Running along a path
through woods, through planes,
through the blind expanse of cities,
running breathlessly through them all
we halted at last at the brim of this swirling blue
of infinity
through woods, through planes,
through the blind expanse of cities,
running breathlessly through them all
we halted at last at the brim of this swirling blue
of infinity
Ferdinand Hodler
The Lake Geneva From Chexbre (1903)
blue, you see, is also the color we can most easily bear in great expanses
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Ferdinand Hodler (March 14, 1853 – May 19, 1918) was one of the best-known Swiss painters of the nineteenth century. His early works were portraits, landscapes, and genre paintings in a realistic style. Later, he adopted a personal form of symbolism he called Parallelism … that emphasized the symmetry and rhythm he believed formed the basis of human society.
Hodler's work in his final phase took on an expressionist aspect with strongly coloured and geometrical figures. Landscapes were pared down to essentials, sometimes consisting of a jagged wedge of land between water and sky.
In 1908, he met Valentine Godé-Darel, who became his mistress. She was diagnosed with cancer in 1913, and the many hours Hodler spent by her bedside resulted in a remarkable series of paintings documenting her decline from the disease. Her death in January 1915 affected Hodler greatly. He occupied himself with work on a series of about 20 introspective self-portraits that date from 1916.
In 1914 he condemned the German atrocities conducted using artillery at Rheims.[11] In retaliation for this, German art museums excluded Hodler's work.
~ https://en.wikipedia.org
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image from wikiart.org
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this collection is permanently on view at http://anu.co.za/
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#Art #FerdinandHodler
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The Lake Geneva From Chexbre (1903)
blue, you see, is also the color we can most easily bear in great expanses
. . . . .
Ferdinand Hodler (March 14, 1853 – May 19, 1918) was one of the best-known Swiss painters of the nineteenth century. His early works were portraits, landscapes, and genre paintings in a realistic style. Later, he adopted a personal form of symbolism he called Parallelism … that emphasized the symmetry and rhythm he believed formed the basis of human society.
Hodler's work in his final phase took on an expressionist aspect with strongly coloured and geometrical figures. Landscapes were pared down to essentials, sometimes consisting of a jagged wedge of land between water and sky.
In 1908, he met Valentine Godé-Darel, who became his mistress. She was diagnosed with cancer in 1913, and the many hours Hodler spent by her bedside resulted in a remarkable series of paintings documenting her decline from the disease. Her death in January 1915 affected Hodler greatly. He occupied himself with work on a series of about 20 introspective self-portraits that date from 1916.
In 1914 he condemned the German atrocities conducted using artillery at Rheims.[11] In retaliation for this, German art museums excluded Hodler's work.
~ https://en.wikipedia.org
. . . . .
image from wikiart.org
. . . . .
this collection is permanently on view at http://anu.co.za/
. . . . .
#Art #FerdinandHodler
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- +Sushama Karnik Thanks for your beautiful poem. I'd say that colour, line and rhythm are three salient features of FH's work, and you've responded to those elements brilliantly. Well done for making such uncommonly good posts! 🎨📖🌻
REPLY 20w - +Sushama Karnik Thanks to anu x, too, for reminding me about how good FH's work is 🎨
REPLY 20w - +Tony Cairns The efforts that +anu x put into bringing together these themes in the artists and their art are invaluable.
I find your own comments greatly complementing to his efforts because you bring into the focus the fundamental truths of the painter's art, and perform that function of art criticism with a great lucidity.REPLY 20w - +Sushama Karnik That's very kind, thanks. If I had more time I'd like to read all of your posts. Please continue to share your work - it's much appreciated 🌼🌻✏️
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