Ferdinand Hodler — Biography, Exhibitions, Galleries & Auction Results

Bildnis Letizia Raviola, 1917

Dec 2024

Sotheby's

€110,000 ($154k USD)

Apr 2024

Christie's

Bildnis einer Unbekannten (Berner Mädchen)

Sotheby's

Sotheby's

Bildnis Letizia Raviola

Rückzug von Marignano, Studie zu Karton III 'Marignano', 1897/98

Dec 2021

Christie's

CHF 100,000 ($113k USD)

Oct 2017

Christie's

Studie zu 'Die enttäuschten Seelen' , 1892

CHF 114,000 ($129k USD)

Dec 2008

Christie's

Thunersee mit Niesen, 1910

$3,936,000

Nov 2006

Christie's

Mont-Blanc Massiv

CHF 18,000 ($20k USD)

Jun 2006

Galerie Kornfeld

Bildnis Valentine Godé-Darel, 1914

CHF 250,000 ($283k USD)

Heilige Stunde. - Fassung mit 4 Figuren, 1911

Galerie Kornfeld

CHF 2,500,000 ($2.8M USD)

Jun 1995

Galerie Fischer Auktionen

Studie zu "Einmütigkeit"

Unknown

Jun 2015

Sotheby's

Bildnis Letizia Raviola, 1917

$150,350

Apr 2024

Sotheby's

Winterlandschaft mit Wetterhorn (Winter Landscape with Wetterhorn), 1887

Bildnis Letizia Raviola, 1916

May 2023

Sotheby's

Dec 2021

Sotheby's

Bildnis Mme Loup, 1912

Kirschbäume am Genfersee (Cherry trees on Lake Geneva), 1906

Dec 2021

Sotheby's

$182,449

Jun 2021

Sotheby's

BILDNIS VON EMMA SCHMIDT-MÜLLER, 1915

$1,378,256

Jun 2019

Sotheby's

THUNERSEE MIT STOCKHORNKETTE IM WINTER

$4,346,294

Dec 2017

Galerie Kornfeld

Bildnis Valentine Godé-Darel, 1914

$314,046

Thuner- und Brienzersee mit Freiburger Stier, 1888

Galerie Kornfeld

Landschaft mit Pappeln, 1893

Galerie Kornfeld

Auszug der deutschen Studenten in den Freiheitskrieg von 1813, Studie zu Einzelfigur, 1908

Galerie Kornfeld

$35,055

Bildnis Clara Battié (Le sourire), 1898

Galerie Kornfeld

$88,247

Sep 2024

Galerie Kornfeld

Weiden am Wegrand, 1890

$82,364

Sep 2024

For Sale 5

Guggenheim Museum · Artsy

The Disappointed Souls (Les âmes déçues), 1892

Der Niesen vom Heustrich aus, 1910

Oil on canvas

Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) · Artsy

Der Tag (The Day), 1899

Oil on canvas

Kunstmuseum Bern · Artsy

Hector Posing Nude, 1901

Oil on canvas

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. · Artsy

Graphite, squared, on wove paper

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. · Artsy

Lumberman

Kunsthaus Zürich Gesamtkatalog der Gemälde und Skulpturen

Lithograph

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$29.3K – $3.9M

8 of 19 paintings lots with prices

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$796K

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$152K

8 priced paintings lots

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Sep 2025 · $283K

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Paintings: $152K medianWorks on paper: $18.8K medianUnclassified lots: $2.9M medianEditioned prints: $3.8K medianEditioned objects: $113K median

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Publications15

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Catalogue Raisonné 1

Hatje Cantz · 2007

Monograph 2

Ferdinand Hodler Author

Hatje Cantz · 2021

Ferdinand Hodler

Hatje Cantz · 2012

Exhibition Catalog 10

Ferdinand Hodler et le Léman: Chefs-d'oeuvre de collections privées suisses

Hatje Cantz · 2018

Ferdinand Hodler und der Genfersee

Hatje Cantz · 2018

Ferdinand Hodler Author

Hatje Cantz · 2013

Wolken: Welt des Flüchtigen

Hatje Cantz · 2013

Ferdinand Hodler: View to Infinity

Hatje Cantz · 2012

Ferdinand Hodler: A Symbolist Vision

Hatje Cantz · 2008

Ferdinand Hodler: Eine symbolistische Vision

Hatje Cantz · 2008

Swiss Made. Präzision und Wahnsinn: Positionen der Schweizer Kunst von Hodler bis Hirschhorn

Hatje Cantz · 2007

Im Licht der Romandie: Oskar Reinhart als Sammler von Westschweizer Kunst

Hatje Cantz · 2001

Caspar David Friedrich to Ferdinand Hodler, a romantic tradition

Abrams · 1994

Survey 2

Kunstmuseum Basel Die Meisterwerke

Hatje Cantz · 2011

Kunstmuseum Basel Les chefs-d'oeuvre

Hatje Cantz · 2011

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Current Exhibitions0

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"The world is very, very beautiful if you take the time to look at it": David Hockney or the disappearance of a painter in love with life

David Hockney, the iconic British painter known for his vibrant California pool scenes and relentless experimentation, has died at age 88 in London on…

obituaryJun 12, 2026

Art Basel Reveals More Participating Galleries and the Artists Selected for its ‘Exclusive’ Initiative, Which Withholds Artworks from Email Previews

Art Basel has announced that 193 of its 232 main-sector exhibitors (83%) have signed on to a new initiative called Basel Exclusive, which requires par…

marketJun 2, 2026

What Will Art Basel’s No-Preview-Allowed ‘Basel Exclusive’ Initiative Offer?

Art Basel has announced the list of artists participating in its new "Basel Exclusive" initiative at its flagship Swiss fair, which opens to VIPs on J…

marketJun 2, 2026

Giovanni Segantini Still Hidden Behind His Legend

The first French exhibition dedicated to Italian-Swiss painter Giovanni Segantini (1858-1899) has opened at the Musée d'Orsay, following a tradition e…

exhibitionsMay 28, 2026

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The Martha Graham Dance Company, the oldest professional dance troupe in the United States, is celebrating its 100th anniversary with a worldwide cent…

exhibitionsFeb 18, 2026

what is reference baiting art market

At Art Basel Miami Beach 2025, the art market showed a strong turn toward historical references, with galleries like Gagosian featuring Jeff Koons' an…

marketDec 23, 2025

Tanks, castles and Hodlers: Swiss foundation tackles a fervent collector’s legacy

The Swiss Foundation for Art, Culture and History (SKKG) has spent years cleaning, inventorying, and digitizing the chaotic collection of Bruno Stefan…

newsJun 18, 2025

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Past Exhibitions7

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Leopold Museum

Ferdinand Hodler

Museumsplatz 1, 1070 Wien, Austria

Jan 1, 2017

Ferdinand Hodler Elective Affinities from Klimt to Schiele 13th October 2017 to 22nd January 2018

Leopold Museum

Clouds

Caspar David Friedrich, Carl Gustav Carus, William Turner, Claude Monet, Alfred Sisley, Paul Cézanne, Vincent van Gogh, John Constable, Ferdinand Hodler, Gustav Klimt, Egon Schiele, Edvard Munch

Museumsplatz 1, 1070 Wien, Austria

Jan 1, 2013

Clouds Fleeting Worlds 22 March 2013 - 01 July 2013

Ergriffenheit Works from the collection from Hodler to Henning

Kunstmuseum Luzern

Ferdinand Hodler, Lovis Corinth, Josef von Moos, Aristide Maillol, Félix Vallotton, Hugo Siegwart, Hans Emmenegger, Edouard Vallet, August Babberger, Fritz Huf, Mimi Langraf, Paul Wyss

Jan 1, 2005

11.06.13.11.2005 Ergriffenheit Works from the collection from Hodler to Henning

Kunstmuseum Luzern

Blick.Sammlung

Alexandre Calame, François Diday, Robert Zünd, Rudolf Koller, Otto Frölicher, Adolf Stäbli, Lawrence Weiner, Mark Boyle, Joan Hills, Ferdinand Hodler

Jan 1, 2002

19.03.29.09.2002 Blick.Sammlung

Another World Zwölf Bettgeschichten

Kunstmuseum Luzern

Louise Bourgeois, Eric Fischl, Robert Gober, Mona Hatoum, Ferdinand Hodler, Rebecca Horn, Ilona Németh, Yoko Ono, John Lennon, David Reed, Pipilotti Rist, Chiharu Shiota

Jan 1, 2002

15.06.29.09.2002 Another World Zwölf Bettgeschichten

Landschaftsträume (erweitert) Johann Baptist Marzohl, Robert Zünd, Ferdinand Hodler, Helmut Federle, Ugo Rondinone

Kunstmuseum Luzern

Johann Baptist Marzohl, Robert Zünd, Ferdinand Hodler, Helmut Federle, Ugo Rondinone, Maria Pininska-Beres, Brian Dawn Chalkley, Johann Jakob Zelger, Jost Schiffmann, Augustin Schmid, Jakob Schwegler

Jan 1, 2001

14.10.200017.06.2001 Landschaftsträume (erweitert) Johann Baptist Marzohl, Robert Zünd, Ferdinand Hodler, Helmut Federle, Ugo Rondinone

Ferdinand Hodler: Drawings—Selections from the Musée Jenisch Vevey

Morgan Library and Museum

Ferdinand Hodler

225 Madison Ave, New York, NY 10016, USA

Jan 1, 1918

Ferdinand Hodler: Drawings—Selections from the Musée Jenisch Vevey June 16 through October 1, 2023A modern art pioneer, renowned Swiss painter Ferdinand Hodl...