Ferdinand Hodler
* 14th March 1853 in Bern (SUI)
† 19th May 1918 in Geneve (SUI)
Holder is one oft he most well known Swiss painters and one oft he most important practitioners of Art Nouveau and symbolism. Man, nature, love, and death are themes they he continually addressed through his work. In his style of painting and coloration one can already recognize expressionistic tendencies. His first retrospective was held in 1917 at the Kunsthaus Zurich and today his paintings can be seen in the well known international Museums.
