Editing Hugo Simberg (section)

==Life and career==
[[File:Herran Kukkaro, Hamina.jpg|thumb|The birthplace of Hugo Simberg in the town of Hamina]]
[[File:Photograph of Hugo Simberg working on the Tampere Cathedral frescoes.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Working on the [[Tampere Cathedral]] frescoes, 1904]]
Simberg was born on 24 June 1873, at [[Hamina]] ({{langx|sv|Fredrikshamn}}), Finland, the son of Colonel Nicolai Simberg and Ebba Matilda Simberg (née Widenius).<ref name="didrichsen">{{cite web |last1=Syvälahti |first1=Hanne |title=Hugo Simberg elämäkerta |url=https://www.didrichsenmuseum.fi/nayttelyt/edelliset-nayttelyt/hugo-simberg/elamakerta_simberg/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170206023507/http://www.didrichsenmuseum.fi:80/nayttelyt/edelliset-nayttelyt/hugo-simberg/elamakerta_simberg/ |archive-date=6 Feb 2017 |accessdate=9 May 2020 |website=Didrichsen Museum}}</ref> In 1891, at the age of 18, he enrolled at the Drawing School of the [[Viipuri]] Friends of Art, and he also studied at the Drawing School of the [[Finnish Art Society]] from 1893 to 1895. Then, in 1895, he decided to become the private pupil of [[Akseli Gallen-Kallela]] at his wilderness studio Kalela in [[Ruovesi]]. He studied under Gallen-Kallela for three periods between 1895 and 1897.<ref name="didrichsen"/><ref name="artistregister">{{cite web |title=Hugo Simberg |url=https://kuvataiteilijamatrikkeli.fi/en/taiteilija/hugo-simberg-2 |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190626191004/https://kuvataiteilijamatrikkeli.fi/en/taiteilija/hugo-simberg-2 |archive-date=26 Jun 2019 |accessdate=23 May 2020 |website=Artist Register |publisher=Artists' Association of Finland}}</ref>

In 1896, Simberg went to London, and in 1897 to Paris and Italy. During these years he exhibited several works at the Finnish Artists' autumn exhibitions, including ''Autumn, Frost'', ''The Devil Playing'' and ''Aunt Alexandra'' (1898), which were well received. Critical success led to his being made a member of the Finnish Art Association and to his being appointed to teach at the Drawing School of the Viipuri Friends of Art.<ref name="didrichsen"/>

In 1904, he was commissioned to decorate the interior of St John's church in Tampere (now [[Tampere Cathedral]]), a project which he carried out with [[Magnus Enckell]] between 1904 and 1906. At the turn of the year 1907-08 he made a short visit to the United States.<ref name="didrichsen"/> He also designed the [[UPM-Kymmene]] logo, the Griffon (1899).

From around 1907 to 1913, he taught at the Drawing School of the Finnish Art Association at [[Ateneum]].<ref name="didrichsen"/> In 1910, he married Anni Bremer. They had two children, Tom and Uhra-Beata, the latter of whom became a [[Rya (rug)|rya]] artist.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Priha |first1=Päikki |date=9 October 2006 |title=Simberg-Ehrström, Uhra (1914 - 1979) |url=https://kansallisbiografia.fi/kansallisbiografia/henkilo/8384 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240227024453/https://kansallisbiografia.fi/kansallisbiografia/henkilo/8384 |archive-date=27 Feb 2024 |accessdate=23 May 2020 |website=Kansallisbiografia}}</ref>

He died in [[Ähtäri]] on 12 July 1917.<ref name="didrichsen"/><ref name="leiwo">{{cite news |last1=Leiwo |first1=Hanne |date=11 June 2017 |title=Hugo Simbergin kuolemasta 100 vuotta – muistomerkki paljastettiin kuolinpaikalla Ähtärissä |url=https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-9663309 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230602031237/https://yle.fi/a/3-9663309 |archive-date=2 Jun 2023 |accessdate=23 May 2020 |work=Yle}}</ref> His biographer, Helena Ruuska, suspects that he battled an unknown disease, possibly [[syphilis]], for a long time.<ref name="ruuska">{{cite book |last1=Ruuska |first1=Helena |title=Hugo Simberg: pirut ja enkelit |date=2018 |publisher=Werner Söderström |isbn=9789510421826}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Halonen |first1=Kaisa |date=22 November 2018 |title=Helena Ruuska penkoi Hugo Simbergin elämää kahden ja puolen vuoden ajan, mutta jotkut kysymykset jäivät vastausta vaille |url=https://www.kirkkojakaupunki.fi/-/helena-ruuska-penkoi-hugo-simbergin-elamaa-kahden-ja-puolen-vuoden-ajan-mutta-jotkut-kysymykset-jaivat-vastausta-vaille |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221021145159/https://www.kirkkojakaupunki.fi/-/helena-ruuska-penkoi-hugo-simbergin-elamaa-kahden-ja-puolen-vuoden-ajan-mutta-jotkut-kysymykset-jaivat-vastausta-vaille |archive-date=21 Oct 2022 |accessdate=9 May 2020 |work=Kirkko ja kaupunki}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Varjus |first1=Seppo |date=7 October 2018 |title=Hugo Simbergin enkeli antoi kasvot sisällissodan julmuudelle – vaikka synkkä salaisuus vei maalarin hautaan jo ennen |url=https://www.is.fi/viihde/art-2000005851582.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221021145313/https://www.is.fi/viihde/art-2000005851582.html |archive-date=21 Oct 2022 |accessdate=9 May 2020 |work=Ilta-Sanomat}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Kotiranta |first1=Pirkko |date=24 October 2018 |title=Vaiettu sairaus leimasi piruja ja enkeleitä maalanneen Hugo Simbergin elämää – uusi elämäkerta tuo julki monia puuttuvia palasia |url=https://www.hs.fi/kulttuuri/art-2000005874090.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221021145050/https://www.hs.fi/kulttuuri/art-2000005874090.html |archive-date=21 Oct 2022 |accessdate=23 May 2020 |work=Helsingin Sanomat}}</ref>