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Portrait of painter Hugo Simberg´s son Tom (1913)

Finnish painter Hugo Simberg photographed his two year old son Tom in Helsinki´s Southern Harbour in 1913. The original picture - here shown colorized by me - is in the Finnish National Gallery archive.

Tom Simberg (1911-2006) served as a reconnaisance pilot in Finland´s Winter war and the Continuation war against the Red Army. After the war he was managing director for a media company.

Hugo Simberg painted his son in some of his paintings. Here is a link to one:

commons.wikimedia.org/…/File:Simberg,_Iltaa_kohti.j…

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Uploaded on December 15, 2019