Weib am Bach

c. 1905

Ferdinand Hodler1853 Bern – 1918 Genf
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One of the pictures painted for the exhibition in the Vienna Secession. The composition is a further development of the 'Ergriffenheit' and leads to the 'Weib am Bergbach'. Five study sheets in the Department of Prints and Drawings after his wife Berthe, née Jacques (1868-1957,) show the development from an open to a prayer gesture, 'from a sensual event to an inner experience deepened by reflection' (von Waldkirch).
Also known as
Woman at the Stream
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
image: 122 x 116 cm
Inventory number
1857
Credit line
Kunsthaus Zürich, Bequest of Dr. Friedrich Hegar, 1927