Tove Jansson
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Tove Marika Jansson was a Finland-Swedish author, novelist and comic strip author, painter and illustrator. Brought up by artistic parents, her mother an illustrator and postage stamp designer, her fa
c. 1970
Jansson in 1923
Jansson in 1956 with Moomintroll dolls made by Atelier Fauni
Cover of Garm magazine, October 1944, lampooning Adolf Hitler as "self-important and comic"
Tuulikki Pietilä
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Ida Helmi Tuulikki Pietilä was a Finnish graphic artist and professor. Pietilä is considered one of Finland's most influential graphic artists, with her work being shown in multiple art exhibitions. S
Tove Jansson
…members of the author's family and close friends, and Jansson spoke in interviews about the backgrounds of, and possible models for, her characters. Tuulikki Pietilä, Jansson's partner, inspired the character Too-Ticky in Moominland Midwinter, while Moomintroll and Little My have been seen as psychological self-portraits…
Pietilä in 1964