Artist

Swiss Painter

Works (2)

Saint Remigius Replenishing the Barrel of Wine; (interior) Saint Remigius and the Burning Wheat

ca. 1500–1505

Portrait of a Woman

1853

MarFerdinand Hodler was born in Bern, Switzerland on March 14, 1853.¹

1871

Ferdinand Hodler traveled on foot to Geneva at the age of 18 to start his career as a painter.¹

1873

Ferdinand Hodler became a student of Barthélemy Menn in 1873 and learned painting from him.¹

1908

Ferdinand Hodler's son, Hector Hodler, founded the World Esperanto Association in 1908.¹

1914

Ferdinand Hodler signed a petition of intellectuals condemning German atrocities during World War I.¹

1918

MayFerdinand Hodler died in Geneva on May 19, 1918, at the age of 65.¹