Which art work do you like more?
Girl with cats in a summer landscape 1891 by Elin Danielson-Gambogi
Pond Water Crowfoot 1895 by Eero Järnefelt
The Garden of Death 1896 by Hugo Simberg
Voting ended onOct 2, 2025
Left: Girl with cats in a summer landscape 1891 by Elin Danielson-Gambogi
Description: painting showing a young woman sits in a field of white flowers holding one kitten in one hand and reaching toward a second kitten with the other hand, the kitten is looking to her. In the background is a field and further in the background buildings.
No Propaganda has been submitted.
Girl with cats in a summer landscape 1891 by Elin Danielson-Gambogi. Oil on Canvas. The art is 110 x 137 cm. The art was accessed through UPM-Kymmene Cultural Foundation (link here). The art was photographed by Matias Uusikylä.
Middle: Pond Water Crowfoot 1895 by Eero Järnefelt
Description: painting showing water as it ripples softly, wetting the stones of the shore. Crowfoot, a small, white flower, blooms on the surface. Though the water partly reflects the blue sky, the red bottom of the pond can be seen through it, with its rocks and plants.
Propaganda: I have a lot of good memories of swimming in forest lakes, and this painting evokes such a strong sensory memory in me. I can feel the coolness of the water, smell its sweet scent, hear the gentle waves lapping at the shore. The painting might not look like much, mostly brown water with one tiny plant, but I think it perfectly represents the peace and beauty that can be found everywhere if you just pause to look.
Pond Water Crowfoot 1895 by Eero Järnefelt. Oil on canvas. The art is 39 × 28 cm. The art is in the Finnish National Gallery (link here). The art was photographed by Yehia Eweis.
Right: The Garden of Death 1896 by Hugo Simberg
Description: A mostly yellow painting shows three skeletons, clad in black robes, tending to a garden. The skeleton closest to the viewer is watering the plants; the skeleton in the middle of the painting hugs a flower to its chest; the last skeleton is turned away from the viewer.
Propaganda: I love this painting. It's one of my favourite art pieces ever, and I adore it for much the same reason I love the Deaths from Discworld and Sandman. The Garden of Death personifies death not as something scary, but as gentle, peaceful, nurturing.
Propaganda 2: what can the harvest hope for, if not for the care of the reaper man? - Reaper Man, Discworld, by Terry Prattchet.
Propaganda 3: It look so incredible tender and warm, with the golden light that is most of the art (beside the white bones and black robes), I specially love the skeleton holding (hugging!) the blue flower. There is also a fresco version in the Tampere Cathedral, which is a less bright golden color and more muted with more contrast with the green grass in the background.
The Garden of Death 1896 by Hugo Simberg. Watercolor and gouache. The art is 16 cm × 17 cm (6.3 in × 6.7 in). The art is at the Finnish National Gallery (link to the art here). This version was accessed through Wikipedia Commons (link here).
