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coast-line · 2 days

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Art request; Can we have a lil Mrs. Fillyjonk with her kids around here? I've been kind of obsessed with her recently and I just like her very much :')

- Flowerbloom-arts

Idk, chat, can we have Fillyjonk and co.?

Of course we can, here you go

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snuister · 1 year

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This picture is so homoerotic, I cannot stress this enough

#moomin #moomins #moominvalley #snufkin #the moomins #moominvalley 2019 #snufmin #moomintroll #nuuskamuikkunen #snusmumriken #muumilaakso #moomintrollet #mumintrollet

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eekonis · 5 months

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hello, kinda part 2 of my finland studies featuring the moomins :)

i took the reference pic for this as we were driving by the place in early fall, just when the sun hit the fields and houses. magical :)

#my art #moomins #moominvalley #muumilaakso #muumilaakson #muumi taloa #moominhouse #finland #photo study #visdev #landscape art #landscape study #the moomins #moomin #mumintrollet #mumindalen #tove jansson #snufkin #nuuskamuikkunen

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rosesofthetwilight · 1 year

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#moominvalley #muumilaakso #mumindalen #moomin #tove jansson #butterfly #butterflies #spring #scenery #animation #gifs: mine #mrs fillyjonk's last hurrah

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ilikecarsandlike4people · 1 year

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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: