1902, Ferdinand Hodler, The Kien Valley with the Bluemlisalp massif -- National Gallery (London)
From the museum label: A key figure of modernism, the Swiss artist Ferdinand Hodler spent summer 1902 painting mountain views. "The landscape must have a character," - he wrote - "express a passion or emotion". This picture - with its insistent verticality, defined fields of colour and ornamental, decorative clouds - conveys a sense of timelessness and meditative stillness.
1902, Ferdinand Hodler, The Kien Valley with the Bluemlisalp massif -- National Gallery (London)
From the museum label: A key figure of modernism, the Swiss artist Ferdinand Hodler spent summer 1902 painting mountain views. "The landscape must have a character," - he wrote - "express a passion or emotion". This picture - with its insistent verticality, defined fields of colour and ornamental, decorative clouds - conveys a sense of timelessness and meditative stillness.