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Free English eBooks download Tove Jansson (The Illustrators) just here! Visit Url Below : https://readerflash.com/?book=58470846-tove-jansson Title : Tove Jansson (The Illustrators) Author : Paul Gravett Format : eBook,pdf Available : Yes Excerpt : This book provides fresh insight into and a deep appreciation of the life and art of Tove Jansson (1914?2001), one of the most original, influential, and perennially enjoyed illustrators of the twentieth century. In this volume Paul Gravett examines Jansson?s highly successful Moomin books, as well as her interpretations of classics such 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 Finland?s Swedish-speaking 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 and she went on to draw humorous and political cartoons as well as striking front covers for the satirical magazine Garm, in response to events in World War II. As she developed from art student to painter and muralist, and from bohemian to lesbian, she also created her Moomin world, which appeared in her