HUGO
SIMBERG
Wounded Angel, 1903
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Simberg devoted
himself to death in a number of poetical, sometimes
even sarcastic paintings.
In these presentations, death is busily occupied
with many different errands:
Sometimes, he works as the gardener, sometimes he
nags through the tree
of life as in the allegory of autumn, or he stops by
to pick up the child
of the farmer.
His wounded angel transported by two helpful but simple-minded country boys symbolises the contradictoriness of the heavenly ideal and the ignorant reality. The angel cannot cope with it, and this is shown with irony and, still, serenity.
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