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The sculptor Viktor Jansson (1886-1958) was born in Helsinki. His father, Julius Viktor Jansson, had a ‘small goods store’ (a shop that mainly sold sewing accessories and underwear), which his mother Johanna Jansson (née Karlsson) took over after he died, when Viktor was only six years old. She was an enterprising woman who had studied ...
- Life in an artist’s studio
The small family lives in an art nouveau house on Luotsikatu...
- Life in an artist’s studio
Viktor Jansson (1886-1958) oli suomenruotsalainen kuvanveistäjä, joka teki pelkistettyjä klassisten tyyliä ja humoristisia suihkulähdeveistöjä. Hän oli kirjailija Tove Janssonin isä ja teki esimerkiksi Tampereen ja Lahden patsaita sekä Kalapojat ja Aallottaria.
Jun 30, 2024 · Tove. Home. Watch now. Born in the 1910s to an artist family, young Tove is always creative, but from early on she has to contend with the shadow of her father, established Finnish sculptor Viktor ...
Viktor Jansson’s Statue of Liberty was the first public sculpture in Lahti. Erected in 1920 in front of the town hall, the statue is a tribute to “white” soldiers who died in the 1918 war. Cast in bronze, Statue of Liberty is 3.7 metres high. It depicts a naked young man gesturing into the distance with his raised left hand.
The small family lives in an art nouveau house on Luotsikatu in Helsinki’s Katajanokka district. To everyone’s surprise, Ham, brought up in Stockholm, has moved to a city where people speak Finnish, and she did so for love – for sculptor Viktor Jansson, ‘Faffan’, whom she met in Paris. Ham is responsible for providing a regular source ...
Viktor JANSSON. Finland. Games Participations 1. First Olympic Games Helsinki 1952. Year of Birth 1919. Olympic Results.
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Viktor Jansson’s (1886-1958) family lived at Lallukka for decades. Viktor was a significant sculptor and his wife, Signe Hammarsten-Jansson (1882-1970) was a graphic designer and illustrator who designed stamps published in Finland for thirty years. Their daughter Tove Jansson (1914-2001) became an artist and writer loved by Finns.
