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Lake Silvaplana in Autumn
Ferdinand Hodler1907
Kunsthaus Zürich
Zurich, Switzerland
A drawn postcard from Giacometti to Amiet shows Hodler painting this picture on the shore of Lake Silvaplana near Surlej, looking towards the Margna and Maloja; underneath it is written 'SILVAPLANA' on the left and '19 SEPTEMBER 1907' on the right: one may suppose that this is the date of origin. (Cuno Amiet/Giovanni Giacometti: Briefwechsel, Zurich 2000, no. 293)
Hodler stayed in St. Moritz in August/September and painted an almost identical repetition of this picture.
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Details
- Title: Lake Silvaplana in Autumn
- Creator: Ferdinand Hodler
- Creator Lifespan: 1853 – 1918
- Creator Death Place: Geneva, Switzerland
- Creator Birth Place: Bern, Switzerland
- Date Created: 1907
- Physical Dimensions: 71 x 92,5 cm
- Type: painting
- External Link: Kunsthaus Zürich, Online Collection
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Art Movement: Symbolism
- Original title: Der Silvaplanersee im Herbst
- Inventory number: 1378
- Credit line: Kunsthaus Zürich, Bequest of Richard and Miss Mathilde Schwarzenbach, 1920
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