The Greatest Finnish Artists & Painters

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Tove Jansson

(Finnish Penwoman and the Author of the Children’s Book Series 'Moomin')

Birthdate: August 9, 1914

Sun Sign: Leo

Birthplace: Helsinki, Finland

Died: June 27, 2001

Finnish author Tove Jansson was the woman behind the phenomenally successful children’s books and comics on the fictional white hippo-like creatures she called Moomins. While the Moomins books have been translated into more than 50 languages, Jansson’s literary works also include several other novels and short stories.

Tom of Finland

(Finnish Painter, Best Known for His Depiction of Gay Sexuality through His Works)

Birthdate: May 8, 1920

Sun Sign: Taurus

Birthplace: Kaarina

Died: November 7, 1991

Akseli Gallen-Kallela

(Finnish Painter, Remembered for His Landscapes and Illustrations on the Epic Poetry 'Kalevala')

Birthdate: April 26, 1865

Sun Sign: Taurus

Birthplace: Pori, Finland

Died: March 7, 1931

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Tuulikki Pietila

(One of the Most Influential People in Finnish Graphic Arts Known for Her Moomin Art)

Birthdate: February 18, 1917

Sun Sign: Aquarius

Birthplace: Seattle, Washington, United States

Died: February 23, 2009

Mauno Manninen

(Finnish Painter, Poet, and Theatre Director)

Birthdate: June 26, 1915

Sun Sign: Cancer

Birthplace: Helsinki, Finland

Died: September 14, 1969

Mauno Manninen was a Finnish painter, poet, and theatre director. He is best remembered for founding Intimiteatteri, one of Helsinki's most important theatres from 1949 to 1987. Mauno Manninen is also known as the son of the famous poet Otto Manninen.

Albert Edelfelt

(One of the Founders of the Realist Art Movement in Finland Who Achieved International Fame)

Birthdate: July 21, 1854

Sun Sign: Cancer

Birthplace: Porvoo, Finland

Died: August 18, 1905

Helene Schjerfbeck

(Finnish Modernist Painter Best Known for Her Self-Portraits and Realist Arts)

Birthdate: July 10, 1862

Sun Sign: Cancer

Birthplace: Helsinki, Grand Duchy of Finland

Died: January 23, 1946

Hugo Simberg

(Finnish Symbolist Painter Known for Paintings like ‘The Wounded Angel’ and ‘The Garden of Death’)

Birthdate: June 24, 1873

Sun Sign: Cancer

Birthplace: Hamina, Grand Duchy of Finland, Russian Empire (now Hamina, Finland)

Died: July 12, 1917

Eero Järnefelt

(Finnish Painter Known for His Landscapes of the Area Around Koli National Park and His Portraits)

Birthdate: November 8, 1863

Sun Sign: Scorpio

Birthplace: Vyborg, Russia

Died: November 15, 1937

Wäinö Aaltonen

(Finnish Sculptor and Artist)

Birthdate: March 8, 1894

Sun Sign: Pisces

Birthplace: Karinainen

Died: May 30, 1966

Wäinö Aaltonen was a Finnish sculptor and artist. He is best remembered as a nationalist icon who sculpted war memorials and sculptures of athletes and citizens of Finland. Among his most famous works is his bronze statue of Finnish athlete Paavo Nurmi. His works are exhibited at the Wäinö Aaltonen Museum of Art in Finland.

Minna Sundberg

(Reuben Award-Winning Cartoonist and Illustrator Known for Her Webcomics 'Stand Still, Stay Silent')

Birthdate: January 9, 1990

Sun Sign: Capricorn

Birthplace: Sweden

Marco Casagrande

(Finnish Architect, Architectural-Theorist and Environmental Artist Known for Producing Collaborative Architectonic Installations like 'Redrum')

Birthdate: May 7, 1971

Sun Sign: Taurus

Birthplace: Turku, Finland

Magnus Enckell

(Finnish Painter & Symbolist Artist)

Birthdate: November 9, 1870

Sun Sign: Scorpio

Birthplace: Hamina, Finland

Died: November 27, 1925

Magnus Enckell was a Finnish painter who achieved immense popularity as a symbolist artist in Finland. An important member of the Septem group of painters, Enckell traveled widely and incorporated different styles into his paintings. Some of his best known works are Bacchant, Young Nude Male, Awakening Faun, and Boys on the Beach.

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