In the spotlight: Ferdinand Hodler record-breaking auction prices and major retrospectives return this Swiss painter to the prominence he enjoyed during his own lifetime.
Swiss News › Nbr. 2008, April 2008
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In the spotlight: Ferdinand Hodler record-breaking auction prices and major retrospectives return this Swiss painter to the prominence he enjoyed during his own lifetime.
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A leading light of the Modernist movement at the turn of the 19th century in Europe, Ferdinand Hodler is also the artist whose 'Swissness' makes him Switzerland's national painter sans pareil. He was a master of landscapes and portraits, with a penchant for history and symbolism that also found expression in his murals. Towards the end of his life, Hodler created a unique and gut-wrenching, up-close-and-personal series depic...See the full content of this document
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