Genfersee bei Sonnenuntergang

1914

Ferdinand Hodler1853 Bern – 1918 Genf
We have 146 artworks by Ferdinand Hodler online.
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This painting was created after the death of Valentine Godé-Darel on January 25, 1915 in Vevey (see her portrait of 1912, inv. 1133). Two colour studies (private property; Ferdinand Hodler, exh. cat. Zurich/Berlin, Nationalgalerie/Paris, Musée du Petit Palais 1983, no. 176 f., colour ills. p. 393 f.) are considered to be preliminary stages. In his theory of parallelism, Hodler associates the horizontal with death, in whose great unity all life returns.
Also known as
Lake Geneva at Sunset Le Lac Léman au coucher du soleil
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
image: 61 x 90 cm
Inventory number
1157
Credit line
Kunsthaus Zürich, Donated by Alfred Rütschiʼs heirs, 1929