leman and savoyard alps ferdinand hodler

leman and savoyard alps ferdinand hodlerLake Geneva has a special place in the artistic work of Ferdinand Hodler. The leader of the symbolist movement painted more than a hundred pictures of it. These landscapes, which he described as "planetary" at the end of his life, were to become catalysts of modernity for Mondrian and Kandinsky. He often depicts Swiss landscapes in his work, with paintings such as Eiger, Mnch and Jungfrau above the sea of fog and Landscape on Lake Geneva. Would you

Flooded with ebony hair

Breaking with the impressionism of the previous century

depicting the Parisian church of Saint-Séverin through a prism of geometric shapes and bold colours

entitled "Moi-même" ("Myself")

the gestures that he suggests through pure lines and dazzling colors have a surprisingly expressive value

The "Eiffel Tower" series is a perfect example of Delaunay's orphic vision

whose body shapes and surrounding objects are broken down into circles

a character from Greek mythology

to be factual and devoid of emotion

a German avant-garde movement

assign their colours in such a way that femininity takes on whiteness and masculinity

The realistic composition focuses on the simple geometric shapes of the furniture and architectural elements