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Ferdinand Hodler. Profession of faith
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Open in the appThis exhibition studies for the first time the links between Ferdinand Hodler's painting (1853-1918) and the religious. In his youth, the Swiss painter was an avid Bible reader. He incorporated rare biblical scenes into his painting, particularly that of the Good Samaritan. Of… This exhibition studies for the first time the links between Ferdinand Hodler's painting (1853-1918) and the religious. In his youth, the Swiss painter was an avid Bible reader. He incorporated rare biblical scenes into his painting, particularly that of the Good Samaritan. Of Bernese origin and Protestant faith, he also created a painting that links him to the Reformation and the city of Geneva: Calvin in the courtyard of the Collège. Several church interiors and prayer scenes are also known. Exploring Ferdinand Hodler's religious roots, this exhibition primarily develops the way the painter makes the idea of creation his own, transposing it onto nature, developing through his artistic theory an almost pantheistic form. The belief that the order of nature expresses a higher unity guided the creation of Hodler's most important works, and especially his last great symbolist compositions, such as Gaze into infinity, and the landscapes he called "planetary", inviting meditation and uplift. The exhibition traces, through some twenty-five paintings, Hodler's different professions of faith and the spiritual stages of his journey.