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The Reader
The Swiss Symbolist painter Ferdinand Hodler, a key figure as the nexus between nineteenth-century Naturalism and twentiethcentury Expressionism, is represented in the Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza by this work entitled The Reader, painted around 1885. It is a version of an oil painting dating from the same year, Old Man Reading, showing an eighty-year-old man reading a newspaper amid a room decorated…
Creator
- Hodler, Ferdinand
Publisher
- Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum
Subject
- Art
- Art
Type of item
- Painting
- Art of painting
Date
- 1885
- 1885
- 1885
Creator
- Hodler, Ferdinand
Publisher
- Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum
Subject
- Art
- Art
Type of item
- Painting
- Art of painting
Date
- 1885
- 1885
- 1885
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
Rights
- Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid
- Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid
Creation date
- 1885
- 1885
- 1885
Current location
- Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum
Identifier
- MTB-AW-1979.59
- 1979.59
Extent
- 31 x 38 cm
Format
- canvas
- Canvas
Language
- eng
- en
Year
- 1885
Providing country
- Spain
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2014-09-05T12:15:51.809Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2021-03-22T16:27:22.614Z