Sunday, May 24, 2026

Red Hair in Art: Ferdinand Hodler

Ferdinand Hodler (March 14, 1853 – May 19, 1918) 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".


Here are some of his painting featuring redheads.

Portrait of an Unknown

Portrait of Madame Loup

Spring

Spring

Head of a Red-haired Woman

Portrait of an Unknown Woman from Wien

Abendruhe

Portrait of James Vibert

Portrait of James Vibert

Portrait eines lesenden Mannes

Die Empfindung

The Dream. Cover for the novel Die Mittagsgöttin


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