Ferdinand Hodler

Swiss · 1853–1918 · Painter, Printmaker

Ferdinand Hodler was a Swiss painter. He is one of the best-known Swiss painters of the nineteenth century. His early works were portraits, landscapes, and genre paintings in a… (Wikipedia)

Email alerts for new results and upcoming sales

Own a work by Ferdinand Hodler? Get a free auction estimate →

141auction results2002–2026years recorded62%sold (88)$5.5kSign up free to seemedian price

Record prices

Show prices also in

Les Etangs longs bei MontanaKornfeld · Jun 2011CHF 4,000,000≈ $4,716,000≈ £2,916,873≈ €3,304,835Sign up to see
Bachbett bei ChampéryKornfeld · Jun 2022CHF 2,800,000≈ $2,905,560≈ £2,369,178≈ €2,770,895Sign up to see
Bildnis Berthe JacquesKornfeld · Jun 2013CHF 2,600,000≈ $2,806,960≈ £1,796,684≈ €2,110,020Sign up to see

Ferdinand Hodler’s highest prices recorded at auction, ranked in US dollars at each sale-date exchange rate and shown in the currency of the sale (with the buyer’s premium where the house publishes it).

Ferdinand Hodler was a Swiss painter. He is 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 which he called "parallelism".

Excerpt from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Born 1853, BernDied 1918, GenevaOccupation Painter, Printmaker, DraughtsmanWikidata Q214564 ↗ULAN 500027184 ↗Museum works 18

Art NouveauSymbolism

Also known as F. Hodler, Ferd. Hodler, Hodler, hodler ferd., hodler ferdinand

Works in museum collections

Open-access images (public domain, CC0 or CC BY) from museum collections, each shown with its credit line and licence.

Ferdinand Hodler, The Dream of the Shepherd (Der Traum des Hirten) — **The Dream of the Shepherd (Der Traum des Hirten)**1896 · Oil on canvas
The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, European Paintings Funds, Lila Ache…

Ferdinand Hodler, The Woodcutter — **The Woodcutter**c. 1910 · transfer lithograph on wove paper
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Rosenwald Collection — Open Access (CC0)

Ferdinand Hodler, Hector Posing Nude — **Hector Posing Nude**1901 · graphite, squared, on wove paper
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund — Open Access (CC0)

Ferdinand Hodler, Studie voor Die Erwackende (Der Tag) — **Studie voor Die Erwackende (Der Tag)**1863 - 1911
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam ↗
Public domain · Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam — public domain

Ferdinand Hodler, Contouren van benen — **Contouren van benen**1863 - 1911
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam ↗
Public domain · Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam — public domain

Ferdinand Hodler, Twee staande landsknechten, met hellebaarden — **Twee staande landsknechten, met hellebaarden**1863 - 1918
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam ↗
Public domain · Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam — public domain

Ferdinand Hodler, Untitled — **Untitled**1915
Kunsthaus Zürich ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Kunsthaus Zürich

Ferdinand Hodler, James Vibert, Sculptor — **James Vibert, Sculptor**1907 · Oil on canvas
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, Helen Birch Bartlett Memorial Collection — public d…

Ferdinand Hodler, Day (Truth) — **Day (Truth)**1896/98 · Oil on canvas
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Joseph Winterbotham Collection — public dom…

Ferdinand Hodler, Study for Day (Truth) — **Study for Day (Truth)**1896/98 · Graphite with smudging on cream wove paper, squared for transfer
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, Print and Drawing Fund — public domain (CC0)

Ferdinand Hodler, Student Putting on His Coat — **Student Putting on His Coat**1908 · lithograph
Cleveland Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Malcolm L. McBride — Open Access (CC0)

Artist record compiled from: Wikidata (CC0), Getty ULAN (ODC-By), National Gallery of Art open data (CC0), Art Institute of Chicago API (CC0), The Met Open Access (CC0). See data sources & attribution.

Ferdinand Hodler

Record prices

Works in museum collections

Related artists — Swiss, born 1828–1878

More Swiss artists of the same period