The Wounded Angel

I wonder what story was in the artist's mind? The Wounded Angel (Finnish: Haavoittunut enkeli) (1903) is a painting by Finnish symbolist painter Hugo Simberg. It is one of the most recognizable of Simberg's works, and was voted Finland's "national painting" in a vote held by the Ateneum art museum in 2006.


I love the look on the boys' faces and the way the painting suggests stories in one's own mind to fill in the questions.