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"The essential characteristic of Symbolist art is never to fix an idea conceptually or to express it directly". These words of the French poet Jean Moréas from the "Symbolist Manifesto" of 1886 characterize the relationship Hugo Gerhard Simberg had with his works - especially with his most famous painting "The Wounded Angel". It shows an angel with wounded wings, seated on a wooden stretcher, being carried by two boys along a path through the Finnish landscape. The landscape depiction was inspired by Töölönlathi Bay in Helsinki. Simberg fell ill with meningitis in 1902 and spent months in a deaconess hospital there. During this time he often walked along its shores. He struggled with all his might to recover so that he could complete his painting. When it was first exhibited in 1903, he received many questions about it: What happened to the angel? Why is he injured? Where are the boys taking him? Did they hurt the angel? What does the painting mean? Simberg did not answer these questions.
In Simberg's view, looking at paintings is not about reflection and searching for meaning. It is unnecessary to know what the artist might have been thinking while painting or what might have happened before a depicted scene. Painting serves to trigger feelings. It does not matter whether the painting is artistically perceived as good, bad, beautiful or ugly. Only the sensation is important - whether it is sad, happy or of a different nature. Therefore, a painting cannot be interpreted correctly or incorrectly. Each person views a painting in a personal way. In 2006, Finns voted "The Wounded Angel" as the most popular painting in their country. The Ateneum Museum in the Finnish National Gallery initiated the nationwide public vote. Participants were able to give reasons for their choice. The majority opinion was that the "Wounded Angel" is a beautiful painting that is always thought-provoking. More than 100 years after its creation, new interpretations were put forward. Perhaps it is a symbol of the Finnish struggle for independence, the vulnerability of Töölölanthi Bay or nature in general? Simberg himself, in accordance with his convictions, had not even given the painting a title. For the first exhibition catalog he gave the name "Wounded Angels" only in the sense of a suggestion or description.
Stylistically, Simberg was already assigned to Symbolism during his lifetime. Many of his motifs depict scenes with allegorical figures such as death, frost or the devil. The Finns originally found it difficult to accept Simberg's form of expression. Together with fellow painter Magnus Enkell, he was commissioned in 1904 to decorate the interior of St. John's Church in Tampere. For this, Simberg transferred "The Wounded Angel" and his watercolor "The Garden of Death" into large format. For the wall fresco "Bearers of the Vines" he designed the twelve disciples of Jesus as naked boys carrying garlands of foliage. Under the ceiling dome he placed a snake surrounded by angel wings with a plant germ in its open mouth. Churchgoers reacted with shock at the consecration in 1907. Today, Tampere Cathedral is considered a total work of art and one of the highlights of Finnish artistic creation.
"The essential characteristic of Symbolist art is never to fix an idea conceptually or to express it directly". These words of the French poet Jean Moréas from the "Symbolist Manifesto" of 1886 characterize the relationship Hugo Gerhard Simberg had with his works - especially with his most famous painting "The Wounded Angel". It shows an angel with wounded wings, seated on a wooden stretcher, being carried by two boys along a path through the Finnish landscape. The landscape depiction was inspired by Töölönlathi Bay in Helsinki. Simberg fell ill with meningitis in 1902 and spent months in a deaconess hospital there. During this time he often walked along its shores. He struggled with all his might to recover so that he could complete his painting. When it was first exhibited in 1903, he received many questions about it: What happened to the angel? Why is he injured? Where are the boys taking him? Did they hurt the angel? What does the painting mean? Simberg did not answer these questions.
In Simberg's view, looking at paintings is not about reflection and searching for meaning. It is unnecessary to know what the artist might have been thinking while painting or what might have happened before a depicted scene. Painting serves to trigger feelings. It does not matter whether the painting is artistically perceived as good, bad, beautiful or ugly. Only the sensation is important - whether it is sad, happy or of a different nature. Therefore, a painting cannot be interpreted correctly or incorrectly. Each person views a painting in a personal way. In 2006, Finns voted "The Wounded Angel" as the most popular painting in their country. The Ateneum Museum in the Finnish National Gallery initiated the nationwide public vote. Participants were able to give reasons for their choice. The majority opinion was that the "Wounded Angel" is a beautiful painting that is always thought-provoking. More than 100 years after its creation, new interpretations were put forward. Perhaps it is a symbol of the Finnish struggle for independence, the vulnerability of Töölölanthi Bay or nature in general? Simberg himself, in accordance with his convictions, had not even given the painting a title. For the first exhibition catalog he gave the name "Wounded Angels" only in the sense of a suggestion or description.
Stylistically, Simberg was already assigned to Symbolism during his lifetime. Many of his motifs depict scenes with allegorical figures such as death, frost or the devil. The Finns originally found it difficult to accept Simberg's form of expression. Together with fellow painter Magnus Enkell, he was commissioned in 1904 to decorate the interior of St. John's Church in Tampere. For this, Simberg transferred "The Wounded Angel" and his watercolor "The Garden of Death" into large format. For the wall fresco "Bearers of the Vines" he designed the twelve disciples of Jesus as naked boys carrying garlands of foliage. Under the ceiling dome he placed a snake surrounded by angel wings with a plant germ in its open mouth. Churchgoers reacted with shock at the consecration in 1907. Today, Tampere Cathedral is considered a total work of art and one of the highlights of Finnish artistic creation.
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.jpg "The Garden of Death by Hugo Simberg")
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.jpg "The Garden of Death by Hugo Simberg")
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.jpg "Self-Portrait by Hugo Simberg")
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.jpg "The Bathhouse - Sauna - is Heated. Description According to Sources by Hugo Simberg")
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.jpg "Dance of Death, 1899 by Hugo Simberg")
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.jpg "Towards the Evening by Hugo Simberg")
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.jpg "Farmer and Death at the Gates of Heaven and Hell by Hugo Simberg")
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.jpg "The Wonderful Flower by Hugo Simberg")
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.jpg "Folk Song Kansanlaulu, 1894 by Hugo Simberg")
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.jpg "King Hobgoblin Sleeping by Hugo Simberg")
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.jpg "Death and the Peasant, 1896 by Hugo Simberg")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1011032).jpg "Dance of Death by Hugo Simberg")
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.jpg "Death and the Farmer by Hugo Simberg")
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.jpg "Frost by Hugo Simberg")
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.jpg "Towards the Evening by Hugo Simberg")
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.jpg "Frost by Hugo Simberg")
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.jpg "The Garden of Death by Hugo Simberg")
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.jpg "The Artist")
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.jpg "Self-Portrait by Hugo Simberg")
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.jpg "King Hobgoblin Sleeping by Hugo Simberg")
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.jpg "Christmas Night by Hugo Simberg")
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.jpg "Boy Carrying Garland from the Frieze in the St. John")
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.jpg "Dance on the Landing Bridge by Hugo Simberg")
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.jpg "Boy Akseli. Description According to Sources by Hugo Simberg")
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.jpg "Likely the Sculpture Hall of Kymintehdas Elementary School by Hugo Simberg")
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-maalaukselle_-_(MeisterDrucke-1619918).jpg "Guido Simberg as Model for the Painting")
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.jpg "Death and the Potato Peeler by Hugo Simberg")
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.jpg "Working-Class Children Outside the White Villa by Hugo Simberg")
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.jpg "Woman in the Yard of the White Villa by Hugo Simberg")
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.jpg "Excursion to Kattilansaari by Hugo Simberg")
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.jpg "Seascape from Selkäranta, Mensin Island in the Distance by Hugo Simberg")
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.jpg "Broom Granny by Hugo Simberg")
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.jpg "Lilli and Laine Simberg in the Park by Hugo Simberg")
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.jpg "Elma Simberg and Other Relatives on the Porch of the Yellow Villa by Hugo Simberg")
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.jpg "Group Photo on the Steps of the White Villa by Hugo Simberg")
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.jpg "Elli and Ellen von Schoultz in Their Home in Vyborg by Hugo Simberg")
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.jpg "Tom Simberg on Niementie by Hugo Simberg")
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.jpg "Children Floating a Toy Ship at Niemenlautta by Hugo Simberg")
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.jpg "The Devil Blowing by Hugo Simberg")
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.jpg "Paul and Hugo Simberg and Einar Relander in Niemenlautta Park by Hugo Simberg")
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.jpg "Tom Simberg in the Yard of Selkäranta Studio by Hugo Simberg")
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.jpg "Alice Avellan by Hugo Simberg")
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.jpg "Timber on the Shore, Probably from Helsinki by Hugo Simberg")
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.jpg "Blenda and Elsa Simberg Skiing, Balu Also on the Ski Trip by Hugo Simberg")
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.jpg "Hugo Simberg Sitting on a Rock, Essaari and Suonionsaari in the Background by Hugo Simberg")
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.jpg "Anni and Tom Simberg in the Studio Home on Luotsikatu by Hugo Simberg")
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.jpg "Niemenlautta Strait by Hugo Simberg")
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.jpg "Hugo Simberg with Siblings on a Stone Wall by Hugo Simberg")
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.jpg "Children in Costume on the Porch of the Andersin Villa, Gadd")
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.jpg "Hugo Simberg on the Tar Pit Cliffs by Hugo Simberg")
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.jpg "Shepherd Girl, Hilma Ylä-Outinen and Bunka by Hugo Simberg")
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.jpg "Local Children on the Shore of Niemenlauta by Hugo Simberg")
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.jpg "Tom and Anni Simberg in the Studio Home on Luotsikatu by Hugo Simberg")
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.jpg "Tom and Niclas Simberg Eating Berries at Niemenlautta by Hugo Simberg")
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.jpg "Waiting for the Steamship by Hugo Simberg")
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.jpg "Steam Locomotive at Tampere Railway Yard by Hugo Simberg")
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.jpg "Anni Simberg in the Selkäranta Studio by Hugo Simberg")
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.jpg "Balu on the Steps of the Pink Villa by Hugo Simberg")
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.jpg "Wolter, Blenda and Einar Simberg in the Yard of the Yellow Villa, Elma Simberg on the Porch by Hugo Simberg")
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.jpg "Local and Niemenlautta Manor Children by Hugo Simberg")
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.jpg "Group Photo on the Steps of the White Villa by Hugo Simberg")
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.jpg "Probably Gadd Family")
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.jpg "The Artist")
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.jpg "Lilli and Elsa Simberg at the Gate on Niskapohja Road by Hugo Simberg")
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.jpg "Erna and Guido Simberg and Sarto on the Porch of the Pink Villa by Hugo Simberg")
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.jpg "Alice Avellan by Hugo Simberg")
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.jpg "Torkel at the Steamship Pier by Hugo Simberg")
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.jpg "Arne Homén and Guido Simberg Skiing on Ice by Hugo Simberg")
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.jpg "Children Playing on the Beach by Hugo Simberg")
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.jpg "Hugo Simberg at the Steamship Pier by Hugo Simberg")
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.jpg "Sarto in Niclas Simberg")
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.jpg "Johannes Andersin and Magnus Adrian Gadd at the Midsummer Bonfire by Hugo Simberg")
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.jpg "Models for the Painting")
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.jpg "Arne Homén and Guido Simberg with Skis by Hugo Simberg")
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.jpg "Hugo and Julius Simberg on the Veranda at Niemenlautta by Hugo Simberg")
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.jpg "Hugo Simberg")
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.jpg "Passengers at the Steamship Pier in Niemenlautta by Hugo Simberg")
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.jpg "Strait of Niemenlautta Viewed from the Porch of the Yellow Villa by Hugo Simberg")
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.jpg "Else von Harten at the Well by Hugo Simberg")
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.jpg "Paintings by Hugo Simberg and Magnus Enckell Featured in an Exhibition at the House of Nobility in Helsinki by Hugo Simberg")
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.jpg "Girl and Child as Models in Selkäranta Studio by Hugo Simberg")
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.jpg "Elma and Elsa Simberg in Costume by Hugo Simberg")
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.jpg "Anni Simberg in Selkäranta Studio by Hugo Simberg")
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.jpg "Man on the Caucasus Mountain Road by Hugo Simberg")
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.jpg "At the Gate of Tuonela by Hugo Simberg")
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.jpg "Servants on the Porch of Niemenlauta Villa by Hugo Simberg")
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.jpg "Steam Locomotive at Tampere Railway Yard by Hugo Simberg")
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.jpg "Anni and Uhra Simberg in the Studio Home on Siltasaarenkatu by Hugo Simberg")
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.jpg "Group Photo on the Rocks of Selkäranta by Hugo Simberg")
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.jpg "Leo Andersin and Sarto as Models in the Selkäranta Studio by Hugo Simberg")
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.jpg "Children in Costume at the Andersin Villa by Hugo Simberg")
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.jpg "Art Association Lottery Prizes at Viipuri Town Hall by Hugo Simberg")
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.jpg "Pier at Niemenlautta by Hugo Simberg")
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.jpg "Poppy by Hugo Simberg")
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.jpg "Tom Simberg in the Studio Home on Luotsikatu by Hugo Simberg")
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.jpg "Tom and Uhra Simberg in the Studio Home on Siltasaarenkatu by Hugo Simberg")
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.jpg "Guido and Blenda Simberg and Sarto in the Forest of Niemenlautta by Hugo Simberg")
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.jpg "Art Association Lottery Prizes at Viipuri Town Hall by Hugo Simberg")
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.jpg "Angel Appears to the Shepherds by Hugo Simberg")
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