She created a variety of paintings, public works as well as graphics. Having the childhood home full of art and artists who were facing the compromises of daily life had a massive impact on Tove’s philosophy as an artist.Īs a visual artist Jansson was a multi-talent being able to use many different techniques and to follow different style trends. Family members trusted and supported each other in every way. Tove’s family and the home they lived in played a key role in her career. The siblings had many shared projects during their careers as well, the best known works being the Moomin comics Tove and Lars drew and the documentations Per Olov made of Tove. Per Olov was a photographer and Lars made his debut as a writer and later became a Moomin cartoonist. 1926) and like other members in the family both of them became artists. Tove had two little brothers, Per Olov Jansson (b. She also designed all the Finnish postage stamps between 1929-1962. Among other projects she designed banknotes for the Bank of Finland. Tove's mother Signe worked as an illustrator and artist. The model for this sculpture was his daughter Tove. One of his best known public sculptures is Convolvulus (1931) in Kaisaniemi park, Helsinki, Finland. Viktor made his career as a sculptor and the favourite themes of his sculptures were female figures. Viktor and Signe met in Paris while studying and they got married in 1913. Tove's father was Finnish-Swedish Viktor Jansson (born in 1886) and her mother was Swedish Signe Hammarsten-Jansson (born in 1882).

Tove jansson illustrations