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Ferdinand Hodler

1853 - 1918

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Ferdinand Hodler (March 14, 1853 – May 19, 1918) 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". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ferdinand Hodler is the 228th most popular painter (down from 227th in 2019), the 66th most popular biography from Switzerland (up from 67th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Swiss Painter.

Ferdinand Hodler was a Swiss painter. He is most famous for his paintings of the Alps.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Ferdinand Hodler ranks 228 out of 2,023. Before him are Francesco Hayez, Piero di Cosimo, Raoul Dufy, Petrus Christus, Akseli Gallen-Kallela, and Jacopo Bellini. After him are Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, Gerard van Honthorst, Alexej von Jawlensky, Domenichino, Zdzisław Beksiński, and Gabriele Münter.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1853, Ferdinand Hodler ranks 13. Before him are Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca, Chulalongkorn, Carl Larsson, José Martí, Aleksei Brusilov, and Vladimir Solovyov. After him are Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia, Errico Malatesta, Hans Christian Gram, Hussein Kamel of Egypt, Alphonse Bertillon, and Katharina Schratt. Among people deceased in 1918, Ferdinand Hodler ranks 31. Before him are Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia, Ernesto Teodoro Moneta, George Reid, Niko Pirosmani, Lavr Kornilov, and César Cui. After him are Edmond Rostand, Arrigo Boito, Fanny Kaplan, Hermann Cohen, Lili Boulanger, and Paul Vidal de La Blache.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Ferdinand Hodler ranks 66 out of 1,015. Before him are Auguste Piccard (1884), Michel Mayor (1942), Johannes Itten (1888), Kurt Wüthrich (1938), Werner Arber (1929), and Hans Küng (1928). After him are Gabriel Cramer (1704), Emil Jannings (1884), Hans Albert Einstein (1904), Max Frisch (1911), Alexandre Yersin (1863), and Siegfried Wagner (1869).

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Among PAINTERS In Switzerland

Among painters born in Switzerland, Ferdinand Hodler ranks 6. Before him are Paul Klee (1879), Arnold Böcklin (1827), Angelica Kauffman (1741), Henry Fuseli (1741), and Johannes Itten (1888). After him are Félix Vallotton (1865), H. R. Giger (1940), Charles Gleyre (1806), Albert Anker (1831), Sophie Taeuber-Arp (1889), and Jean-Étienne Liotard (1702).

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