Hodler’s Day
Presentation revolving around a painting entitled Day by Swiss Symbolist artist Ferdinand Hodler (1853-1918).
The painting symbolises birth, growth, light and joy and shows a young female nude sitting
Kunstmuseum Den Haag has a treasure chamber of over 160.000 pieces of art. Here we work on making the highlights from this collection available online.
Presentation revolving around a painting entitled Day by Swiss Symbolist artist Ferdinand Hodler (1853-1918).
The painting symbolises birth, growth, light and joy and shows a young female nude sitting
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The photography collection of the
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