Saturday, August 9, 2014

Tove Jansson - Happy 100 Birthday!

Tove Jansson
Photo: Goran Algard

This postcard is postmarked in 2014 with a Tove Jansson stamp!

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Tove Marika Jansson (9 August 1914 – 27 June 2001) was a Swedish-speaking Finnish novelist, painter, illustrator and comic strip author. She is best known as the author of the Moomin books for children.
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Here is one of her paintings on a postcard...
This owl family doing their laundry in the rain was drawn by Tove Jansson.  

This postcard is postmarked in 2014 with a Finland stamp of the artist...
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Check out the Moomin tag on the right to see what she is best known for.


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