100 Great Artists

(Marvins-Underground-K-12) #1

FERDINAND HODLER


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1871 M",." to G~,,,.
Srudi" at L'FAd,
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Smcki. Angus,ill<
Dupin gr.'" birth
to"," Humr

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Sm""i, di"(TCI!J
b.,. 1891

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in Pari,

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1897

1699

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1909


1911

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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

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AUgU51ir" Oupin

V"kn,ilY (i"k·
/"),,,,1 gi!~J birth
li' dlltlgbur
Pawi",· Val",,,,,,

iJ</ltb fro'" "11Iar
"/Jid"""" Goth-
Do"'

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Art ACiUkllf:J

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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

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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"",
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