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