Silence of the Evening 1904

Ferdinand Hodler's "Silence of the Evening" (1904) depicts a solitary woman in a white dress standing on a path through a landscape of verdant hills. The woman's posture and the tranquil setting evoke a sense of quiet contemplation, a theme common in Hodler's work. The painting, currently housed in the Kunstmuseum Winterthur in Switzerland, is a notable example of Hodler's Symbolist style, characterized by its emphasis on form and line, and the evocative use of color.