Why it matters
Black-clad figures resembling the Grim Reaper paradoxically tend a garden, traditionally a symbol of birth and renewal. Simberg deliberately chose a 'child-like naivety' over the usual conventions of Symbolism.
Did you know?
- It was painted in 1896.
- Its Finnish title is Kuoleman puutarha.
- Simberg grew up close to rural life.
Based on the Wikipedia article The Garden of Death (CC BY-SA 4.0).
