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The Reaper by Ferdinand Hodler

The Reaper

Ferdinand Hodler · 1878

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Artist
Ferdinand Hodler
Date
1878
Location
Kunstsammlung Thomas Schmidheiny
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Ferdinand Hodler

Swiss Symbolist Ferdinand Hodler explored themes of life, death, and human connection through his distinctive style, "parallelism."

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