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Ferdinand Hodler
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Hodler, self-portrait, oil on panel, 1891; in the Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, Geneva
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Born March 14, 1853 • Bern • Switzerland
Died May 20, 1918 (aged 65) • Geneva • Switzerland

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Hodler, self-portrait, oil on panel, 1891; in the Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, Geneva
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Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres: Self-portrait
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Thomas Eakins, detail of a self-portrait, oil on canvas, 1902; in the National Academy of Design, New York.
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