Ferdinand Hodler

Swiss | 1853 - 1918

Ferdinand Hodler was a Swiss artist who was born in 1853. Their work is currently being shown at multiple venues like MASI Lugano, LAC . Numerous key galleries and museums such as Fondation Beyeler, Basel have featured Ferdinand Hodler's work in the past.Ferdinand Hodler's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 3 USD to 8,952,738 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork. Since 1999 the record price for this artist at auction is 8,952,738 USD for DER GENFERSEE VON SAINT-PREX AUS VIEW OF THE LAKE OF GENEVA FROM SAINT-PREX, sold at Sotheby's Zurich in 2007. In the past 12 months, their paintings have averaged 1,135,601 USD, while his works on paper have sold for an average of 7,225 USD.Ferdinand Hodler has been featured in articles for Hyperallergic, Spike and Daily Art Magazine. The most recent article is Nordic and Canadian Landscape Painting (1880-1930) Shines at Fondation Beyeler written for ArtDaily in January 2025. The artist died in 1918.

Featured for Sale

Ferdinand Hodler - Kämpfender Krieger (Fighting Warrior ,1917

By Ferdinand Hodler

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Study for "Andacht"

By Ferdinand Hodler

Koller Zurich

Kämpfender Krieger (Fighting Warrior) ,1917

By Ferdinand Hodler

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Notable Lots

DER GENFERSEE VON SAINT-PREX AUS VIEW OF THE LAKE OF GENEVA FROM SAINT-PREX

By Ferdinand Hodler

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MONTANALANDSCHAFT MIT BECS DE BOSSON UND VALLON DE RÉCHY MONTANA LANDSCAPE WITH BECS DE BOSSON AND VALLON DE RÉCHY

By Ferdinand Hodler

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DIE DENTS DU MIDI, 1916 THE DENTS DU MIDI, 1916

By Ferdinand Hodler

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Upcoming Lots

Ferdinand Hodler - Kämpfender Krieger (Fighting Warrior - Ferdinand Hodler

Ferdinand Hodler - Kämpfender Krieger (Fighting Warrior ,1917

By Ferdinand Hodler

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Post-Auction Lots for Sale

Kämpfender Krieger (Fighting Warrior) - Ferdinand Hodler

Kämpfender Krieger (Fighting Warrior) ,1917

By Ferdinand Hodler

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Study for "Andacht"

By Ferdinand Hodler

Koller Zurich

Recent Auction Results

Femme debout écartant les bras

By Ferdinand Hodler

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Deux femmes debout

By Ferdinand Hodler

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Femme couchée nue

By Ferdinand Hodler

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Current Exhibitions

Berge versetzen: Landschaften in der Sammlung

Kunstmuseum Solothurn

Solothurn | Switzerland

Mar 26,2024 - Mar 09,2025

Sentiment and observation. Art in Ticino 1850-1950: The MASI Collections

MASI Lugano, LAC

Lugano | Switzerland

Nov 17,2024 - Mar 23,2025

Imaginaires du Jura / Jurabilder

Kunstmuseum Solothurn

Solothurn | Switzerland

Jan 19,2025 - May 04,2025

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Articles

Nordic and Canadian Landscape Painting (1880-1930) Shines at Fondation Beyeler

ArtDaily 25/01/2025

At the beginning of the year, the Fondation Beyeler presents the thematic exhibition “Northern Lights”,focussing on around 70 landscape paintings by artists from the Nordic Countries and Canada created between 1880 and 1930, among them key works by Hilma af Klint and Edvard Munch

2025 exhibitions to feature women artists of the 1800s and the Vienna of the early 1900s

ArtDaily 15/11/2024

In 2025, the Ateneum Art Museum will present two temporary exhibitions. From 7 March to 24 August 2025, Crossing Borders will, for the first time, bring together in one exhibition the work of travelling women artists from the 1800s.

The Eternal Dance Between Beauty and Decay

Hyperallergic 21/10/2024

The Decay of Beauty. The Beauty of Decay, a compact but ambitious exhibition at Colnaghi Gallery, examines the concept of beauty and its inevitable decay across pan-historical, pan-geographical, and pan-religious examples.

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Coverage

“ ..It is in these final years of his career that Hodler’s international significance for modern art becomes clearly visible... ”
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Fondation Beyeler, Basel

“ ..Hodler becomes a forerunner of modern painting... ”
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Fondation Beyeler, Basel

“ ..Hodler developed his theory of art based on a deliberately simplified understanding of the cosmos... ”
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Kunstmuseum Bern

“ ..After he pursued new avenues and turned away from the art that influenced him in his early years, Hodler evolved his own characteristic style that brought him international fame... ”
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Kunstmuseum Bern

“ ..Hodler’s experimentation with the abstract elements of color, line and expression created a vibrant new mode of Swiss art at the dawn of the twentieth century... ”
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National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution