# @simonberger.art on Instagram

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- **Posted:** 2026-09-01T19:05:50.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Simon Berger (@simonberger.art) — https://gondola.cc/simonberger.art

## Caption

In preparation for my upcoming exhibition at the National Gallery of Bosnia and Herzegovina umjetnickagalerijabih in Sarajevo, I am reflecting on Ferdinand Hodler and Jeanne Charles - his muse, companion and one of the key figures connecting his work to Sarajevo.

Together with her husband, the Bosnian diplomat Mehmed Ćišić, Jeanne Charles brought more than 100 works by Hodler into the Gallery’s collection. Decades later, during the Siege of Sarajevo, these works were protected by former national gallery curator Azra Begić.

For this exhibition, I will reinterpret several works by Ferdinand Hodler, each opening a different point of reflection and interpretation. The work shown here is my reinterpretation of Hodler’s portrait of Jeanne Charles, translated through glass into a new material and contemporary language.

THE PERSISTENCE OF PRESENCE
Simon Berger reinterprets Ferdinand Hodler
📍National Gallery of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevo 
13 September - 10 October 2026

Supported by swissembassysarajevo 

#SimonBerger #SimonBergerArt #GlassArt

The work shown is inspired by this portrait by Ferdinand Hodler

Title: Portrait Study of Jeanne Charles
Date: 1909
Location: Switzerland
Dimensions: 27 x 17.8 cm
Provenance: Donation from the Institute for the Protection and Reconstruction of Cultural Monuments, June 9, 1983. Formerly owned by Besim Korkut, Sarajevo.

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