Tove Jansson -galleria: Taiteilijaperhe Jansson

The first exhibition at the renewed Tove Jansson gallery focuses on the Jansson artist family and opens a door into a home where art was a way of life. The Finland-Swedish Jansson family is one of the most significant artist families in Finnish art life. Signe, the mother, who worked as an illustrator and graphic artist, and Viktor, the father, a sculptor, encouraged their children toward art. Tove became a visual artist and writer, Per Olov a photographer and writer, and Lars a comic artist and writer. The exhibition features over 140 works and objects. From Signe Hammarsten-Jansson, 50 drawings, over 20 ex libris, banknote and stamp designs, dozens of realised postage stamps, and a wall covered in wallpaper made from caricatures are on view. The whole also covers 13 small sculptures by Viktor Jansson and Tove Jansson's frescoes, paintings, drawings, magazine cover illustrations, and an ex libris. Lars Jansson's hand is visible in the sculpture, books and comic originals. Per Olov Jansson is represented with photographs and books. Adults aren't the only ones who enjoy the Artist Family Jansson exhibition; children do too. One wall is full of hatches, behind which visitors can peek and find residents of Moomin Valley who resemble members of the Jansson family.