Curatorial Narrative Ferdinand Hodler’s “Lake Geneva with the Savoy Alps” (1907) sits at the nexus of early 20th-century artistic movements, its abstract expressionist bent prefiguring the modernist revolution. Characterized by a bold, impasto brushwork that imbues the canvas with a tactile quality, this painting embodies the artist’s fascination with capturing the dynamic interplay between light and atmosphere. By subjecting the landscape to a muted palette of blues, purples, yellows, and golds, Hodler conjures an enigmatic, dreamlike realm where the boundaries between reality and abstraction blur.When scaled up to 44×55 inches, this painting’s chromatic structure assumes a heightened level of sophistication, its spatial rhythm yielding a nuanced interplay of depth and surface. The minimalist composition, anchored by the dark silhouette of the mountains, is offset by a subtle yet deliberate deployment of warm hues that impart an al