Research Catalog

Title

Tove Jansson / Paul Gravett.

Author

Gravett, Paul

Publication

• London : Thames & Hudson Ltd., 2022.
• ©2022

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Additional Authors

Jansson, Tove

Description

111 pages : illustrations (some color); 25 cm.

Summary

"This book provides fresh insights and a deeper appreciation of the life and art of Tove Jansson (1914-2001), one of the most original, influential and perennially enjoyed illustrators of the 20th century. Jansson's flourishing Moomin books are examined in detail, as are her interpretations of such classics as Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and The Hunting of the Snark, and J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit. Born in Helsinki among the Swedish-speaking Finnish minority, Jansson was brought up with a love for making art and stories in a supportive artistic family. Her first illustrated tales were published when she was fourteen years old. From a year later until 1953, she drew humorous and political cartoons as well as striking front covers for the satirical magazine Garm, responding to the Second World War and its aftermath as she developed from art student to painter and muralist, bohemian and lesbian. This book also explores the emergence of her Moomin world, appearing in her first children's book in 1945 and then in newspaper strips. These would lead to her being headhunted by the London Evening News, the world's biggest-selling evening paper, to write and draw a daily Moomin newspaper cartoon. This body of work is one of her great achievements, expanding her stories, settings and cast and invigorating her drawing and writing. Jansson also wrote many novels, documented here along with personal commentaries from her own writings."--

Series Statement

The illustrators

Uniform Title

Illustrators (Series)

Subject

• Jansson, Tove
• Jansson, Tove > Criticism and interpretation
• 1900-1999
• Finnish literature (Swedish) > Biography
• Women authors, Finnish > 20th century > Biography
• Illustrators > Finland > Biography
• Women illustrators > Finland > Biography
• Illustration of books > Finland > 20th century
• Illustrated children's books > Finland > History > 20th century
• Children's literature, Swedish > Illustrations
• Finnish literature (Swedish)
• Women authors, Finnish
• Illustrators
• Women illustrators
• Illustration of books
• Illustrated children's books
• Children's literature, Swedish
• Criticism and interpretation
• Finland

Genre/Form

• Criticism, interpretation, etc.
• Biographies.
• Illustrated works.
• History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (page 107) and index.

Contents

First lessons -- Early publications -- Student dreams -- A working illustrator -- The Moomins emerge -- Comet in Moominland -- Finn Family Moomintroll -- The daily comic strips -- 'Moomin every day' -- Other opportunities -- Illustrating the classics -- The Moomin boom -- 'Life is not peaceful' -- Final collaborations.

Call Number

JFF 23-351

ISBN

• 9780500094334
• 0500094330

LCCN

2021943196

OCLC

1344293192

Author

Gravett, Paul, author.

Title

Tove Jansson / Paul Gravett.

Publisher

London : Thames & Hudson Ltd., 2022.

Copyright Date

©2022

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

The illustrators

Illustrators (Series)

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (page 107) and index.

Chronological Term

1900-1999

Added Author

Jansson, Tove. Works. Selections.

Research Call Number

JFF 23-351