1853 Bern – 1918 Genf

More than one hundred years ago, in 1918, the most important Swiss painters in history, Ferdinand Hodler, died in Geneva. The fact that at the end of the nineteenth century, as well as at the beginning of the twentieth century, he was an equally brilliant painter of landscapes and characters is proven by the respect he held among his contemporaries, not only in Switzerland, but also in other countries throughout Europe. Man, nature, love and death are themes that he continually addressed through his work.