The Mower
<p>This monumental drawing of a farmer mowing his wheat is characteristic of the iconic forms of laborers and soldiers painted by Hodler c. 1908/1910.</p>
Catalogue
- Year
- 1873
- Dimensions
- 37.1 × 38.4 cm (14 5/8 × 15 1/8 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Artist
- Ferdinand Hodler
Artist
Painting
Ferdinand Hodler was a Swiss painter. He is one of the best-known Swiss painters of the nineteenth century. His early works were portraits, landscapes, and genre paintings in a realistic style. Later, he adopted a personal form of Symbolism which he called "parallelism".
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Record
Verified by WattsOS- Artist
- Ferdinand Hodler
- Year
- 1873
- Dimensions
- 37.1 × 38.4 cm (14 5/8 × 15 1/8 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1873-075924
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified