Today on Finnish facts, I want to tell you guys something about the Moomins, since I've been drawing them a bunch:
This is artist Tove Jansson (9.8.1914 - 27.6.2001), the woman behind our beloved Moomin characters.
She was a Finnish-Swedish author, painter and a cartoonist, best known for her Moomin characters.
She is one of the most well known and loved artists in Finland.
Tove was a rebel, a woman who liked to break expectations and stereotypes.
She never married, but found the love of her life in fellow artist Tuulikki Pietilä, who was one of the most influential women in Finnish art of woodcarving graphics.
Tove and Tuulikki became the first LGBTQ+ couple to ever attend the independence day president's ball, and they travelled the world together.
Here they are, shaking hands with the President and his wife.
Tove and Tuulikki lived together until Tove's death in 2001. Tuulikki died in 2009, aged 92.
Many things in the Moominvalley reflect Tove's life:
Tiuhti and Viuhti are based on Tove and her first girlfriend Vivica Blandner, and the big King ruby they carry with them is a reflection of their love. A light so bright, you can see it up to space.
"Tuntui kuin he kiven liekeissä olisivat nähneet kaiken kauneimman, rohkeimman ja hienoimman mitä he halusivat ajatella ja kokea kerran uudelleen." (Taikurin hattu, 1948)
"In the flames of the stone, they felt like they could see the most beautiful, bravest and finest they wanted to imagine and experience once more." from the book Finn Family Moomintroll (1948)
Mörkö (The Groke), that follows them, is the coldness of the world that wants to take the ruby away and freeze them over.
Tuulikki inspired the Moomin character Tuutikki.
The Moomins are and will always be a story of love and acceptance.
We need to remember Tove and Tuulikki and their love. And to remember them as artists.
Here are some of their works:
Tove Jansson:
Tuulikki Pietilä
Sources:
Anteeksipyytelemätön Tove Jansson | Amnesty (only in Finnish)
Tove Jansson - Wikipedia
Tuulikki Pietilä - Wikipedia
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The 2022 "Moomin" stamps will be issued by the Finnish Post Office starting today, Wednesday, September 7.
The theme is "The ABC's of the Moomins," and the reading-loving friends of the Moomin Valley will be having various adventures in the books on the bookshelf. Pikku Myy, Nuuskamuikkunen, Hattivatti, Mymmeli, and Tuutikki will also appear on the stamps.
2022年の「ムーミン」切手が、本日9月7日(水)からフィンランドの郵便局より発行されます。 テーマは「ムーミンのABC」で、読書が大好きなムーミン谷の仲間たちが本棚の本の中でさまざまな冒険を繰り広げます。ミイ、スナフキン、ニョロニョロ、ミムラねえさん、トゥーティッキたちも切手に登場します。
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Hello-hello! I really wanted to say that your work is just wonderful, and you draw beautifully!
i luve iiiit :"3)))
However, if you've seen Eliza from the 72-Mumins... What would the characters from this series look like in your drawing? (especially Tuutikki! Tootitroll's ship - is beautiful, I love them)
thank you! here, i hope this is eliza? i hope i remembered correctly lmao and calling it tootitroll is the funniest thing ive heard all morning it brings me so much joy
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Voita Arabian Tuutikki-muumimuki Arvonta päättyy 27.11.2023
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