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Hugo Simberg

268 works

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Watercolor of nude children lined up before a bespectacled man reading on a wooden platform in a green outdoor setting.

Examination

1897

Watercolor of a man in an orange jacket standing in snow beside a log cabin, outhouse and spruce trees.

Winter

Albert Edelfelt (Ville Vallgrenin veistoksen mukaan)

Watercolor of a nude child seen from behind, standing barefoot in a flower-dotted meadow facing a distant lake.

Black Boy on the Meadow

1897

Watercolor of a woman in a blue dress looking toward the sea with three children in white standing barefoot on sand.

Aurora

1902

Watercolor of a snowy log cabin with a woman in a headscarf standing in its open doorway, surrounded by bare winter trees.

Old Woman at the Sauna Door

Watercolor of four sheep in a row on grass, three white and one dark, against a muted green background.

Sheep in Line

1895

Two winged angels with folded hands rest on a brown ledge under a starry blue night sky, one looking toward the other.

Devotion

1895

Woman with a wooden bucket faces a grey horned devil with two small devils on its back beside a log wall.

The Farmer's Wife and the Poor Devil

1899

Woman in white robe sitting on a lion in a forest, with a bear nearby and an orange sky behind the trees.

The Fairy-Tale I

1895

Dark shadowy night figure holding a glowing heart lantern on a path, with pine trees and stars under a night sky.

Yökulkija

Watercolor of a yawning barefoot boy with a milk pail beside a brown cow, with a fence and lake behind.

Morning Milking

1895

Painting of a pale-gowned young woman seated on a shaggy beast, with blue statue-like figures and dark striped trees behind.

The Fairytale II

1896

Silhouetted woman doing laundry by a lake at sunset, with a washboard and bucket, under an orange sky.

Doing the Laundry

1895

Painting of a sandy shore with wooden sheds, a red house, a rocky hill, children by the water and a rowboat.

Shore View from Koivisto

1907

Dusk lake scene with silhouetted rocks, a wooden structure, trees, and an orange horizon reflected in calm water.

Ilta

Oil portrait of an elderly woman in round spectacles, dark dress and white ruffled collar against a grey background.

Churchgoer ; Old Woman

Painting of a man in brown clothes standing by a doorway while a skeletal figure in a black cloak walks away across a meadow.

Allowed or Death and the Peasant

1896

Small painted illustration of a speckled hen with a red comb standing in a dark nest box with green leaves, on orange ground.

Auringon noustessa

Painting of a bonfire with tall orange flames before dark trees, with three figures in light dresses watching from the left.

Bonfires

Painting of a man leading a horse and cart across a sandy yard, with a woman and two children and seaside houses behind.

Piru muuttaa

Poppy

1896

Elderly bearded man with a cane and a small child at the shore, under a pink and blue evening sky over calm water.

Towards the Evening

1913

Figures dancing and gathering on a wooden pier over calm water at dusk, with small boats on the sea.

Dance at the bridge

1903

Etching of summer waves rolling toward a wooded shoreline with scattered rocks under a pale sky.

Kesän aaltoja

1898

Pencil and wash sketch of a dove within a jagged sun halo and circular window grid, a study for stained glass.

Pyhän hengen kyyhkynen, luonnos Tampereen tuomiokirkon etelälehterin lasimaalaukseen

Pencil sketch of two horseback riders inside pointed arched frames, studies for stained glass on a peach-toned sheet.

Ratsastajat, kaksi lasimaalausluonnosta Tampereen tuomiokirkoa varten

Monochrome print of a body on a bier beneath a bare tree, with garlanded mourners and a procession of figures across a field.

Piru on kuollut

1907

Pencil sketch of a lioness bending over a lifeless cub inside an arched niche, with two small emblem panels on either side.

Naarasleijona yrittää henkäisyllään elvyttää kuolleen pentunsa. Toteuttamaton luonnos Tampereen tuomiokirkon lasimaal…

Pencil sketches of boys carrying trailing vines, with a seated figure and rough architectural lines on pale paper.

Köynnöstä kantavia poikia, karkeita rytmittelyluonnoksia Tampereen tuomiokirkon lehterimaalauksia varten

Etching of a man drawing at a table while a skeleton Death with a scythe sits beside him in a dim room.

Death Asks for an Image on His Scythe

1897

Etching of two old women in headscarves seated facing each other on the ground in a forest of thin trees.

Old Women in the Forest

1908