Bildnis Hélène Weiglé
1896
on displayFerdinand Hodler1853 Bern – 1918 Genf
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In 1888 Hodler painted Hélène Weiglé, married Mme Bethmann-Weiglé, in the garden of his friend Marc Odier with a flower (Frankfurt, Städel; Ferdinand Hodler (exh. cat. Zurich/Berlin, Nationalgalerie/Paris, Musée du Petit Palais 1983), no. 27); the present picture was painted at the mother's request in the studio the following year, without the hint of early Art Nouveau typical of the period.
Also known as
Bildnis Frl. W (Mme Hélène Bethmann-Weiglé)
Portrait Hélène Weiglé
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
image: 80 x 61 cm
Inventory number
1151
Credit line
Kunsthaus Zürich, The Gottfried Keller Foundation, Federal Office of Culture, Berne, 1918