Paintings
Already early on Tove Jansson knew she wanted to be an artist. Her painting career gained speed after her first solo exhibition in the middle of the war in 1943. Her early paintings were detailed and for a long time, she stuck to naturalism. During the ’50s, her style changed as she strived for a more simplified expression. Her works from the ’60s are often large and abstract. Tove Jansson concluded her painting career with the laid-back and powerful paintings ‘The Graphic artist’ (Grafikern) and ‘Self-portrait’ (’Självporträtt’).
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1920's
Båtar i Pellinge ('Boats in Pellinge', unofficial translation). Oil painting by Tove Jansson. 1930's
Self-portrait with chair. Oil painting by Tove Jansson. 
Paris. Oil painting by Tove Jansson. 
Harbor View. Oil painting by Tove Jansson. 
Self-portrait (Girl's Head). Oil painting by Tove Jansson. 
Paradise. Oil painting by Tove Jansson. 
Maya. Oil painting by Tove Jansson. 
Seaweed burners. Oil painting by Tove Jansson. 
Blue Hyacinth. Oil painting by Tove Jansson. 1940's
Girl Smoking. Self-portrait by Tove Jansson. 
Park. Oil painting by Tove Jansson 
Glasfabriken i Riihimäki (Glass factory in Riihimäki, unofficial translation). Oil painting by Tove Jansson. 
Landscape. Oil painting by Tove Jansson. 
Family. Oil painting by Tove Jansson. 
Skyddsrummet ('Shelter', unofficial translation). Oil painting by Tove Jansson. 
Nachspiel ('After-party', unofficial translation). Oil painting by Tove Jansson. 
Lynx boa. Self-portrait by Tove Jansson. 
Glaspalatset. ('Glass Palace', unofficial translation). Oil painting by Tove Jansson. 1950's
In the heat of the stove. Oil painting by Tove Jansson. 
Balcony. Oil painting by Tove Jansson. 
Model. Oil painting by Tove Jansson. 
Interior. Oil painting by Tove Jansson. 
Interior. Oil painting by Tove Jansson. 1960's
The Shore. Oil painting by Tove Jansson. 
Nature morte på blå duk ('Nature mort on blue table cloth' (unofficial translation). Oil painting by Tove Jansson. 
Moonlight. Oil painting by Tove Jansson. 
Saari ('Beach', unofficial translation). Oil painting by Tove Jansson. 
Aurinkoiset kalliot ('Sunny Cliffs', unofficial translation). Oil painting by Tove Jansson. 
Weathering. Oil painting by Tove Jansson. 
Yöjuna ('Night Train', unofficial translation). Oil painting by Tove Jansson. 
Unnamed. Oil painting by Tove Jansson. 
Abstract sea. Oil painting by Tove Jansson 
Mountain. Oil painting by Tove Jansson 1970's
The graphic artist. Oil painting by Tove Jansson. 
Fennels. Oil painting by Tove Jansson. 
Self-portrait by Tove Jansson. Oil painting. All paintings © Tove Jansson
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