Author · Finland
Tove Jansson
Died in 2001
Tove Jansson was born in Helsinki on 9 August 1914, the eldest child of the sculptor Viktor Jansson and the Swedish illustrator Signe Hammarsten, who designed Finnish stamps from 1929 to 1962. She studied art from 1930 to 1938 in Helsinki, Stockholm and Paris, drew from 1935 for the satirical magazine Garm, exhibited her paintings from 1943 and painted murals for public buildings. She shared her life with the artist Tuulikki Pietilä. Awarded the Hans Christian Andersen Medal in 1966, she died in Helsinki on 27 June 2001.
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- NovelFinn Family MoomintrollTrollkarlens hattTove Jansson · 1948Literature