Ferdinand Hodler Prints – Solitary Figures & Symbolic Settings
Ferdinand Hodler prints give solitary figures a clear place within patterned or expansive surroundings. A seated woman, an upright body above water and a bowed head create very different kinds of stillness. Browse these subjects alongside figurative art, symbolic prints and landscape painting, comparing bodily pose with the space around it.
A seated figure within a floral border
Holy Hour places the woman frontally against a pale field surrounded by small red and green motifs. Blue-grey drapery falls in long folds around the legs. The upright body and repeated decoration give the intimate pose a formal, carefully bounded setting.
An upright figure above cloud and rock
View into Infinity sets the pale body on a narrow rocky height, with broad light bands spreading across the sky beyond. Rounded cloud forms gather below. The vertical stance contrasts with the long horizontal distance, making the relationship between figure and open space especially prominent.
A bowed body beside an empty bench
Disappointed Soul folds the figure forward on the seat with the head lowered over the arms. A broad green field and distant hills extend behind. The simple setting leaves the closed posture exposed, while the bench provides a firm horizontal boundary beneath it.
Related artists and collections
Compare expressive poses in Edvard Munch, symbolic figures in Odilon Redon and reflective bodies in George Frederic Watts. Further figure prints follows the solitary stances, while symbolic art extends the use of landscape and pattern around the body.
Read more in our Edvard Munch guide to expressive figures.