Artist · Finland
“Vera Haij”
Tove Jansson.
Finland, 1914 to 2001
Tove Marika Jansson (9 August 1914 to 27 June 2001) 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 father a sculptor, Jansson studied art from 1930 to 1938 in Helsinki, Stockholm, and Paris. She held her first solo art exhibition in 1943.
Biodata
- Born
- 1914, Helsinki
- Died
- 2001, Helsinki
- Citizenship
- Finland, Grand Duchy of Finland
- Work
- cartoonist, comics writer, writer, author
- Also known as
- Vera Haij
Tove Jansson, in numbers
Sketchbook
