\roen .... Sttession (I'XH)

H(}(/h"'IlJgu", </b..,,_ ilt ,b,l9rb Exhibition if

,b, Vimnll S~Jj"". Thil JIxr~',d ""'r ,birty if hi,

"",h and ". ..,-"'" if ,"any «roli"},, b. u"r..·,d

B

Oth of Ji<Tdinand Hodl<,.', parents had c3 <lies. 'p1lboli .. w().-k, 71" Night, hos slccp

<li .... l frum tuhe"",I",i, hy hi' r{t""nth pr efiguring death, but the ""),," of Gen<:v.

binh<hy, along ... ith six "f his sit.lings, fail .... l to See he)"JOd the nal .... l bodies and

Ilis ""peri<:oces of death in the &mily "'aL:.:: it h'nnt,1 it from ""hihition. The ,e,ultin g

tm~"ing n, C'.'~l1rt: his ,,,,,-i "ith Munm, but pub~citr, with ..... nls fr(. " Frln"", Gen"'n}"

"'ptie and ",elanch,~y the",es ... ert: ..... """lfl and AuStria, secu,ed II'HhT's intern.,io",,1

during the intm.«:pLTiod Irn:,wna'the/ind,riw., rt:l'unti(lfl, Ilis inn""n"" <"an he O'a""d in the

1I00lIe, stu,~ed in GenCl'. unde, lI.rthclemy work of ,.herS, like ", .. tiss<:. nd Kli",t.

,\knn,' fO<l"er pupil of InWeI, It ,,~s a ""J

tI"l,titi'lflal cd"",tion hu t it I1Ught hi", to dr.,,·

well and ""J)(lS,,1 him tn the lasting inAu<:ocel of

Re",I,,-.ndt, Ilo ll>ei n and Diirer, II"dle,

... o,-icd initially as. 1'<Ty """'I",,,,nt I",..traiti",

lie <",'<."ntuaUy ";'i",d I'a,i, to cxl~on: nL· ...

ideas a,.1 SIj,les and 'I'ed.lly admi",l thost: of

Gaugui n and Scurn , lie had ,1et';',,1 his own

srSte,,~ ... hich he called 'I'.rllk:lism', 1I,.II",'s

Late, pictures wen: on a s",aller scale,

H' Hlicr ",.de ",.nr st:lf_l'onnirs and, ... ith

shadel of his childho,. l. he <h<::u",,,,,,,,l the

lingning de.ths of twO 1",,,rS, I",th "."herS

of his children. lIis 'uc""" in s<, ",any

categ",i"s ",ntinued: hi' hSt rearS ... ert:

dc""ed to drca"'r hndscal'es, ... hich

s:tti,fJingir "''''bin .... 1 the Swiss identity with

i ",agt:s 0 f tI"lnSC<."nd<."n"",