The Cemetery

In a letter from Paris to Sweden the Christmas of 1877 Carl Fredrik Hill writes about subjects that engage him and he wants to paint. One of them is a cemetery with a man standing in front of a grave. The painting "Cemetery" is characterized by pessimism and a sense of vulnerability and loneliness. The viewer perceives a mood of despair, hopelessness and human transience. Shortly thereafter the artist was taken to hospital after a mental breakdown.