Day (Truth)
1896–1898 · Oil on canvas · Art Institute of Chicago
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About this work
- Artist
- Ferdinand Hodler (1853–1918)
- Year
- 1896–1898
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Original size
- 200.5 × 105 cm
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Movement
- Symbolism
A slim young woman stands naked and face-on upon a rock, arms raised and bent at the elbows with palms open, her long black hair falling to her waist; behind her, mauve and grey cliffs and white clouds frame a pale violet sky. Hodler builds the figure on strict symmetry, the principle he called parallelism and set out in his 1897 lecture The Mission of the Artist. The Art Institute of Chicago dates the canvas 1896–98. It passed from Hodler to his son Hector, stayed in private hands in Switzerland for decades, and was bought by the museum at Sotheby's in Switzerland in 2003.
This print reproduces the whole work, uncropped, from a high-resolution scan of the original. The original is in the public domain.
Where it works
Pale lilac, grey and a single upright figure make a serene, symmetrical picture for a bedroom, study or stair landing. Pair it with Munch's Madonna at 16×24 in a black frame.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Symbolism painting
- Era
- 19th century (1896–1898)
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Mood
- grand
- Rooms
- bedroom, hallway or entryway, study or library, living room, dining room
- Good gift for
- housewarming, art lovers
Size. We'd hang this one at 16×24. Prints at 12×18, 16×24 in — 12×18 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 16×24 above a desk, console or in a hallway.
Framing. The gallery ground is part of the print, so frame it without a mat — black suits the deep tones of this period; dark wood warms it.
Pairing. Pairs as a set of three with other famous painting prints (10% off three or more).
Details & materials
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About this design
The Madten promise
An exhibition poster
The same artwork as a gallery exhibition poster — title, artist & date typeset beneath the image on a soft ground.
