Hugo Simberg

(1873–1917) finländsk målare

Hugo Simberg (1873–1917) is listed in the catalogue as a painter, a sculptor, and a printmaker. By year of birth, Hugo Simberg belongs to the chapter ‘The avant-garde’ in this site’s history of art.

Hugo Simberg was born in Hamina and died in Ähtäri. The teachers included Helene Schjerfbeck and Elin Danielson-Gambogi. Hugo Simberg worked in Helsinki, Ruovesi, and Tampere. Wikidata associates Hugo Simberg with Symbolism. The students included Sulho Sipilä and Rudolf Koivu.

The best-known works include ‘The Garden of Death’, ‘The Wonderful Flower’, and ‘The Wounded Angel’. The works belong mainly to the genre Symbolism. The catalogue has 85 works by Hugo Simberg with free images. The dated works span the years 1894–1917. Works by Hugo Simberg are held by several collections, among them Finlands Nationalgalleri, Finnish National Gallery, Nationalmuseum, and Gösta Serlachius konststiftelse. Wikidata links one work to a movement covered in the chapter ‘Post-Impressionism and Symbolism’.

Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Fernand-Louis Gottlob, Károly Kernstok, Vojtěch Preissig, Stanisław Żukowski, and Marinus Adrianus Koekkoek.

• The avant-garde
• Den sårade ängeln
• Dödens trädgård