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Hugo Simberg

268 works

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Watercolor night scene of an orange moon rising behind spruce trees, with its reflection on a dark lake.

The Moon is Rising

Painting of a sleeping bearded man in a white shroud, a furred creature at his head, and a crowd of red-hooded figures behind

King Hobgoblin Sleeping

1896

Watercolor of a stern man in a red jacket beside a skeleton in a black cloak crossing a flowered meadow.

Death and the Peasant

1895

Dark silhouetted island and pine against golden light on a lake under a pale yellow evening sky, with hills beyond.

Spring Evening, Ice Break

1897

Painting of a rushing mountain stream and waterfall through a rocky gorge with pine trees on steep brown cliffs.

Mountain Stream in Caucasia

1899

Watercolor of a skeletal Death listening to a barefoot boy play violin in a wooden room, a woman asleep in bed behind.

Death Listens

1897

Painting of a seated woman with bobbed hair in a rocking chair before a red curtain with gold foliage patterns.

In the Rocking Chair, Anni Bremer

1908

Painting of a nude boy seen from behind carrying a thorny branch with red berries across a grey landscape.

Boy Carrying the Garland of Life

1905

Hugo Simberg's 1892 painting of a long-haired man with a staff beside a wooden crate, with birch trees and a flat horizon.

The Mystery of the Carpenter

1892

Hooded white-robed figure standing in a rowboat of books on a winding river between bare trees.

On the River of Life ; The Stream of Life

1896

Painting of a dark-haired woman with closed eyes behind a red table, with a gold figure and skull, on green, in a gilded fram

Fantasy

1896

Dusk scene with a row of staring owls in the foreground, swirling blue mist, and two figures running up a green hill.

Vision

1895

Dark silhouetted trees and a lone pine on a lake with yellow ice floes under a pale evening sky and hills.

Spring Evening During the Break-Up of the Ice

1897

Watercolor of an old bearded man wrestling a sea creature from a boat, with a nude figure looking up at right.

Väinämöinen and Ikiturso

1897

Oil portrait of a woman with upswept hair, hand on cheek, wearing a striped blouse, seated before a yellow wall.

Marie von Heiroth

1904

Sketch of two children lying head to head on a white pillow, painted in pink and tan tones on brown paper.

Kaksoset

1896

Painting of a farmyard in spring with a man leading two children past a barn, a cow, and two women working.

Spring Feeling; A Spring Atmosphere

1895

The Artist Fahle Basilier

1904

Painting of a bald sculptor in a white smock modeling a clay figure in a studio, with a woman leaning over the work.

Portrait of Viktor Malmberg

1917

Hulluus

1895

Hooded white-robed figure stands in a rowboat of books on a winding river between bare trees under a pale sky.

The Stream of Life; On the River of Life

1896

Pastel portrait of a young man with brown hair and a dark jacket, gazing directly at the viewer.

Poika

1905

Oil self-portrait of a bald, bearded man in a red jacket holding a paintbrush against an orange background.

Self-Portrait

1914

Seated nude man with arms around his knees beside a slender tree with green leaves, against a dark brown hill.

Fantasia

Watercolor of a crucified figure at the left of a schoolroom, where a teacher wipes his eyes and children weep at their desks

For Thy Sake ; For Your Sake

Watercolor of a rowboat with three figures approaching a dark sailboat with a red sail on calm sea.

Travel Companions

1901

Oil painting of a snowy rocky hill with dark spruce trees under a grey-lavender winter sky.

Winter Landskap

Painting of a sandy shore with white boulders, dark water, and a dense pine forest under a cloudy sky.

The Beach, Niemenlautta

Man with a Red Moustache

1903

Watercolor of pale wind-blown figures crossing a dark field below a yellow-green hill and cloudy sky, with a red border.

The Wind Blows

1897

Watercolor of two nude horned figures with tails walking a sunlit path, one carrying a red shrub, the other holding flowers.

Flowers for Her

1901

Watercolor of a log fishing hut on a lake shore with wicker fencing, a bare tree, reeds, and rune-like marks on the water.

Nuottakota

1895