Hugo Simberg (1873 – 1917)

1896

Watercolor and gouache

16 cm × 17 cm (6.3 in × 6.7 in)

Ateneum, Helsinki

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    The juxtaposition of death and life is really striking. For me especially the figure facing the viewer, how it’s tenderly clutching the flowers to it’s chest. The artist wrote that this painting represents, “the place where the dead end up before going to Heaven.” There’s a lot going on, on a lot of levels