Devotion

Simberg met his future wife, Anni Bremer, when he was her teacher at the Ateneum. They fell in love and were married in 1910. They had two children, Tom (1911) and Uhra Beata (1913). Simberg was an attentive and devoted father. The family lived in several places in Helsinki, including Luotsikatu 4, but they spent their summers at Niemenlautta, where a studio was built for Simberg.

HS Ask 15.26.2

Anni Simberg, née Bremer.

HS Familjeliv 1913 149

The young family boating at Niemenlautta in Säkkijärvi.

The artist liked to portray his family, both with a camera and in his later paintings.

HS Familjeliv 1917 286

Hugo’s and Anni’s children, Tom and Uhra Beata Simberg.

In the Rocking Chair, Anni Bremer, 1908
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Ateneum

In the Rocking Chair, Anni Bremer, 1908

Devotion in our online Art Collections

Letters from the beginning of the relationship of Hugo Simberg and Anni Bremer

Photographs of the Simberg family life, 1910s

Hugo Simberg’s home studio in Luotsikatu, Helsinki

Devotion

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