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    Tove Jansson’s vibrant life
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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

Tove Jansson painting boats
Båtar i Pellinge ('Boats in Pellinge', unofficial translation). Oil painting by Tove Jansson.

1930's

Self-portrait Tove Jansson
Self-portrait with chair. Oil painting by Tove Jansson.
Paris painting Tove Jansson
Paris. Oil painting by Tove Jansson.
oil painting Tove Jansson
Harbor View. Oil painting by Tove Jansson.
Self-portrait Tove Jansson
Self-portrait (Girl's Head). Oil painting by Tove Jansson.
Tove Jansson painting
Paradise. Oil painting by Tove Jansson.
Maya painting Tove Jansson
Maya. Oil painting by Tove Jansson.
Tove Jansson painting
Seaweed burners. Oil painting by Tove Jansson.
oil painting Tove Jansson
Blue Hyacinth. Oil painting by Tove Jansson.

1940's

Tove Jansson smoking self-portrait
Girl Smoking. Self-portrait by Tove Jansson.
Tove Jansson painting
Park. Oil painting by Tove Jansson
Tove Jansson painting
Glasfabriken i Riihimäki (Glass factory in Riihimäki, unofficial translation). Oil painting by Tove Jansson.
Tove Jansson landscape painting
Landscape. Oil painting by Tove Jansson.
Tove Jansson family painting
Family. Oil painting by Tove Jansson
Painting by Tove Jansson
Skyddsrummet ('Shelter', unofficial translation). Oil painting by Tove Jansson.
Oil painting Tove Jansson
Nachspiel ('After-party', unofficial translation). Oil painting by Tove Jansson.
Tove Jansson self-portrait
Lynx boa. Self-portrait by Tove Jansson.
“I’ve started on a portrait in a lynx boa. I myself look like a cat, with my yellow skin, my cold slanty eyes and my new smooth hair in a bun. And a firework display of flowers. I don’t know yet whether it’s good or bad, I simply paint.”
Oil painting Tove Jansson
Glaspalatset. ('Glass Palace', unofficial translation). Oil painting by Tove Jansson

1950's

Tove Jansson painting
In the heat of the stove. Oil painting by Tove Jansson.
Tove Jansson painting
Balcony. Oil painting by Tove Jansson.
Tove Jansson oil painting
Model. Oil painting by Tove Jansson.
Tove Jansson painting interior
Interior. Oil painting by Tove Jansson.
Tove Jansson oil painting
Interior. Oil painting by Tove Jansson.

1960's

Tove Jansson painting shore
The Shore. Oil painting by Tove Jansson.
Tove Jansson oil painting
Nature morte på blå duk ('Nature mort on blue table cloth' (unofficial translation). Oil painting by Tove Jansson.
Tove Jansson painting
Moonlight. Oil paiting by Tove Jansson
Tove Jansson painting beach
Saari ('Beach', unofficial translation). Oil painting by Tove Jansson.
Tove Jansson painting
Aurinkoiset kalliot ('Sunny Cliffs', unofficial translation). Oil painting by Tove Jansson.
Tove Jansson painting
Weathering. Oil painting by Tove Jansson
Tove Jansson painting
Yöjuna ('Night Train', unofficial translation). Oil painting by Tove Jansson.
oil painting Tove Jansson
Unnamed. Oil painting by Tove Jansson.
Tove Jansson oil painting
Abstract sea. Oil painting by Tove Jansson
Tove Jansson oil painting mountain
Mountain. Oil painting by Tove Jansson

1970's

Tove Jansson oil painting
The graphic artist. Oil painting by Tove Jansson
Tove Jansson Oil painting Fennels
Fennels. Oil painting by Tove Jansson.
Tove Jansson self-portrait
Self-portrait by Tove Jansson.

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