The Garden of Death | |
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Artist | Hugo Simberg |
Year | 1896 |
Type | Watercolor and gouache |
Dimensions | 16 cm × 17 cm (6.3 in × 6.7 in) |
Location | Ateneum, Helsinki |
The Garden of Death (Finnish: Kuoleman puutarha; 1896) is a painting by Finnish symbolist painter Hugo Simberg. Like many of Simberg's paintings, it depicts a gloomy, otherworldly scene. The central figures are reminiscent of the classic black-clad Grim Reaper, but paradoxically are tending to gardens; traditionally symbols of birth or renewal.