THE GRAMMONT PAINTED BY FERDINAND HODLER

 FERDINAND HODLER (1853-1918) 

The Grammont (2, 172 m - 7,126 ft) 

Switzerland (Valais) 

1. In The Grammont 1905 in the dark, oil on canvas, Private collection

2. In  The Grammont 1906, oil on canvas, Private collection 

3. In The Grammont in the morning sun, 1917, oil on canvas, Private Collection 

4.  In The Grammont after the rain,1917, oil on canvas, Private Collection

The mountain 

The Grammont (2, 172 m- 7,126 ft)   is a mountain located in the Valais Chablais, in the Canton of Valais, Savoy Alps, Switzerland.  Its northern flank falls steeply to the French-Swiss border towns of Saint-Gingolph on the shores of Lake Geneva. To the south-east lies Lac de Tanay, a lake located in  the municipality of Vouvry.

In 1906, a concession was filed at Federal Authorities for the construction of a cogwheel railway from the Swiss Saint-Gingolph to the Grammont. Stations were provided on the slopes of Vignoles, in Fritaz and at 2,080 meters (6,824ft) at the top of the Grammont. An extension to the neighboring Cornettes de Bise was conceived. The deadline for submission of technical and financial documents was last extended in 1913. Because of the World War I, the train was never built.
During the Second World War, on July 13, 1943, an aircraft of the British Royal Air Force crashed on the northeast slope above Le Bouveret at an altitude of 900 meters on the slopes of the Grammont. Seven people were killed.  The Swiss army announced that their air defense had fired the aircraft. The dead were buried in the English cemetery in Vevey.
The mountain has inspired the swiss painter Ferdinand Hodler quite a number of times. He painted the summit at every hour of the days and in every season...

The painter
Ferdinand Hodler was one of the best-known Swiss painters of the 19th century. His early works were portraits, landscapes, and genre paintings in a realistic style. Later, he adopted a personal form of symbolism he called Parallelism.
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