Hodler's scenic Switzerland: Geneva's Musee Rath celebrates the 150th anniversary of the birth of Ferdinand Hodler with a retrospective look at his scenic paintings.(Art & Culture)

Swiss News | November 1, 2003| | Copyright

Driving along the auto route overlooking Lake Geneva not long after visiting the Hodler "Le Paysage" exhibition, I suddenly saw that familiar sight in a new "Hodlerian" way, reduced to a near-abstraction of sky and water with those strong horizontal lines delineating the various tones of blue. Not that I was unfamiliar with Hodler--his portraits, monumental decors and historical works are a sort of leitmotif of Swiss culture--but the Musee Rath's concentration on his landscapes underscored the power and beauty of his interpretations of nut natural surroundings. They are ...

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