The Stories of Finnish art - emotions, history, beauty
The Wounded Angel by Hugo Simberg. Ateneum Art Museum The Wounded Angel is one of the most famous and at the same time one of the most touching piece of art by the Finnish artist Hugo Simberg . Two young boys are carrying a wounded angel girl on a stretcher . The painting was painted in 1903. The artist had been ill and was recovering from his illness. He didn't expalin the painting, he only wanted that the work would raise emotions of the viewers. Out into the World by Maria Wiik. The painting is one of the treasures of National Gallery in the exhibition The Stories of Finnish Art. In the Ateneum Art Museum in Helsinki was opened last spring the new collection of Finnish Art from 1809 to the 1970s. There are about 350 pieces of a high level art. Now The National Gallery has opened up the rights to works that are no longer under copyright protection. In Europe works of art copyright is valid for 70 years after the artist's death . 48 pictures have been open...