Hey dear community, I hope you are all doing well so far and had a great start to the new weekend! In this article I would like to go into history of art and hope you are able to expand your knowledge a bit.To be seen here is an enchanting work of art by the Swiss painter Ferdinand Hodler (1853 - 1918) who depicted the landscape around Lake Geneva in this painting and this work looks very lively and creates a very unique impression on the viewer. Ferdinand Hodler was born in Bern and did not have an easy childhood and early on he lost his father as well as some of his siblings who suffered from illness and he developed a passion for art early on and this was probably a good way to let his thoughts run free and he was lucky that his stepfather had a Workshop where he learned something about painting early and could work there and after the first stones were laid, he decided to revitalise his goal and started an apprenticeship as a landscape painter. During this time he already learned a lot about art, but it was not the right place for him and he was very limited there and could hardly work freely and so he decided to cancel the training and moved to the area of Oberaargau where he continued to devote himself to art and could live with his uncle and later he went to Geneva where he also met other artists which opened completely new doors for him and here he made a name for himself as an artist and even won some awards. He could live better and better from his art and was praised for his works and got numerous opportunities to present his works and one of his biggest orders probably came from the Swiss Bank where he was asked to help with the design of a new banknote and during his artistic career, he often had to cope with sharp criticism and he had some opponents of his art. Because of certain political attitudes he was later even so strongly attacked that his works were almost banned and in numerous museums or exhibitions some did not want to see his art anymore and he was strongly attacked by other artists and other perople. Although he was under strong pressure during certain times, he can be regarded as one of the most important artists of the 20th century, whi
